The City Hall in Stockholm is one of many iconic buildings in the Swedish capital. The construction, built in National Romantic style, began in 1911 and the opening was held on Midsummer Eve in 1923. It is the venue of the Nobel Prize banquet and is one of Stockholm’s major tourist attractions. In this dazzling […]
In spring 1893, the first spring festival was held at Skansen in Stockholm on the initiative of Skansen’s founder Artur Hazelius. The festival ended on June 6th with a large flag festival. In 1916, a board for the Swedish Flag Day was formed to promote a national gathering around the flag. This beautiful poster by […]
In this vintage travel poster advertising Suécia – Sweden – in Portugese the message is clear: Sweden is truly a country of colors AND contrasts. It was published in the 1950s in an effort to create a Scandinavian series of almost identical travel posters for Denmark, Sweden and (most probably) also Norway. As you can […]
Finalist in the MyNordenPoster contest 2022! In the words of the artist: I looked at the previous winners of the competition and came to the conclusion that I wanted to do something different. I took inspiration from Tove Janssons and Erik Bruuns humour, simplicity and spot on details. I love drawing little details – like […]
A single lake – but countless sights! Lake Mälaren, or Lake Malar in English, is an amazing place. It spans 120 km from west to east all the way to central Stockholm. So, obviously, it needed travel poster of its own in the 1920s. For some unknown reason the Swedish State Railways saw it as […]
Awarded Swedish travel poster of the year 2020 in the MySwedenPoster contest! The artist presents her poster: This travel poster was inspired by all the beautiful photos of Sweden that I’ve seen, landscapes and sightseeing from movies and descriptions from the books. All these images of natural landmarks and pristine wilderness always fascinate and inspire […]
The artist presents her poster: I wanted to capture the clean and lively nature of Sweden, with the ocean and sunny fish loving people, and top it with the colors of the Swedish flag. Surely travel posters can’t simply remain a cry from the past? Absolutely not. We live in a completely visual world where […]
You know we love travel posters with our whole hearts, but did you know that the poster hunter also keeps other treasures, such as propaganda posters, in his archives? Since the prohibition period, efforts have been made to work for sobriety with the help of posters. The dangers of liquor have traditionally been warned by […]
Göta Canal is one of the largest constructions in Sweden – it took over 20 year to build this 190 km long artificial waterway. The canal has been one of the most popular tourist destinations in Sweden for a long time, and it’s not hard to understand why: with magnificent views and beautiful scenary the […]
Gunnar Nordgren had a long career in advertising, with a lot of assignments from Sälen and other mountain areas. This poster describes the moment when you see the mountain close up for the first time and you wonder how it looks so steep.
