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Enquiries about our collections, loans, or press matters? You are welcome to contact us with your quiestion at Nordiska museet in central Stockholm.

Nordiska museet

Visiting address

Djurgårdsvägen 6–16, at Djurgården, directly to the right after passing Djurgårdsbron bridge.

Phone

Switchboard: + 46 8-519 546 0

Entrance desk: +46 8-519 547 70

Do you have any questions before your visit?

If you can’t find the information you’re looking for on our website, feel free to email us at receptionen@nordiskamuseet.se. Please note, most details can be found here, so we recommend checking the website first.

Postal address

Nordiska museet
P.O. Box 27820
SE-115 93 Stockholm
Sweden

Group visits

If you want to book a group visit, please go to Group visits for information.

School visits

If you want to book a school visit, please send an email to bokningen@nordiskamuseet.se. Please note that your booking is not confirmed until you have received a confirmation from us.

Collections

E-mail

antikvariska@nordiskamuseet.se

  • Museums and institutions wishing to contact us regarding the loan of objects for exhibitions are welcome to email us: utlan@nordiskamuseet.se.


Press contact

Sofia Hiller, Press officer

Phone

+46 8-519 545 18

E-mail

sofia.hiller@nordiskamuseet.se

Phone

+ 46 8-519 545 62

Archives 

Phone

+46-8-519 545 55

Opening hours at the Archives – Summer 2025:

June: Closed from 19 June
July: Closed
Open from 20 August: Wednesdays and Thursdays, 12:00–16:00.
You can request material from the archives until 15:00.

E-mail

arkivet@nordiskamuseet.se

Library

Phone

+46-8-519 546 33

Opening hours at the Library – Summer 2025:

June: Closed from 19 June
July: Closed
Open from 20 August: Wednesdays and Thursdays, 12:00–16:00.
You can request material from the archives until 15:00.

E-mail

biblioteket@nordiskamuseet.se

Museum Director

Sanne Houby-Nielsen, Associate Professor

For contact with our Museum Director, please contact: Anette Jansson, Executive Assistant.

E-mail

anette.jansson@nordiskamuseet.se

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The Director of the Foundation Nordiska museet

Nordiska museet is an independent foundation. The board of the foundation is responsible for matters relating to the use of the foundation’s assets and placement of wealth, in accordance with the Foundation Act and the foundation’s statutes.

The Director leads and coordinates the foundation’s operations and is responsible for the planning and implementation of Nordiska museet’s development, in accordance with the board’s decisions, and for the museum’s day-to-day administration.

Sanne Houby-Nielsen

Sanne Houby-Nielsen is Director of the Foundation Nordiska museet since 2015. Sanne Houby-Nielsen is a classically trained archaeologist, educated at universities in Denmark, Germany, and England. She holds a PhD from the University of Copenhagen in Denmark and is an Associate Professor at Lund University in Sweden. Her research has been widely published in international journals.

As Director and later Director General of the National Museums of World Culture in Stockholm, she gained recognition for, among other things, her work with exhibitions on the Swedish Cyprus Collections (Medelhavsmuseet) and the Swedish collections from China (Östasiatiska museet). She also curated a series of major exhibitions displaying world-famous archaeological treasures, some of which remain among the most visited temporary exhibitions in Sweden.

Since February 2015, Sanne Houby-Nielsen serves as Director and leads a gradual renewal process of Sweden’s largest cultural history museum, the Nordiska museet in Stockholm.