Open-air museum · Djurgården island

Discover Skansen, One Page at a Time

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 Collection

Reading to Bring Skansen to Life

A 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.

Skansen Buildings and Animals: a Short Guide for Visitors
Visitor Handbook · 1954

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.

Skansen: Traditional Swedish Style by Ralph Edenheim
Illustrated · 2002

Skansen: Traditional Swedish Style

A photographic volume by Ralph Edenheim that lingers over painted rooms, wooden homes and the folk artistry at the heart of old Sweden.

Lonely Planet Scandinavia Travel Guide
Travel Guide · Latest ed.

Lonely Planet Scandinavia

A region-wide companion packed with routes, maps and local know-how — the bigger picture around your Stockholm and Skansen days.

Skansen: Traditional Swedish Style — Softcover edition
Softcover · 1999

Skansen: Traditional Swedish Style (Softcover)

The same 128-page illustrated journey through Edenheim's celebrated book, now in a softcover that slips easily into your day bag.

150+ Historic Buildings

Cottages, workshops and an entire old-town street, carefully moved here from every region of Sweden.

Nordic Wildlife

Meet the north's own animals — brown bears, wolves, elk, lynx and seals — in spacious island enclosures.

Read Before You Go

With a little background reading, an afternoon walk becomes a story spanning generations of Swedish life.

About Skansen

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 →