Sweden and the Holocaust

Explore Swedens history in relation to the Holocaust and learn more about the nazi crimes through exhibitions, guided tours and interactive installations. The Swedish Holocaust Museum is located at Torsgatan 19, Stockholm. Free admission.

Plan your visit
A group of people in front of the White Buses. They are wearing armbands with the Swedish flag.

Opening hours

Open today 11:00–17:00
Opening hours

What's on

Free admission.
All activities

In Black and White

The exhibition In Black and White explores Swedish media and the Holocaust – what was written and broadcasted, but also what was erased or edited out.

About the exhibition
Collage of headlines and photos from newspapers.

Untold

About the genocide of Sinti and Roma.

About the exhibition
Deportation of Sinti and Roma, 22 May 1940.

Opening hours

See the museum's opening hours.

Visitors interact with Tobias Rawet in the exhibition Dimensions in Testimony.

How to find us

Visit us at Torsgatan 19, Stockholm.

The building where the museum is located.

Admission and tickets

Free entrance to the museum. Read more about other ticket prices.

The exhibition Untold.

The White Buses

Discover The Swedish Red Cross Rescue Operation 1945. Follow people’s stories through a timeline, personal accounts, and maps.

About The Whit Buses
White Buses.
Portrait of Rozsi and Lazlo Hirschl.
Photo: Yad Vashem

Lost Voices

They survived the Holocaust and came to Sweden in the summer of 1945, but died shortly after their arrival. Who were they, and what can be told about their lives?

About Lost Voices
Group of people stand on a ship's deck looking up at the photographer. On the deck are also two white buses with Swedish flags and the red cross symbol.
Photo: K. W. Gullers, Nordiska museet (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)

Stories of survivors

Read about destinies from persecution to Sweden.

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About the museum

The purpose of the Swedish Holocaust Museum is to preserve and pass on the memory of the Holocaust.

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Detail of a suitcase.
Photo: Ola Myrin, Swedish Holocaust Museum/SHM

The Swedish Holocaust Museum online

Experience what the Swedish Holocaust Museum’s can offer digitally.

Learn more
Black-and-white portrait with two circles from a timeline. A year is shown at the top.

Collections

The Swedish Holocaust Museum collects artefacts, documents and other material that illuminate the Holocaust in a historical context, including the testimonies of survivors with links to Sweden, as well as their descendants and those who knew them.

about the collectings
Collage with Lilo’s identification documents.
Photo: Ola Myrin, Swedish Holocaust Museum/SHM