Skansen Buildings and Animals
A slim, pocket-sized handbook that introduces the island's old houses and its resident animals — a charming keepsake from mid-century Skansen.
Timber cottages, a cobbled town quarter, roaming Nordic animals and more than a century of Swedish heritage gathered on one green island. Get ready for the visit with a small library we picked ourselves.
See the CollectionA vintage visitor handbook, two illustrated portraits of Swedish craft and a complete trip-planner for the whole region. Open any title below for the full description and a link to order it.
A slim, pocket-sized handbook that introduces the island's old houses and its resident animals — a charming keepsake from mid-century Skansen.
A photographic volume by Ralph Edenheim that lingers over painted rooms, wooden homes and the folk artistry at the heart of old Sweden.
A region-wide companion packed with routes, maps and local know-how — the bigger picture around your Stockholm and Skansen days.
The same 128-page illustrated journey through Edenheim's celebrated book, now in a softcover that slips easily into your day bag.
Cottages, workshops and an entire old-town street, carefully moved here from every region of Sweden.
Meet the north's own animals — brown bears, wolves, elk, lynx and seals — in spacious island enclosures.
With a little background reading, an afternoon walk becomes a story spanning generations of Swedish life.
Opened back in 1891 on Stockholm's Djurgården island, Skansen holds the title of the world's first open-air museum — a living place where old Swedish architecture, handicraft and animal life carry on side by side. Read more about us →