Timeline Stories

In 1939 and for a few years afterwards, Liljevalchs was closed for exhibitions, and the premises were taken over by the naval naval base. Naval officer Birger Lindberg from Fjällbacka remembers his time in Stockholm during the war years: "After the outbreak of the war, preparedness in Sweden was increased, especially in the navy, which had been rearmed in comparison with other branches of the armed forces that had been downgraded during the interwar period. So many people were called up for

In 1938, the exhibition Matisse, Picasso, Braque, Laurens was shown at Liljevalchs konsthall. This was a traveling exhibition and many of the works on display came directly from the great display of French contemporary art in the Petit Palais, Les maîtres de l'art independent - one of the most high-profile artistic manifestations in connection with the World Exhibition in Paris in 1937. With the

The Spring Salon is a juried exhibition that is open to anyone over the age of 18 to apply for. The Spring Salon usually runs from mid-January to March and thus opens each new art year at Liljevalchs. The first Salon opened in 1921, making it - in principle - the country's oldest unbroken exhibition format. Each work is

The exhibition Becoming an Artist presented the artist's early years and his path to being hailed as a great painter. Several of the works in the exhibition were shown at Liljevalchs as early as 1916, when they were met with very scathing and critical reviews in some newspapers. Contrary to today's critics, who instead described some of the paintings as "enchantingly good". Unfortunately

Lars Lerin is one of our most beloved artists, as demonstrated by the number of visitors to the exhibition in summer 2018, with no less than 189 347 people seeing the exhibition. Nevertheless, it did not surpass the figures of the 1952 Mexican exhibition, which still holds the audience record with its 212 431 visitors. With over 100 works exhibited from 2002 onwards

The exhibition was planned over two years and was one of the most expensive productions in Liljevalch's history. The aim was to create a fashion exhibition that went beyond "showing clothes on hangers" - linking new Swedish fashion with international greats. London-based fashion curator Sofia Hedman and designer Serge Martynov were responsible for the concept, spectacular design and scenography. The exhibition

One hundred years after August Strindberg passed away, the exhibition August. An exhibition with a difference. In 12 Strindberg rooms, August Strindberg was shown as an artist, playwright, debater, alchemist and human being. Liljevalchs also introduced a living Strindberg to the exhibition. "Liljevalchs' communication work with a very much alive August Strindberg - a person of our own time, here

Hemslöjden, the National Association of Swedish Handicraft Societies, was founded a few years before Liljevalchs was completed and has exhibited there several times over the years: 1917, 1933, 1937, 1948, 1955, 1962, 1982 and in connection with the 100th anniversary in 2012. The anniversary exhibition included over 900 works. The largest halls were entitled Do you see the leaves on all the trees where anyone could get

The exhibition showed Märta Måås-Fjetterström's artistic development from the tapestries of her youth in the meandering Art Nouveau style to the advanced pattern designs of later years. The walls and floor were covered with a selection of 150 unique works, from 1919 to 2009, created by the most well-known names in textile art and, in recent years, also by the younger generation of Swedish contemporary art as well as designers and architects.