Film and TV locations in Sweden
38 places to shoot in Sweden: 11 theatres, arenas and venues, 6 offices, schools and public buildings, 4 industrial and derelict locations and 17 more. 26 have a photo and 14 carry practical details the location publishes itself. Search and put three side by side in the locations search.
What Sweden pays back
Sweden runs the Swedish Production Incentive, worth Up to 25% as a cash rebate. Work out the net value on your own spend in the incentive comparison, and find a studio, service company or post house in the 15 companies we list in Sweden.
Regions
- Stockholm 13
- Vastra Gotaland 5
- Skane 5
- Norrbotten 3
- Gothenburg, Vastra Gotaland 3
And single locations in 7 more regions, all of them in the list below.
Theatres, arenas and venues in Sweden 11
Auditoriums, concert halls, opera houses, cinemas, arenas and event spaces, with the backstage, foyers and dressing rooms that come with them. All 11 on their own page.
Avicii Arena
Theatre, arena & venue
A spherical indoor arena in Johanneshov, Stockholm, one of the largest hemispherical buildings in the world, used for concerts, sport and large-scale events with a SkyView cable car running up its outer shell.
Eriksdalsbadet
Theatre, arena & venue
Stockholm's largest public swimming complex on Sodermalm, with an Olympic-sized 50 metre indoor pool, an outdoor pool and diving towers used for competitions.
Konserthuset Stockholm
Theatre, arena & venue
The main concert hall for orchestral music in Stockholm, overlooking Hotorget, home to the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra and the venue for the annual Nobel Prize ceremony.
Kulturhuset Stadsteatern
Theatre, arena & venue
Culture house and municipal theatre on Sergels torg in central Stockholm, with several stages, exhibition halls, a library and rooms available for hire.
Spaces listed for hire: Foajé 3, Hörsalen, Klarabiografen (cinema), Lilla studion, Studion and the galleries.
Liseberg
Theatre, arena & venue
Amusement park in central Gothenburg with rides, stages and gardens, plus on-site hotels and dedicated conference and event spaces for hire.
Conference spaces at the park, Lisebergsbyn and Grand Curiosa Hotel
Malmo Live
Theatre, arena & venue
Concert hall and congress centre in Malmo, home to the Malmo Symphony Orchestra, with a main concert hall and several smaller performance spaces.
Nalen
Theatre, arena & venue
A 1920s entertainment building in central Stockholm combining a concert hall, restaurant and function rooms, long associated with Swedish jazz and now hired out for concerts, dinners and conferences.
Royal Swedish Opera
Theatre, arena & venue
National opera and ballet house on Gustav Adolfs torg in Stockholm, founded in 1773, with a 19th-century auditorium due for renovation from 2027.
Capacity: 200 · The Golden Foyer, the space published for hire, seats up to 120 or holds up to 200 standing, and includes a terrace overlooking Gustav Adolfs torg,...
Slagthuset
Theatre, arena & venue
A former municipal abattoir in Malmo's harbour district converted into an event venue, keeping its industrial brick halls for concerts, conferences and large private functions.
Capacity: 1500 · Multiple named halls of different sizes: Saluhallen up to 1500, Restauranggatan up to 1020, Teatern up to 921, Hantverksgangen up to about 350, Sodra...
Dalhalla
Theatre, arena & venue
Open-air amphitheatre built into a flooded former limestone quarry near Rattvik in Dalarna, with a stage, restaurant and glamping accommodation beside the water.
Restaurant, glamping tents, transfer buses for events
Grona Lund
Theatre, arena & venue
A small, densely packed amusement park on Djurgarden's waterfront in Stockholm, open since 1883 with over 30 rides and three indoor and outdoor stages used for summer concerts.
Offices, schools and public buildings in Sweden 6
Offices, town halls, courtrooms, libraries, universities and schools: the interiors most contemporary drama actually needs. Offices, schools and public buildings across Europe.
Chalmers University of Technology
Office, school & public building
A research university campus along Kungsportsavenyen in Gothenburg, with early 20th-century main buildings and later science and engineering blocks around a long central mall.
Filmhuset
Office, school & public building
The Brutalist 1970 headquarters of the Swedish Film Institute in Gardet, Stockholm, built to resemble a camera, housing a film archive, offices and two public cinemas.
Seen in: Guldbagge Awards ceremony, Stockholm International Film Festival industry programme
Two cinemas (Bio Victor and Bio Mauritz) available for public rental, a large film archive, open plan offices
Lund University
Office, school & public building
One of Northern Europe's oldest universities, its 19th-century main building facing the historic Lundagard park next to Lund Cathedral in the centre of Lund.
Universeum
Office, school & public building
Sweden's national science centre in Gothenburg, a ten-floor building with rainforest and ocean exhibits, a visualisation dome and dedicated event and conference spaces.
Published event packages: dinner and drinks in the Ocean zone (max 250), dinner with Wisdome show (max 250), conference (max 30), and hire of the...
Vasa Museum
Office, school & public building
Maritime museum on Djurgarden in Stockholm built around the salvaged 17th-century warship Vasa, which sank on its maiden voyage in 1628.
Capacity: 2000 · Ship Hall, the main event space next to the ship Vasa: up to 800 guests seated for dinner or up to 2,000 for a standing reception. Adjoining...
Uppsala University Main Building
Office, school & public building
The main hall (Universitetshuset) of Sweden's oldest university, a domed 19th-century building in central Uppsala used for ceremonies, lectures and public ceremonies.
Industrial and derelict locations in Sweden 4
Factories, warehouses, power stations, mines, depots and abandoned buildings: raw space, hard surfaces and the kind of decay that is impossible to build. Industrial and derelict locations across Europe.
Innovatum
Industrial & derelict
A former NOHAB locomotive and engine works in Trollhattan, its brick factory halls now a business park, science centre and meeting venue around the old workshop buildings.
Lindholmen
Industrial & derelict
Former shipyard peninsula in Gothenburg redeveloped since the 1990s into a science park of offices, test beds and studios jointly run by the city and industry.
Falu Gruva (Falun Mine)
Industrial & derelict
UNESCO-listed copper mine in Falun, Dalarna, with underground tour routes, a mine museum, historic miners' cottages and a large open pit.
Kiruna Mine (LKAB)
Industrial & derelict
A working underground iron-ore mine beneath Kiruna with an ore body 4 kilometres long, its headframes and processing plant dominating the edge of the town.
Bars, restaurants and shops in Sweden 2
Cafes, bars, restaurants, markets, shops and shopping streets, the everyday interiors a schedule eats through quickly. Bars, restaurants and shops across Europe.
Feskekorka
Bar, restaurant & shop
A neo-Gothic fish market hall in central Gothenburg, built in 1874 to resemble a church, with fish counters and small restaurants inside its single vaulted space.
Ostermalms Saluhall
Bar, restaurant & shop
A market hall on Ostermalmstorg in Stockholm, open since 1888, with stalls and small restaurants for fish, meat, cheese and produce under an iron-framed roof.
Film studios and backlots in Sweden 2
Sound stages, backlots, water tanks and virtual production volumes you can hire, with the crew base and power that go with them. Film studios and backlots across Europe.
Film i Väst
Studio & backlot
Regional film fund and studio base in Trollhättan, nicknamed Trollywood, whose stages and industrial halls have held full-scale purpose-built sets.
Seen in: Dogville (2003), Melancholia (2011)
Studio Fares: one 1,100 m2 sound stage (31.3 x 36.1 m, 10 m to the gallery) with a telfer system of 40 hoists, 1,000 A permanent power plus 1,000 A...
Ystad Studios
Studio & backlot
Two 600m2 sound stages in Ystad built for the Wallander and Bron/The Bridge productions, now run by the regional film fund and hired out to other productions.
Seen in: Wallander, Bron/The Bridge
Ernst Hugo stage: 600m2, virtual production with a 25x4m projection screen in a 180-degree semicircle. Anna Q stage: 600m2, set-construction stage. 6...
Transport and infrastructure in Sweden 2
Stations, airports, ports, bridges, tunnels, metro lines and rolling stock, including disused stretches that can be closed off for a shoot. Transport and infrastructure across Europe.
Port of Gothenburg
Transport & infrastructure
The largest port in the Nordic countries, handling nearly 30 percent of Sweden's foreign trade across container, roro, ferry and energy terminals along the Gota Alv river mouth.
Marinmuseum (Naval Museum), Karlskrona
Transport & infrastructure
Sweden's naval museum on the island of Stumholmen in Karlskrona, part of the country's only baroque naval town and still-active naval base, with historic ships moored alongside.
Castles and estates in Sweden 2
Castles, fortresses, manor houses and country estates, usually with grounds, outbuildings and period interiors in one place. Castles and estates across Europe.
Stora Sundby Slott
Castle & estate
A 19th-century turreted castle near Eskilstuna with 52 rooms and a hunting estate, open for tours and events, used for the royal palace scenes in a Netflix teen drama.
Seen in: Young Royals
Naas Slott
Castle & estate
A lakeside castle and former handicraft teacher-training seminary near Gothenburg with function rooms, guest wings and parkland, publishing its own photography and filming service and used in a Swedish period TV drama.
Seen in: Var tid ar nu (The Restaurant)
Historic towns and streets in Sweden 2
Old towns, squares and streets that can double for a period without dressing out a modern skyline. Historic towns and streets across Europe.
Visby
Historic town & street
Medieval walled town on Gotland and a UNESCO World Heritage site, with a 3.4 kilometre town wall, cobbled lanes and ruined medieval churches.
Ystad
Historic town & street
Medieval coastal town with half-timbered houses, cobbled streets and a sandy Baltic shoreline, home to the Ystad Studios film facility.
Seen in: Wallander (Swedish TV series, 2005-2013), Wallander (BBC, 2008-2016)
Mountains and wilderness in Sweden 1
Mountains, moors, volcanic ground, glaciers and empty terrain, where access and weather decide the schedule. Mountains and wilderness across Europe.
Abisko National Park
Mountains & wilderness
National park in Swedish Lapland around Lake Tornetrask, with birch forest, mountain heath, the Abisko canyon and a mountain station used as a base for hiking and aurora viewing.
Coast and beaches in Sweden 1
Beaches, cliffs, harbours and coastline, including stretches that can be closed off in the off season. Coast and beaches across Europe.
Fårö
Coast & beach
Small Baltic island north of Gotland with limestone rauk stacks, shingle shores and windswept heathland, where Ingmar Bergman lived and filmed for decades.
Seen in: Persona (1966), Through a Glass Darkly (1961), Scenes from a Marriage (1973)
Hotels and interiors in Sweden 1
Hotels, spas and their lobbies, ballrooms, bars and corridors, including closed or seasonal properties that can take over a whole unit. Hotels and interiors across Europe.
Icehotel
Hotel & interiors
Hotel rebuilt each winter from ice and snow from the Torne River in Jukkasjarvi, Swedish Lapland, alongside a year-round warm wing, with conference and wedding facilities.
Conference and events facilities, weddings program
Houses and apartments in Sweden 1
Private houses, villas, apartments and period interiors available for filming, from workers' housing to architect-designed homes. Houses and apartments across Europe.
Kaggeholms Gård
House & apartment
A lakeside manor building on Ekero outside Stockholm that houses a folk high school with media production courses, used as the boarding school interiors and exteriors in a Netflix teen drama.
Seen in: Young Royals
Hospitals, prisons and institutions in Sweden 1
Working and disused hospitals, clinics, prisons, barracks and asylums: corridors, wards and cells that are close to impossible to fake convincingly. Hospitals, prisons and institutions across Europe.
Langholmen
Hospital, prison & institution
Former state prison on a small island in central Stockholm, closed in 1975 and converted into a hotel, hostel and restaurant that keeps its original cell wings.
Hotel, hostel, restaurant and conference rooms in former cell wings
Villages and countryside in Sweden 1
Villages, farmland, meadows and rural roads: open country with somewhere to put a unit base. Villages and countryside across Europe.
Skansen
Village & countryside
Open-air museum on Djurgarden in Stockholm, the oldest of its kind in the world, with about 190 historic buildings relocated from across Sweden plus a zoo.
Business bookings and bookable group experiences
Modern architecture in Sweden 1
Contemporary buildings with a strong shape: museums, concert halls, campuses, glass towers and brutalist concrete. Modern architecture across Europe.
Turning Torso
Modern architecture
A twisting residential skyscraper on Malmo's Vastra Hamnen waterfront, completed in 2005 to a Santiago Calatrava design of nine rotating cube sections, formerly the tallest building in the Nordic region.