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The Army Museum
Sweden’s military history
The museum recounts Sweden’s military history from the Viking
Age to the present day. The museum is worth visiti ng if only for
the many unique types of historical full-scale scenes, along with
many illustrati ve models. The focus of the museum is primarily
humankind and how it is infl uenced by war. The exhibiti on is
chronological.
A special exhibiti on tells the history of the Cold War and the
following period. It includes a descripti on of Sweden’s neutrality
policy, soldiers’ barracks, the Berlin Wall and the history of the
Swedish nuclear bomb.
In the Arti llery Hall on the ground fl oor can be seen a Soviet
missile warhead for a nuclear bomb. There is also a new
exhibiti on about Swedish Peace keeping forces during the past
50 years.
The museum was built as a military armoury in 1867 but
was already in use as a museum by 1877. In the foreground
an armoured car used by the United Nati ons peacekeeping
forces. The museum also tells the story of many of the more
recent regional confl icts around the world in which Swedish
peacekeeping forces have been involved.
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The Army Museum. (Armémuseum)
Address: Riddargatan 13, Östermalm, Stockholm
Website: www.sfh m.se
Opening hours: July-August: Tuesdays: 10.00 - 20.00.
Monday, Wednesday-Sunday: 10.00 - 17.00. September-
June: Tuesdays: 11.00 - 20.00. Wednesday-Sunday: 11.00 -
17.00. Mondays closed. Holidays: See website.
Guided tours: 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. During the rest of the year there is a
guided tour in Swedish on Saturdays and Sundays at 13.00.
Part of the exhibit on the Cold War period is an “everyday”
scene with people looking at war reports on TV (in front of a big
modern Swedish military vehicle). It raises the questi on as to
whether the media has today steered content away from war
news and towards entertainment.