Olle Granath, former director of the National Museum, questioned why politicians are so reluctant to change the rental arrangements for state museums. “Why are politicians so deaf to this issue? It has nothing to do with party affiliation,” he said.
EntertainmentIt will become more difficult to amend Sweden’s constitution, the Riksdag decided on Wednesday.
Swedish politicsLeaves, ice and stone - British artist Andy Goldsworthy draws his materials from nature. Now he is creating a monumental stone wall for Princess Estelle’s Sculpture Park on Djurgården in Stockholm.
EntertainmentThe director of the Nordic Museum, Sanne Houby-Nielsen, will leave her post this spring. She is retiring after serving as director since 2015 and launching the exhibition “Nordbor”, the biggest public success in the museum’s history.
EntertainmentBjörn Frantzén has opened Emberlin, a grill restaurant at Stureplan, and is making his television debut in “100 knivar”. The chef, who has nine Michelin stars, says he could have 40 restaurants in five years.
EntertainmentA school in Sollentuna, north of Stockholm, was evacuated on Tuesday morning after an alarm about a suspected leak.
SwedenGang leader Ildar Galiyev is suspected of playing a key role in the Dalen network’s conflict with Foxtrot, which shook Sweden in 2023. Now the 26-year-old is on trial in Stockholm on 24 serious criminal charges, accused of involvement in some of the network’s most high-profile murders and bombings. He sees himself as a “sicario” - an assassin, prosecutor Lukas Tigerstrand says in court.
CrimeThe melancholic book of mourning *The Gardener and Death* has won the Kulturhuset Stadsteatern International Literature Prize. The prize is shared by Bulgarian author Georgi Gospodinov and translator Hanna Sandborgh.
EntertainmentStockholm is Sweden's capital and the city was founded in 1252. Approximately 1 million inhabitants (as of 2023) live in Stockholm, and in the entire Stockholm metropolitan area, around 2.4 million people reside. Here, we list the latest news from Stockholm.
