STOCKHOLM
Galleries:
Annual Gingerbread House Competition
This year, a record number of 93 gingerbread houses have been entered into Stockholm’s yearly gingerbread house competition. This year’s theme – Metropolis.
Price: 50 kronor (under 19s free)
Location: Arkitekturmuseet, Skeppsholmen.
Times: Friday/Saturday/Sunday 10am-6pm
…and continuing to January 6th.
More information: 08- 587 270 00
I love pop art
Pop art from the 1980s, featuring the works of American artists such as Robert Rauschenberg and Roy Lichtenstein.
Price: 85 kronor
Location: Waldemarsudde, Prins Eugens väg 6.
Time: Friday/Saturday/Sunday, 11am
More information: www.waldemarsudde.se
Gerry Johansson
During the past year, Gerry Johansson has focused mainly on urban photography. However, in his new exhibition, Landsbygd
(Countryside) at Nordiska Museet, he depicts rural Sweden in black and white photographs. The exhibition features Johansson’s
work from the 1980s to today.
Location: Nordiska Museet, Djurgårdsvägen 6-16.
Friday, November 30th, 10am-4pm
Saturday/Sunday 11am-5pm
…and continuing to 7th January 2008.
Entrance fee: 60kr (under-18s free)
More information: www.nordiskamuseet.se
Martin Parr
An “innovative and provocative” photo exhibition by a British photographer known for masking profound statements about modern life behind outwardly prosaic images. Features Parr’s work between 1971-2000.
Location: Kulturhuset, Sergels Torg.
Friday 11am-9pm.
Saturday/Sunday 11am-5pm.
…and continuing to 6th January 2008.
Films in English:
The Solid Gold Cadillac
Richard Quine’s 1957 film about an enthusiastic blonde shareholder with 10 shares in a large corporation and an ability to catch the corrupt board of directors off-guard with her direct questions.
Location: Biografen Sture, Birger Jarlsgatan 41.
Time: Saturday, December 8th, 4.30pm
More information and tickets: www.biosture.se
Phone: 08-678 85 48
A Mighty Heart
A drama by Michael Winterbottom about the kidnapping of journalist Daniel Pearl, in Pakistan in 2002.
Location: Filmstaden Sergel, Hötorget.
More information and tickets: www.sf.se
Deaf Film Festival
For the 8th year in a row, the Deaf Film Festival will be held at Bio Zita showing films that represent a whole range of different deaf cultures and languages. All films have subtitles in Swedish and presentations will be held in Swedish Sign Language.
Location: Biografen Zita, Birger Jarlsgatan 37.
Times: November 30th – December 2nd.
More information and schedules: www.dovfilmfestival.nu or email [email protected].
Theatre/Entertainment:
ABBA Orchestra Christmas Show
Join the original ABBA Orchestra and well known Swedish artists such as Jessica Folcker and Magnus Carlsson, in celebrating the Christmas season this Saturday. There will also be a Swedish Christmas smörgåsbord, and a nightclub after the show.
Minimum Age: 18 (unless accompanied by a parent or a guardian).
Price: 909 – 1698 kronor
Location: Annexet, Globen.
Time: Saturday, December 8th, 5.30pm
Phone: 077- 131 00 00
More information: www.abbaorchestra.se
Book tickets online: <a href="http://www.ticnet.se/html/artist.htmI?l=EN&artist=ABBA+Orchestra-Christmas
+Show”>www.ticnet.se or call 077- 170 70 70
Dance Party and Performance
This season at Dansens Hus will finish with a flourish with a two-day dance party. You can catch the final night on Friday. There is a different theme both nights and almost all groups at the venue will perform. Don’t forget your dancing shoes!
Location: The House of Dance (Dansens Hus), Barnhusgatan 12-14.
Time: Friday, December 7th, 7pm
Phone: 08- 508 990 90
More information: www.dansenshus.se
Book tickets online: www.ticnet.se
a> or call 077- 170 70 70
Concerts
Saturday Blues Jam at Stampen
Gamla Stan’s legendary jazz club has hosted afternoons of improvisation on Saturdays for the past four years. Hosted by New Yorker Brian Kramer and the Couch Lizards house band, the event attacts musicians both professional and amateur, Swedish and foreign.
Free Entry
Location: Stora Nygatan 5, Stockholm.
Folk Music – Christmas Concert
A free Christmas concert in which folk musicians from different cultures present their own music.
Location: Kungliga Musikhögskolan, Valhallavägen 105.
Time: Saturday, December 8th, 7pm
Phone: 08- 16 19 60
More information: www.kmh.se or [email protected]
German Advent Concert
Advent concert at Gamla Stan’s historic German church.
Location: Tyska Kyrkan, Svartmangatan 16A, Gamla Stan.
More information: www.st-gertrud.se (Swedish and German) or call 08 10 12 63.
Religion
Family Christmas Party
The Immanuel Church, which belongs to the Swedish Mission Covenant Church, holds services in Swedish, English, and even Korean. This weekend they are throwing a family Christmas party after the English church service.
Location: Immanuel Church, Kungstensgatan 17.
Time: Sunday, December 9th, 12.15pm
Phone: 08- 537 503 00
More information: <a href="http://www.immanuel.se/templates/ImmanuelKalender.asp?
id=2185″>www.immanuel.se
Christmas Markets
Kungsträdgården
Kungsträdgården’s Christmas Market (Kungsans julmarknad) is now open. You can find anything from traditional Swedish warm mulled wine (glögg) and reindeer meat to Swedish Santa dolls (jultomtar).
Location: Kungsträdgården, Stockholm.
Times: November 30th – December 23rd 11am – 6pm
Stortorget
Here in the heart of Gamla Stan is one of Stockholm’s oldest Christmas markets. The market has been held in its current form since 1915, but a market of some sort has been held on the site for many centuries. On Saturday 8th November, a children’s song contest will be held at 2pm.
Location: Stortorget, Gamla Stan
Times: Daily from 24th November-23rd December, 11am-6pm
Skansen
Another classic Christmas market. ‘Jul’ at Skansen is about as olde-world as it gets. Munch on scrumptious Swedish winter food buy decorations and craftwork and dance round the Christmas tree. And who could resist the opportunity to warm up for Christmas in the presence of some real, live reindeer?
Entrance: 60 kronor adults, 30 kronor children 6-15
Location: Skansen
Times: 8th-9th, 15th-16th December, 11am-5pm
More information: www.skansen.se
Other
Gröna Lund
Stockholm’s theme park Gröna Lund has reopened for the winter season – and a threatened strike has been called off. Enjoy the rides, do some Christmas shopping, or skate on the ice rink.
More information: www.gronalund.com
GOTHENBURG
Galleries:
Home and Homelessness
An exhibition that looks at the themes of home and homelessness, asking how to define a home and what it truly means to be homeless.
Price: 20 kronor (under 20s free)
Location: Gothenburg Stadsmusem, Norra hamngatan 12.
Times: Friday/Saturday/Sunday 10am-5pm
Phone: 031- 61 27 70
Nan Goldin
The American photographer was in the news after one of her images (owned by Elton John) was seized in Britain after police deemed it ‘indecent’. The investigation was later dropped. On a brighter note, she won the prestigious Hasselblad Prize, meaning her work is currently on display at Gothenburg’s Hasselblad Center.
Open Friday Sunday 11am-5pm, Wednesday 11am-9pm, Tuesdays & Thursday’s 11am-6pm. Exhibition continues to 13th
January.
Location: Hasselblad Center, Konstmuseet, Götaplatsen.
More information: www.hasselbladcenter.se
Films:
The Spectacular Christmas Film
Following tradition, this year a huge Christmas film will be projected against the Art Museum’s (Konstmuseets) wall at Götaplatsen (Swedish). Three showings daily.
Price: Free entrance.
Location: Götaplatsen
Times: Friday, December 7th, 5.30pm, 6pm, and 6.30 pm
…and continuing.
More information and schedule: Julens Magiska Rum
Concerts and clubs:
Whispers from the Forests, Screams from the Mountains
Gothenburg’s Art Hall is arranging a concert in collaboration with iDEAL, Kning Disk, Häpna, and The Wire in order to spread experimental and exciting Swedish music to the rest of the world. Performers include Hans Appelqvist, Balroynigress, Anders Dahl, Johan Berthling, Jean-Louis Huhta and Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words.
Free entrance
Location: Gothenburg’s Konsthall.
Time: Saturday, December 8th, 7pm-12am
More information: 031- 368 34 56 (Andreas Hagström)
JulLotta
Join in the festivities at Liseberg in the weeks heading up to Christmas. For the next three Sundays, Lotta Engberg hosts JulLotta with some of Sweden’s top artists. This weekend Sonja Alden and Johan Becker will be among the performers.
Location: Stora Scenen, Liseberg
Sunday, December 9th, 4pm
More information: www.liseberg.se
Änglaljus
Christmas concert with John Kluge at the German Church.
Location: Christinae Kyrka
Times: Friday/Saturday/Sunday 7pm
More information and Map: Änglaljus
Theatre/Entertainment:
Cabaret Cartwright
Test out your Swedish with an evening of comedy and song featuring barber shop group After Shave and Den Ofattbara
Orkestern. All while tucking into Kajskjul 8’s seasonal fare. A classic Swedish ‘krogshow’.
Friday, 7th December, 7pm
Saturday, 8th December, 7pm
and continuing…
Location: Kajskjul 8
Tickets at www.ticnet.se
More information at http://www.kajskjul8.se/ (Swedish).
Kids:
Christmas at the Children’s Zoo (Barnens Zoo)
Celebrate Christmas with the animals. Children can take pony rides while parents can enjoy some glögg
and gingerbread.
Price: Free entrance but pony riding costs 20 kronor.
Location: Childrens Zoo, Skottskogens Djurpark.
Times: Saturday/Sunday 10am-5pm
Other:
Winter Landscape at Bältespännar Park
Come enjoy the winter landscape and warm up with some hot chocolate, glögg, or gingerbread and the open fireplaces.
Price: Free
Location: Bältespännar Park.
Times: Friday/Saturday/Sunday 12pm-8pm
…and continuing to Monday, December 24th.
Christmas at Liseberg
Celebrate Christmas this year at Liseberg which hosts Sweden’s largest Christmas market. You can find anything from homemade mustard to beautiful artwork and Christmas sweets.
Location: Liseberg
Friday, November 30th, 3pm – 10pm
Saturday, December 1st, 12pm – 10 pm
Sunday, December 2nd, 1pm – 9pm
…and continuing
More information: http://www.liseberg.se/
MALMÖ
Galleries:
Houses of Memory
An exhibition by both Swedish and South African artists that ‘attempts to understand the present and the future.’ It has now come to Sweden after previously being shown in South Africa.
Price: 40 kronor (adult), 10 kronor (children 7-15 years)
Location: Slottsholmen, Malmö Museer, Malmöhusvägen
Times: Friday/Saturday/Sunday 12pm-4pm
…and continuing to March 2nd.
Phone: 040- 34 44 37
World Conflicts in Focus
Lukas Einseles’ and Cecilia Parsberg’s own interpretations of two world conflicts. Einseles’ projects One Step Beyond – The Mine Revisted, and Parsberg’s film A heart from Jenin are now at Fotografins rum.
Location: Fotografins rum, Malmöhusvägen 7.
Times: Friday/Saturday/Sunday, 12pm-4pm
…and continuing to February 24th, 2008.
Phone: 040- 34 44 39
Peter Wahlbeck
Peter Wahlbeck’s paintings are currently on display at Galleri Rönnquist & Rönnquist. Downstairs there is also an exhibition of Karolina Wojcik’s artwork.
Location: Galleri Rönnquist & Rönnquist, Isak Slaktaregatan 3.
Friday, November 30th 12pm – 6pm
Saturday, December 1st, and Sunday, December 2nd 12pm – 3pm
…and continuing until December 16th.
From Harlem to Wall Street
Photographer Michael Stiller spent one week at the end of last October 2007 taking detailed photographs of New York. His work can now be viewed at Galleri Artholia.
Location: Galleri Artholia, Stora Nygatan 79.
Saturday, December 1st 11pm – 6pm
Sunday, December 2nd 12pm – 4pm
…and continuing until December 23rd.
Concerts and Clubs:
Christmas Concert at Malmö Opera
The Malmö Opera Orchestra, Choir, and soloists Kelly Kaduce and Joseph Wolverton invite you to a Christmas Concert for the whole family. The first act is a traditional Christmas Concert, but after the break, it turns into a Christmas Song Sing-Along.
Location: Malmö Opera and Musikteater, Östra Röneholmsvägen 20.
Times: Friday, December 7th, 7pm
Saturday/Sunday 2pm
Phone: 040- 20 85 00
Love is All You Need
Clabbe presents the best hits from the 1960’s performed by Sweden’s best tribute band, Liverpool and The Repeatles, in a truly nostalgic Christmas show. The theatre opens at 6.30 pm on both Friday and Saturday, but the show does not begin until around 9pm.
Location: Teater Slagthuset, Jörgen Kocksgatan 7A.
Times: Friday, November 30th, 6.30pm
Saturday, December 1st, 6.30pm
…and continuing to December 15th
More information: Slagthuset (Swedish).
Theatre/Entertainment
Christmas Dinner, Dance and Show
Enjoy the Christmas entertainment by country artists Carina and Martin Nilsson and dine from a traditional Swedish Christmas
table. Later, you can also dance to the music of DJ Jaime. Coffee and dessert table is also included.
Price: 259 kronor
Location: Let’s Go, Krossverksgatan 3.
Time: Friday/Saturday 6pm-1am
More information and tickets: 040- 44 00 00
Best of Dallas
Teater Terrier’s twentieth and final production, Best of Dallas, “is about all the love we never got to see” in the long-running TV
series. The producers say the production plays with Dallas’s fetishes “in exploring male fantasies about power and sexuality.”
Location: Teater Terrier, Norra Vallgatan 28.
Friday November 30th 7.30pm
Saturday, December 1st 7.30 pm
…and continuing until December 16th.
Phone: 040-10 30 20
More information: Best of Dallas
(Swedish).
Kids
Santa’s House
Come meet Father and Mother Christmas and personally give them your Christmas wishes.
Location: Gustav Adolfs Torg
Times: Friday, December 7th, 10am-5pm
Saturday/Sunday 11am-5pm
…and continuing to December 22nd.
60 Years of Svenska Lundby Doll’s Houses
Take a peek inside ten exclusive doll’s house with furnishings and dolls dating back to the 1940s. Svenska Lundby was the first company in the world to mass-produce electrical doll’s houses.
Location: Fredriksbergsgatan 16E.
Saturday, November 24th, 11am
Sunday, November 25th, 11am
…and continuing until January 13th.
More information: Museet Leksaksland.
Other
Ice Skating at Folkets Park
Ice skate outdoors all winter this year at Malmö Folkets Park. Ice skates (sizes 27-45) are available to rent 4pm-7pm on the weekdays and 10am-5pm on weekends. Rental is 30 kronor/half hour.
For group skate rental at another time, please contact Föreningen Ponnygården Arken at 0705- 17 65 05.
Location: Folkets Park, Amiralsgatan 35.
Times: November 24th to March 2nd 10am-7pm
Christmas Market
The Christmas Market in Södertull you can find traditional handicraft, Christmas sweets and food.
Location: Södra Tullgatan.
Friday, November 30th 11am – 6pm
Saturday, December 1st, 11 – 6pm
Sunday, December 2nd 11am – 6pm
…and continuing until December 23rd.
More information: Södertull
Christmas Market.
Compiled by Jasmine Engberg and James Savage
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