The Museum of Medieval Stockholm

The Stockholm Medieval Museum is situated below the Swedish Government.

The Museum of Medieval Stockholm

The Museum of Medieval Stockholm gives you the possibility to experience life in Stockholm during the medieval period between 1250 and 1520.

The museum itself is built around a medieval city wall that was found during a rebuilding of the Swedish Parliament Building (Riksdagshuset). The plans were to construct a garage under the gardens east of the Parliament. Remains of the Town Wall came to light, and an important archeological investigation took off that lasted 1978-80.

Apart from the Stockholm Town Wall that was found, many other objects were found like 11 boats, 7 metric tons of skeletons and huge amounts of artifacts.

So instead of a garage for the parliament, this area in the middle of Stockholm was converted into this remarkable museum.

The Stockholm Medieval Museum also arranges lectures and symposia and other activities espcecially for youth and schools.

Medieval Stockholm at Flickr