Nationalmuseum is Sweden's museum of art and design. It was founded in 1792, which makes us one of Europe's oldest museums of fine art. Our collections comprise paintings, sculptures, drawings and prints from 1500-1900 as well as applied arts, design and portraits from the early Middle Ages to the present day.
Nationalmuseum is not just a museum, but also a government authority. Our mandate is to preserve cultural heritage and promote art, public interest in art, and knowledge of art. This mandate is set out in an annual letter of instruction from the Swedish government.
We want to put social development in perspective and be an active player in contemporary society.
Nationalmuseum (both the museum and government authority) is led by a Director General.
Talks, tours and activities in languages other than Swedish
Book a private tour: Fantasy and Reality – The Art of Johan Tobias Sergel
Book a private tour: Art treasures in the collections
Book a private tour: The history of the museum and the building
Fantasy and Reality – The Art of Johan Tobias Sergel
Badin – Beyond Surface and Mask
Colour! For children and their curious grown-ups
On Closeness and The Human Condition: The Photobooks of Anders Petersen
Design for Life – How design changes thinking and improves living standards
Festive Table Settings! 200 Years in the Heartland of Porcelain
Masters of Swedish Painting
Embroidered appliqué by Britta Marakatt-Labba
View of a Gothic Cathedral by Johann Theodor Goldstein
Nationalmuseum acquires iconic portrait of Axel von Fersen
Unique jewellery pieces by Kerstin Öhlin Lejonklou
Self-portrait by Lié-Louis Périn-Salbreux
Wiurila Chair joins Nationalmuseum collection
Pastel portraits by de La Tour, Danloux and Boze
Rörstrand exhibition urn donated to Nationalmuseum
New acquisition: French figurative table clocks
Oehme landscape acquired by Nationalmuseum
Nationalmuseum acquires works by women sculptors
Nationalmuseum acquires Ditlev Blunck painting
Nationalmuseum acquires Rousseau landscape
Transparent designs: Copies and tracings in 18th-century architectural practice
Portrait of Honour 2025: Sarah Sjöström
Nationalmuseum in Stockholm acquires a painting by Sofonisba Anguissola
Portrait of Honour 2024: Max Martin byMikael Jansson
A painting in the collections of the Nationalmuseum recently attributed to the famous artist Carel Fabritius
Patrick Amsellem new Director General
Digital Conference: Museums as Laboratories, a Scandinavian Perspective
Portrait of Honour 2023: Svante Pääbo by Sixten Sandra Österberg
Young Applied Artists award goes to Lisa Juntunen Roos
Portrait of Honour 2022: Britta Marakatt-Labba
About Nationalmuseum
Exhibitions
Fantasy and Reality – The Art of Johan Tobias Sergel
Badin – Beyond Surface and Mask
Colour! For children and their curious grown-ups
On Closeness and The Human Condition: The Photobooks of Anders Petersen
Upcoming exhibitions
Exhibitions at other locations
Design for Life – How design changes thinking and improves living standards
Festive Table Settings! 200 Years in the Heartland of Porcelain
Masters of Swedish Painting
New acquisitions
Embroidered appliqué by Britta Marakatt-Labba
View of a Gothic Cathedral by Johann Theodor Goldstein
Nationalmuseum acquires iconic portrait of Axel von Fersen
Unique jewellery pieces by Kerstin Öhlin Lejonklou
Self-portrait by Lié-Louis Périn-Salbreux
Wiurila Chair joins Nationalmuseum collection
Pastel portraits by de La Tour, Danloux and Boze
Rörstrand exhibition urn donated to Nationalmuseum
New acquisition: French figurative table clocks
Oehme landscape acquired by Nationalmuseum
Nationalmuseum acquires works by women sculptors
Nationalmuseum acquires Ditlev Blunck painting
Nationalmuseum acquires Rousseau landscape
News
Portrait of Honour 2025: Sarah Sjöström
Nationalmuseum in Stockholm acquires a painting by Sofonisba Anguissola
Portrait of Honour 2024: Max Martin byMikael Jansson
A painting in the collections of the Nationalmuseum recently attributed to the famous artist Carel Fabritius
Patrick Amsellem new Director General
Digital Conference: Museums as Laboratories, a Scandinavian Perspective
Portrait of Honour 2023: Svante Pääbo by Sixten Sandra Österberg
Young Applied Artists award goes to Lisa Juntunen Roos
Portrait of Honour 2022: Britta Marakatt-Labba