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Multiple dates in November
Häpp! Toddler Dance Show at ZebraDans
Two friends, two wooden stools and soft live music, plus a little magic that makes the stools float and spin.
Multiple dates in November
Kurt and Kio: A Fort-Building Play
Two bored friends decide a fort will solve everything, then find out they have to make one from whatever is in the living room.
Fri-Sat Nov 13-14
In Praise of Shadows: Family Circus by Below Zero
Swedish circus company Below Zero brings seven acrobats, live folk music and a set of mountains and glaciers to a family show where bodies fly meters into the air.
- FestivalTaxinge Castle Christmas MarketMultiple dates in November, From 100 kr
- PerformanceScience Experiment Show with Beppe SingerSat Nov 14, Free
- FestivalSpråkfesten: Multilingual Story Times and Kids' Book FairSat Nov 14, No booking needed
- WorkshopFrom Ice Age to Future: Family Climate Day at Historiska MuseetSun Nov 15, 18 and under free, 180 kr
- PerformanceI Can! (Jag Kan!): Physical Theater for PreschoolersSun Nov 15 & Tue Nov 17 & Wed Nov 18, 160 kr, seniors 130 kr
- WorkshopStory Time with Isol: Picture Books in Spanish and SwedishSun Nov 15, Free
- WorkshopArt Saturdays in Omfamnad: Family Workshops at KulturhusetSat Nov 14, From 170 kr
- PerformanceChildren's Cultural Saturdays at BirkagårdenSat Nov 14, 90 kr, kids and adults
- PerformanceTitta där! at Mimteatern: A Wordless Underwater Puppet ShowSun Nov 15, 120-160 kr
- PerformanceLost (Vilse): A 35-Minute Children's Opera at Kungliga OperanDaily Oct 9 - Nov 28, Prices on the ticket page
- PerformanceMoo, Said the Pig: A Wordless Mime ComedySat Nov 14 & Sun Dec 6, 120-160 kr
- WorkshopCreate in The Workshop: Memory Boxes at Moderna MuseetMultiple Dates Nov-Dec, Free
- Guided VisitHeadlamp Adventure at Historiska Museet: A Viking Tour in the DarkMultiple Dates Nov-Dec, Kids free, adults 180 kr
- FestivalKungsträdgården Christmas MarketSat Nov 28, Free
- FestivalChristmas Market at the Royal StablesFri-Sun Dec 4-6, 120 kr, under 12 free
- FestivalChristmas in the 1800s at TorekällbergetSat-Sun Dec 5-6
- FestivalNobel Week Lights: Stockholm Light Art FestivalDec 5-13, Free
- FestivalSchysst Jul Christmas Market at ABF-husetSat-Sun Dec 5-6, Free
- PerformanceFamily Lucia Concert at StorkyrkanSat Dec 12, From 110 kr
- PerformanceLucia at SkansenSat-Sun Dec 12-13
- FestivalNew Year's Eve at SkansenThu Dec 31, Tickets online
- PerformanceLorpan Längtar: Puppet Theater at Dockteatern TittutWed-Sun Nov 18-22
- PerformanceA Witch's Diary: A Hansel and Gretel Puppet ShowSat Nov 21, 140 kr per ticket
- PerformanceThe Tigers Are Coming: A Loranga Play for Preschoolers at Teater TreMultiple dates in November, From 160 kr
Multiple dates in November
Taxinge Castle Christmas Market
More than 100 Swedish craftspeople fill a Sörmland castle with handmade gifts, and kids 12 and under get in free with an adult.
Sat Nov 14
Science Experiment Show with Beppe Singer
Beppe Singer brings some of his favorite experiments from his books to Solna's main library, and the kids get to try them. Expect it to get messy.
Sat Nov 14
Språkfesten: Multilingual Story Times and Kids' Book Fair
Picture books read aloud in Spanish, Arabic, Lithuanian and Greek, a fair with kids' books in about 20 languages, and a Bollywood dance show to close the day.
Sun Nov 15
From Ice Age to Future: Family Climate Day at Historiska Museet
A children's book author shares illustrations of ice ages and heat waves, museum guides show objects from prehistoric times, and kids leave a message for the future.
Sun Nov 15 & Tue Nov 17 & Wed Nov 18
I Can! (Jag Kan!): Physical Theater for Preschoolers
One man, a unicycle and a small green horn show little kids what trying again looks like, in a show adults enjoy just as much.
Sun Nov 15
Story Time with Isol: Picture Books in Spanish and Swedish
Argentine picture book author Isol reads her own books aloud in Spanish and Swedish, then everyone gets creative together. She won the ALMA, the world's largest children's book prize.
Sat Nov 14
Art Saturdays in Omfamnad: Family Workshops at Kulturhuset
Kids and parents tour a climb-in exhibition with the artist who made it, then sit down to make something of their own from the same ideas.
Sat Nov 14
Children's Cultural Saturdays at Birkagården
A goofy magician whose spells sometimes go wrong plays Birkagården for half an hour, and every kid in the audience leaves with something to take home.
Sun Nov 15
Titta där! at Mimteatern: A Wordless Underwater Puppet Show
Two mimes and their puppets head under the sea to meet seahorses, singing fish and a cheeky axolotl, until a yellow boot bobs past with someone hiding inside.
Daily Oct 9 - Nov 28
Lost (Vilse): A 35-Minute Children's Opera at Kungliga Operan
Klara meets an egg that won't hatch and a tree that wishes it were water as she hunts for her way home, in a short opera critics called "a little gem."
Sat Nov 14 & Sun Dec 6
Moo, Said the Pig: A Wordless Mime Comedy
Two actors play a pig who only says moo and the goat who makes it fall silent. Kids need no Swedish, and the last sound is the point.
Multiple Dates Nov-Dec
Create in The Workshop: Memory Boxes at Moderna Museet
Kids and parents paint and collage a box of their own, inspired by an artist who kept her memories in small sculptures.
Multiple Dates Nov-Dec
Headlamp Adventure at Historiska Museet: A Viking Tour in the Dark
Lights out in the museum's Gold Room, headlamps on: kids follow Beowulf among ancient treasures, with a stolen gold cup to return and a dragon to stop.
Sat Nov 28
Kungsträdgården Christmas Market
Stockholm's upper secondary students set up their own Christmas stalls in the city's central park, a free drop-in browse worth an hour before dark.
Fri-Sun Dec 4-6
Christmas Market at the Royal Stables
Around seventy Swedish craft makers fill the royal stables with handmade Christmas gifts, and kids can step inside the stable to meet the King's horses.
Sat-Sun Dec 5-6
Christmas in the 1800s at Torekällberget
Södertälje's open-air museum dresses up for an old-fashioned Christmas, with market stalls, historic homes busy with holiday prep and a Lucia procession to close the weekend.
Dec 5-13
Nobel Week Lights: Stockholm Light Art Festival
Large-scale light art inspired by the Nobel Prize glows across Stockholm's streets and squares, from the city center out to Tensta, open for anyone to wander through.
Sat-Sun Dec 5-6
Schysst Jul Christmas Market at ABF-huset
Stockholm's yearly ethical Christmas market, where every stall is chosen for sustainability and social justice. Bring a gift list and let the kids pick a present or two.
Sat Dec 12
Family Lucia Concert at Storkyrkan
A candlelit Lucia procession in the medieval cathedral of Gamla stan, in the family performance of its annual Lucia concerts. Arrive early: nobody gets in once the singing starts.
Sat-Sun Dec 12-13
Lucia at Skansen
A traditional Lucia choir concert in Seglora Church, or a step back to a 1920s Lucia in the Temperance Hall. Pick the one that fits your kids.
Thu Dec 31
New Year's Eve at Skansen
Count down to midnight at Skansen's Solliden stage, where SVT broadcasts the countdown live and Stockholm is the backdrop. Go early: the stage area fills up.
Wed-Sun Nov 18-22
Lorpan Längtar: Puppet Theater at Dockteatern Tittut
A puppet play for toddlers and preschoolers from Dockteatern Tittut, the Södermalm theater that has made shows for the youngest since 1977, with a café in the foyer.
Sat Nov 21
A Witch's Diary: A Hansel and Gretel Puppet Show
The fairy tale everyone knows, told from the other side: small puppets and shadow play ask who decided the old woman in the forest was a witch at all.
Multiple dates in November
The Tigers Are Coming: A Loranga Play for Preschoolers at Teater Tre
Pappa Loranga, Masarin and Grandpa Dartanjang jump off Barbro Lindgren's pages into a half-hour of roaring, chasing and car racing. But are the tigers dangerous, and do they dance?