Bruno Liljefors at Waldemarsudde

Nordic collection at Museum of Modern Art

Festivals galore in the autumn

Offbeat programmes for Concert Hall

Viking exhibition in Botkyrka

Jenny Lind theme for Swedish Festival

Go underground in the archipelago

Stockholm Time Walk - a photographic tour


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Bruno Liljefors at Waldemarsudde
During the autumn the Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde museum is presenting a major exhibition of works by the great Swedish nature painter Bruno Liljefors. Some 150 works, including paintings and sculptures, are on show based on the theme which runs right through Liljefors's work - Swedish wildlife and nature. There are also childhood landscapes, portraits, drawings and works by some of Liljefors's predecessors, including Ferdinand von Wright, Archibald Thorburn and Johannes Larsen.
Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde, tel +46-8-662 28 00

Nordic collection at Museum of Modern Art
The silhouette of the island of Skeppsholmen is gradually changing. Building is now well under way for the new Museum of Modern Art, designed by the Spanish architect Rafael Moneo, which is due to be completed in time for Stockholm's year as Cultural Capital of Europe in 1998. In the meantime the museum's collections are housed in the old tram sheds. During the summer and autumn the emphasis is on Nordic art, with an exhibition from the museum's collection being staged until 22 September, after which there is an exhibition of new Swedish art, some of it produced using computer graphics technology. German lovers of Nordic art can satisfy their appetites closer to home this autumn when KAH in Bonn arranges an exhibition of the museum's collections.
Museum of Modern Art (Moderna Museet), tel +46-8-666 43 63

Festivals galore in the autumn
Stockholm is rapidly consolidating its position as a major city for all kinds of festivals and special events. There are many different festivities throughout the year, and the autumn in particular has a lot to offer both to visitors and to the Stockholmers themselves. Between 2 and 10 August the city was in party mood for the annual Stockholm Water Festival which was arranged this year for the sixth time. At the end of August it will be time for "Strindberg in Stockholm", a festival commemorating Sweden's greatest author and playwright, August Strindberg (24 August - 1 September). Jenny Lind is the theme for the biennial Swedish Festival (31 August - 8 September). The Music Museum is staging an international guitar festival on various dates in September, and the beer will be flowing at Nacka Strand for the fifth Stockholm Beer Festival (26 September - 6 October). International tennis stars will be on the centre court at the Royal Tennis Courts during the Stockholm Open (2-10 November), and when Stockholm is approaching the darkest time of the year the city's cinemas will be presenting movie highlights during the Stockholm Film Festival (8-17 November). As the year nears its close, the Nobel Prize festivities will take place on 10 December and the traditional Swedish Christmas celebrations get under way.
Eva Svensson, Stockholm Information Service, tel +46-8-789 24 10

Offbeat programmes for Concert Hall
Stockholm's Concert Hall (Konserthuset) is getting ready for autumn with an unusual variety of performances. One new idea is a series of one-hour programmes on Saturdays, with a mixture of music, light, dance and theatre aimed mainly at infrequent concert-goers. Other activities will be arranged on Saturdays in the Hötorg area around the Concert Hall. On Sundays during the autumn the accent will be on classical music, with a mixture of both Swedish and foreign music, familiar and unfamiliar. But musical enjoyment will not be confined just to the weekends. Weekday lunchtime concerts combining good food, an inspiring setting and delightful music will tempt the public away from the local restaurants. And at the end of the working day there will be "happy hours" when visitors will be able to relax over a glass of beer and listen to more good music.
Concert Hall (Konserthuset), Lotta Bjelkeborn, tel +46-8-786 02 19

Viking exhibition in Botkyrka
Many treasures left by people who lived in the Viking era have been discovered in Botkyrka, just south of Stockholm. Now more than 1,000 of the finds that have been made here and elsewhere in Sweden have been put together for a major exhibition on the Vikings' everyday work, life in a Viking community, piracy and trading. The exhibition runs from 18 August till 15 December.
Viking Exhibition (Utställningen Vikingar), tel +46-8-530 623 02

Jenny Lind theme for Swedish Festival
The "Swedish Nightingale", Jenny Lind, who was the country's first internationally-known singer and cultural ambassador, is the theme for the biennial Swedish Festival. Every other year five royal institutions - the Royal Opera, the Royal Dramatic Theatre, the Drottningholm Theatre, the National Museum of Art and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Concert Hall - link their artistic skills to present a festival built around a special theme. The key figure in the last festival was the author August Strindberg, but this time it is the turn of a female artist, the singer Jenny Lind, who lived from 1820 till 1887. During the first week in September the festival will reflect the 19th century "Jenny Lind fever" with concerts, theatrical performances and operas. There will also be guided city walks, debates and a circus performance in Jenny Lind's honour.
Swedish Festival (Svenskt Festspel) Information Service, tel +46-8-457 00 30, 150#

Go underground in the archipelago
The defence of the sea approaches to Stockholm down the ages has always been a fascinating subject. Now the archipelago has acquired a museum depicting the defence of Sweden in more modern times. In 1916 work started on an underground fortress, Siaröfortet, on an island near Furusund, and 230 soldiers were based there. It soon became outdated, but during World War II it was manned again and for many years it was a secret area where landing was forbidden. Today, though, visitors are given a warm welcome. Below ground there are exhibits describing Sweden's military history and showing the fortress as it was in its heyday, while above ground there is a youth hostel as well as a café in the refurbished barracks accommodation.
Siaröfortet, tel +46-8-542 421 49

Stockholm Time Walk - a photographic tour
Stockholm City Museum's new photographic exhibition is a historic tour through well-known areas of the city. The photographer Michael Tongue has published a book "The Stockholm Time Walk" which describes a self-guided walk, book in hand, during which one can see areas of the city as they used to look, as shown in contemporary photographs, and compare them with the Stockholm of today.
Stockholm City Museum (Stockholms Stadsmuseum), tel +46-8-700 05 00

Editor: Katarina Gentzel
Translated by Philip Ray

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