Indoor Events for Kids in Stockholm
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Indoor Events for Kids in Stockholm

41 events

Dark by late afternoon and too cold for the playground? These are the plays, puppet shows, museum workshops and concerts happening under a roof, sorted by date so the next one is always at the top. Many shows are in Swedish, but dance, music and toddler theater need few words. Check each listing for its language and the ages it suits.

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Exhibition
Where
Östermalm
When
Through Sep 30, 2027
Ages
All ages
Cost
From 195 kr

A touring exhibition about James Cameron, the director of Titanic and Avatar, and his other life as a deep-sea explorer. Kids see props from his films, film projections, rare objects and the underwater cameras and technology he used to explore the ocean depths.

It suits kids curious about the deep sea, underwater technology or how films get made.

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Performance
When
Daily Oct 9 - Nov 28
Ages
6+
Cost
Prices on the ticket page

Klara has forgotten her name and can't find her way home. On her search she meets an egg that refuses to hatch, a wind that longs to be a stone and a tree that wishes it were water. It's a short, dreamlike opera in the spirit of Alice in Wonderland, sung in Swedish, with music by composer Andrea Tarrodi. Critics and young audiences loved its 2024 premiere.

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Exhibition
When
Through Apr 11, 2027
Ages
All ages
Cost
Under 19 free, adults 195 kr

Soft textiles, sculptural furniture and handmade objects fill this design exhibition, including a giant plush orangutan and armchairs with bear ears. More than 100 designers from 23 countries show work about play and making things by hand. Two Dutch designers planned the rooms with their children, Ko and Puk. It is a gallery show, not a play area, so it suits kids who like looking closely at strange, colorful things.

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Performance
Where
Södermalm
When
Multiple dates in November
Ages
2+
Cost
120 kr

Häpp! is a gentle dance show by ZebraDans about two friends, two wooden stools and the simple joy of dancing together. With soft live music, a bit of humor and a little magic, the friends make the stools float and spin.

There is very little talking, so kids who don't speak Swedish can follow it. It suits toddlers and preschoolers who do better with a calm show.

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Performance
Where
Södermalm
When
Multiple dates in November
Ages
3–6
Cost
160 kr, seniors 130 kr

Kurt and Kio are bored, the stare-at-the-ceiling kind of bored, until Kio decides a fort will fix everything. They just don't have one. What follows is an adventure around the living room, told mostly through movement and humor by two mime-trained actors. It's based on Lisen Adbåge's Swedish children's book Kurt och Kio vill ha koja, and suits kids who like silliness more than a long story.

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Performance
Where
Södermalm
When
Multiple Dates Nov 2026 - Jan 2027
Ages
2–6
Cost
From 160 kr

Gräv (Dig) is a new puppet musical by Miriam Forsberg. Every morning Billie walks past a building site on the way to preschool, until one day the digger turns and looks back. A friendship grows from feeling different, and Billie's fascination brings back the digger's lost spark.

Songs carry the story. The director calls it a tribute to kids with special interests, so it lands well with machine-obsessed preschoolers.

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Performance
Where
Norrmalm
When
Fri-Sat Nov 13-14
Ages
7+
Cost
From 222 kr

A family circus show by Swedish company Below Zero. Seven acrobats move across a set that suggests mountains, waves and a glacier, while two musicians play newly written folk music live, from whispering fiddles to drums and club beats.

Expect risky balancing acts, flips, a haute couture catwalk and bodies thrown meters into the air. It is told through bodies and music rather than words, so kids need no Swedish.

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Exhibition
Where
Östermalm
When
Fri Nov 13 - Sun Aug 15, 2027
Ages
All ages
Cost
18 and under free, 170 kr

London's Natural History Museum runs this yearly wildlife photo competition, and this is the exhibition of the results: 100 photos picked from 65,403 entries from 121 countries. Kids get a dung beetle shot at eye level by the young winner, along with animal moments few people ever see. It is all looking and no touching, so it suits animal fans more than toddlers who need to move.

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Workshop
Where
Östermalm
When
Through Jan 10, 2027
Ages
All ages
Cost
Free

A drop-in workshop at Liljevalchs, the art gallery on Djurgården, where kids make their own mask with educators and artists on hand to guide them. The idea comes from Ylva Snöfrid's exhibition The House of the Muses, where masks are part of her rituals. The starting question: who are you, and who would you like to be? You can also try the show's Exquisite Corpse ritual.

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Workshop
Where
Södermalm
When
Through Jan 31, 2027
Ages
All ages
Cost
Under 18 free, adults 160 kr

A hands-on chemistry session in the workshop of the Nobel Prize Museum, in the middle of Gamla Stan. Kids run two experiments: they start a chemical reaction inside a plastic glove and make a substance that wasn't there before, then use what the museum calls "fart juice" to watch liquids change in front of them. It suits kids who like to mix things and see what happens.

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Performance
Where
Vasastan
When
Sat Nov 14
Ages
4+
Cost
90 kr, kids and adults

Birkagården, a culture house, brings a theater group or other children's performers to its stage each year. This fall's last show is Totoo trollkarl, a magic show led by a slightly goofy magician whose spells sometimes go wrong, which only makes it funnier. It is easy to follow and full of laughs, for kids and the adults who bring them.

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Workshop
When
Sat Nov 14
Ages
4+
Cost
From 170 kr

Omfamnad is a hands-on exhibition at Kulturhuset where you can step inside a six-meter stone sculpture, lean on a giant textile octopus and wear the paintings. On Art Saturdays, one of the exhibition's artists walks kids and parents through their own work, then runs a making workshop built on it. Each Saturday has a different artist and a different project, so the sessions don't repeat.

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Guided Visit
Where
Östermalm
When
Multiple Dates Nov-Dec
Ages
7+
Cost
Kids free, adults 180 kr

The museum switches off the lights in its Gold Room, and kids explore the ancient treasures with a headlamp as their only light. The guide ties the objects to Viking-age tales, following Beowulf through his fights with the swamp monster Grendel and the dragon.

A good fit for kids who like myths and legends. The room is dark, though the tour itself has no scare effects.

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Workshop
Where
Östermalm
When
Multiple Dates Nov-Dec
Ages
5+
Cost
Up to 18 free, adults 180 kr

A hands-on craft workshop at the Swedish History Museum, where kids make their own Viking-style bracelet. Vikings wore arm rings, mostly silver or bronze, and the old sagas tell of heroes swearing oaths on them or earning one as a reward for something brave.

Each kid decides what their own ring stands for, and the real ones are on show in the museum's Viking World exhibition.

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Workshop
Where
Norrmalm
When
Multiple Dates Nov 2026 - Mar 2027
Ages
5+
Cost
From 100 kr

A program the Royal Swedish Opera runs for kids, and what happens changes by date. Kids try on costumes from the opera's costume store during a tour of the opera house, discover their voice in a short opera-singing session, or sit in on a musical story time in the scenery workshops.

The try-out sessions suit kids who are fine being away from their parent for a short while.

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Festival
Where
Södermalm
When
Sat Nov 14
Ages
All ages
Cost
No booking needed

Språkfesten (The Language Party) is Stockholm City Library's day about growing up with more than one language. Authors and illustrators read picture books aloud, often in two languages, and kids can ask them questions and get a book signed. A book fair carries children's books in Swedish and about 20 other languages. It suits multilingual families most; the main stage leans adult, so head for the kids' stage.

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Performance
Where
Vasastan
When
Sat Nov 14 & Sun Dec 6
Ages
3+
Cost
120-160 kr

A pig who can only say "moo" baffles the other farm animals, then falls for a curious goat and goes silent. Two actors tell the story through mime, movement and music, with no spoken lines, so kids follow it in any language.

A gentle romantic comedy about being different and being liked as you are. It suits preschoolers who enjoy silly animals more than older kids after a big plot.

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Performance
When
Multiple Dates Nov-Dec
Ages
3+
Cost
195 kr

Mamma Moo, the cow from Jujja Wieslander and Sven Nordqvist's Swedish picture books, plans a Christmas surprise for the farmer: she'll jump until her milk turns to whipped cream. Crow, meanwhile, rushes home to sort out presents for himself, in case nobody else gives him any. It's a funny, warm play about friendship and what counts at Christmas.

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Performance
When
Sat Nov 14
Ages
6–12
Cost
Free

A fun, cheeky and above all messy science show with Beppe Singer, the award-winning presenter, author and teacher. Kids get to try some of his favorite experiments, taken straight from his books.

It suits curious kids who don't mind getting their hands dirty. The show is led in Swedish, so kids who don't follow it will get less out of it.

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Performance
Where
Södermalm
When
Multiple Dates Nov 2026 - Jan 2027
Ages
3+

Dröse & Norberg's own stage version of The Jungle Book, with Mowgli, Baloo, Bagheera, Kaa and Shere Kahn alongside a troop of monkeys and their King Gibbon. It mixes original songs, humor and acrobatics, played by a large cast of Swedish musical performers in big fur-and-feather costumes. The show has drawn over 200,000 people and suits kids who can sit through a full-length theater show with an intermission.

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Performance
When
Sun Nov 15
Ages
1–5
Cost
120-160 kr

Two mimes and their puppets take toddlers down into a glittering underwater world of two seahorses, singing fish and a cheeky axolotl. Then a yellow boot comes bobbing by, and someone is hiding inside.

There is no talking at all. The story runs on movement, music and the set, like a picture book acted out, so kids who don't speak Swedish follow it as easily as anyone.

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Performance
When
Multiple Dates Nov-Dec
Ages
5+
Cost
From 395 kr

Astrid Lindgren's Emil comes to life as a family musical at Intiman, a small theater on Odenplan where every seat is close to the stage. Kids meet Emil, Ida, Alfred, Lina and Lukas the horse, and watch one prank follow another, each ending with an angry Papa and another wooden figure carved in the shed.

It's performed in Swedish, so it lands best with kids who already know the stories.

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Workshop
Where
Skeppsholmen
When
Multiple Dates Nov-Dec
Ages
All ages
Cost
Free

Children and adults work side by side in the museum's Workshop, making their own memory boxes with paint and collage. The theme comes from the exhibition of Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian, whose Heartache Boxes are small sculptures holding memories from her life. It suits families who would rather make something together than walk through galleries.

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Workshop
Where
Östermalm
When
Sun Nov 15
Ages
All ages
Cost
18 and under free, 180 kr

A day at the Swedish History Museum about how people have lived through climate change, from the ice ages on, and what that history can teach kids today.

Kids and adults go together: a guided look at prehistoric objects, a short talk on climate made for children, and a drawing workshop where everyone adds a picture or message about the future to a shared board.

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Performance
Where
Södermalm
When
Sun Nov 15 & Tue Nov 17 & Wed Nov 18
Ages
2–5
Cost
160 kr, seniors 130 kr

A solo physical theater show for toddlers and preschoolers about how hard it is to learn something new, and how proud you feel when you suddenly can. Per Dahlström sweeps, stumbles, whistles and rides a unicycle, losing heart along the way until a small green horn turns into a cheeky bird that won't let him quit. It suits kids learning to try again when something goes wrong.

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Workshop
Where
Kungsholmen
When
Sun Nov 15
Ages
Up to 12
Cost
Free

Isol, the Argentine picture book author and illustrator, reads from some of her own books in Spanish and Swedish. Then everyone gets creative together, and the library serves fika.

It suits kids who follow Spanish or Swedish and like being read to. Isol won the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (ALMA) in 2013, the world's largest prize for children's and youth literature.

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Performance
Where
Södermalm
When
Wed-Sun Nov 18-22
Ages
2–6

Lorpan längtar (roughly "Lorpan longs") is a puppet play from Dockteatern Tittut, a Södermalm theater that has made stage shows for the very youngest since 1977.

It is performed in Swedish, so it works best for kids who understand the language. A good first theater trip for toddlers and preschoolers.

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Performance
When
Sat Nov 21
Ages
4–10
Cost
140 kr per ticket

Hansel and Gretel, told from the witch's side. Late one evening in a small library, the librarian tells a very different version of the story: who is this witch, who decided she was one, and do witches exist at all? Two actors mix puppets, shadow play and music in a story about fear and superstition, and about friendship and courage. It suits kids who already know the fairy tale.

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Performance
When
Sun Nov 22 & Sun Jan 17, 2027
Ages
1–2
Cost
150 kr, adult + child

A playful music session built around The Little Prince, the French classic about a boy from the tiny planet B612 who travels between planets. A Dramaten actor and young musicians from the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic's Orchestra Academy tell the story to live classical music on flute, bassoon and violin.

It's made for toddlers with a grown-up beside them, so expect joining in more than watching from afar.

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Performance
Where
Södermalm
When
Multiple dates in November
Ages
2–6
Cost
From 160 kr

A physical comedy loosely based on Barbro Lindgren's books about Loranga, Masarin and Dartanjang. Kids follow Masarin home through the forest, past the junk heap and the giraffe, to where Pappa Loranga sleeps under the kitchen table. Then something rumbles in the distance. It must be tigers! The play tumbles through tiger hunts, pike shoals, bullfights and car races, all about being strong, scared and almost happy.

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Performance
Where
Södermalm
When
Multiple Dates Nov-Dec
Ages
1–3
Cost
From 130 kr

Tomtebobarnen is a dance and music show for toddlers, loosely based on Elsa Beskow's picture book Children of the Forest. Three performers in red mushroom hats play siblings through a year in the woods: they grow, squabble, play and learn about each other. Teater Tre tells it through dance, movement, music and play, and the room is small, so the youngest sit close to the action.

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Performance
Where
Östermalm
When
Multiple dates in December
Ages
5+
Cost
Tickets on operan.se

Pär Isberg's Nutcracker is the Royal Swedish Ballet's Christmas classic, retold with Elsa Beskow's storybook characters. Petter and Lotta live with Aunt Green, Aunt Brown and Aunt Lavender and are celebrating Christmas for the very first time.

The children want to sleep under the Christmas tree, and that night an enchanted world opens up around them. It suits kids who can sit through a full evening ballet with an intermission.

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Performance
Where
Östermalm
When
Sat Dec 5 & Sun Feb 21, 2027 & Sun May 2, 2027
Ages
2–5
Cost
From 325 kr

Babblarna, the colorful Swedish characters, star in an interactive musical set at Klonk's birthday party. There's cake, balloons, a fishing game and party hats on stage, and the kids join in: clapping the beat, babbling, pretending to drive a car and dancing along.

The cast tells the story with speech, signs, song and dance. It's made for the very youngest, so school-age siblings may find it too young.

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Festival
When
Sat-Sun Dec 5-6
Ages
All ages
Cost
Free

Schysst Jul is the Christmas market Svalorna Latinamerika runs every year. Each exhibitor is picked for putting ecological sustainability and social justice first, so the stalls are full of products made with people and the planet in mind.

It is a good place to shop for presents together. Kids can help choose something for a grandparent or teacher, and older kids who like picking gifts get the most from it.

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Performance
Where
Östermalm
When
Sat-Sun Dec 12-13
Ages
All ages

Lucia is a Swedish holiday tradition, and Skansen offers two ways to see it. In Seglora Church, a choir gives a traditional Lucia concert. In the Temperance Hall, a 1920s-style celebration shows what Lucia could look and sound like a century ago.

It suits kids who are happy to sit and listen to a choir, and families curious about Swedish holiday traditions.

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Performance
Where
Södermalm
When
Sat Dec 12
Ages
6+
Cost
From 110 kr

Lucia is one of Sweden's best-loved traditions, and Storkyrkan, the medieval cathedral in Gamla stan, is a classic place to see it. The Lucia procession enters in white with a crown of candles, and choirs sing the Lucia and Staffan songs of the day.

This is the family performance of the cathedral's Lucia concerts. It suits kids who can sit quietly through a concert in a dim, candlelit church.

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Performance
Where
Norrmalm
When
Daily Jan 22 - Mar 5, 2027
Ages
5+
Cost
95 kr – 135 kr

A funny puppet play from Marionetteatern that starts at the dawn of time, passes the dinosaurs and lands in the present day, when a green boot turns up as theater director and wants to decide everything. Eric Ericson wrote it for the company, and Helena Nilsson directs.

Under the jokes it's a story about plastic, oil and power, and about not falling for whoever thinks they know best.

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Performance
Where
Östermalm
When
Multiple Dates Feb-May 2027
Ages
10–12
Cost
Tickets on Dramaten

Evin and Silas are best friends who don't feel at home at school, or in their own bodies. Evin would rather be a dolphin, Silas a colorful, over-the-top bird. Then a strange person online offers to make it happen with untested, illegal DNA tech.

Mille Bostedt's play is wild, cheeky, playful and existential, about searching for your true identity and wanting to be someone else.

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Performance
Where
Östermalm
When
Daily Feb 13 - Mar 31, 2027
Ages
6+
Cost
140-280 kr

A sad boy and an angry girl are each playing alone when magic stirs their rooms, a chest pulls them in, and they come out in each other's place. Scared, then curious, they play, fight, make up and dance into a friendship neither expected.

Two Royal Swedish Ballet dancers perform up close, to an original symphonic score recorded by the Royal Swedish Orchestra.

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Performance
When
Multiple Dates Feb-Apr 2027
Ages
3+
Cost
From 160 kr

Teater Pero's stage version of Sven Nordqvist's picture book. Lonely old Pettson gets a kitten delivered in a box of green peas, names him Findus, and his gray days fill with color. Then one day Findus is gone. Two actors play the story with music on a set built from rag rugs. It is about daring to get a little lost, and trusting others to help when you do.

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Performance
Where
Östermalm
When
Multiple dates in May 2027
Ages
3+
Cost
Tickets on Dramaten

Three dancers and a whole lot of cars. A little car has lost its map and circles a roundabout, a rattly old car makes strange noises and needs a tow, a tired truck can't make it up the hill, and a sports car just wants to go fast.

Classical ballet meets playful sound design in this show by dance company TUBO, made for young kids who love playing with vehicles.

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