Discover the Army Museum – one of Sweden’s best history museums. The museum re-opened in 2000 in refurbished premises, with a completely new exhibition depicting Swedish history from Viking times onwards. Here you will get an authentic picture of war as experienced by the soldiers and their families.

Uniforms and weapons are displayed by means of realistic scenes using life-size manikins, and original artefacts are presented in display cases. The museum takes up three floors; it begins on the top floor in a room that describes war in general and from there visitors proceed round the exhibition from Viking times up until the present day.

The museum also has rooms given over to specific topics such as, sickness and medical treatment, mercenaries, crime and punishment and animals in war, and there is also a display of weapons. The Trophy Chamber contains an exhibition of priceless treasures like flags, banners, and musical instruments, that Swedish soldiers have captured in times of war.

The museum’s shop has a wide assortment of books together with gifts for big and small, including games, puzzles, tin soldiers, souvenirs and handicrafts.

The museum is open daily all year round with the exception of the following public holidays: New Year’s Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, 1st May, Midsummer Eve, Midsummer Day, the Sunday after Midsummer, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve. It is also closed on Mondays.

Opening hours
Tuesdays: 11.00 - 20.00
Wednesday-Sunday: 11.00 - 17.00
Mondays: closed

Opening hours July to August
Tuesdays: 10.00 - 20.00
Monday, Wednesday-Sunday: 10.00 - 17.00

During July and August there is a daily guided tour in Swedish at 13.00 and in English at 12.00; no advance booking is necessary and admission is free. During the rest of the year there is a guided tour in Swedish on Saturdays and Sundays at 13.00. Call + 46(0)8 51 95 63 03 for information about private groups.

Admission
Admission free up to 19 years. The admission from 19 years is 50 kr.

Finding the Army Museum
The Army Museum is situated at Riddargatan 13, Östermalm, Stockholm.
The nearest tube station is Östermamstorg (Sibyllegatan exit).
The nearest bus stop is Nybroplan (busses 47, 69 & 62).
There are a limited number of car parking places in the museum’s grounds. Parking permission must be obtained at reception. There is a car-parking charge on certain days – read the information on the ticket machine.

Restaurant and Conferences
Food and drink can be got from the museum’s restaurant (Druvan), on the same floor as the entrance, whenever the museum is open.

On the top floor of the museum there is a lecture room, large enough for about 140 people, together with a small conference room which can seat about 30 people.

Archive and Library
The library focuses on military history. Here you can read about uniforms, flags, crossbows, swords, Mauser rifles and conscription. You can also learn about the history of costumes and uniforms; the history of textiles; military buildings and fortifications; the history of weapons and weapon manufacture; military music and heraldry; children in war and women in the armed forces; regimental history; biographies and much more. The library has some 50,000 books and 250 periodicals/annuals. The archive consists mainly of photographs but it also contains drawings and diagrams; engravings; private papers and letters; copies of documents from the Military Records Office; and other things from the archive of the National Swedish Museum of Military History.

The Museum’s Collections
Only a fraction of the museum’s 80,000 objects are on display in the museum and there is a tremendous variety of things, ranging from tanks and mobile bridges to uniform buttons and porcelain. These are made from many different materials like metal, leather, wood, textiles and paper, and each of the museum’s departments has the specialised competence required to conserve them, whatever they’re made from – uniforms from textiles or weapons from metal.

Contact Us
Army Museum
Visiting Address: Riddargatan 13
Postal Address: Box 14095, S-104 41 Stockholm

Head of the Museum
Eva-Sofi Ernstell
Phone: +46 8 51 95 63 61 mobil: +46 708 52 02 84
eva-sofi.ernstell@armemuseum.se

Press and Marketing
Cecilia Almgren
Phone: +46 8 51 95 63 24 mobile: +46 709 16 83 17 
cecilia.almgren@sfhm.se

Webdesign
Nina Lakia
Phone: +46 8 51 95 63 83 mobile: +46 701 466 132
nina.lakia@sfhm.se

Booking and Guided Tours
Phone: +46 8 51 95 63 03
info@armemuseum.se

Conference Bookings and enquiries
Phone: +46 8 51 95 63 02
konferens@armemuseum.se

Army Museum’s Library and Archive
Phone: +46 8 51 95 63 04
biblioteket@armemuseum.se