Sweden’s National Day

We’ll be celebrating Sweden’s National Day all day at Skansen on June 6! Games, music, crafts and delicious food – there’s something for everyone. The evening ends with the traditional National Day concert at the Solliden Stage. Welcome!

  • Plan your journey and pre-purchase tickets

    On Sweden’s National Day, traffic on Djurgården is affected due to the royal motorcade to Skansen. The tram is canceled and so is bus 67. The best way to get to Djurgården this day is on foot, by bike or by ferry (SL) to the Allmänna Gränd stop. Pre-purchase your entry ticket at skansenbiljett.se to get into the park faster.

  • Before the evening's stage program

    All guests will be searched when they enter the stage area at Sollidenplan. To make admission easier, larger baggage should be left at home. No bags larger than 40 x 40 x 20 cm are permitted.

Sweden’s National Day Photo: Anna Hugosson

Flag workshop

Tingsvallen, 10.00-17.00

Make and paint your own flag!

  • Folk dance performance

    Tingsvallen stage, 14.00-13.30

    Performance by Skansen’s Folk Dancing Group, with music provided by Skansen’s Folk Musicians.

  • Skansen's street musicians

    10.00-15.30

    Skansen’s music ensemble walks around in the park, performing entertaining music from the 1950s.

  • Swedish Choir music

    Seglora Church, 13.00 and 14.30

    Swedish choral lyrics featuring Ekens Vokalensemble under the direction of Cecilia Rydinger. The concert lasts approximately 30 minutes.

  • Old fashioned games

    Hazelius meadow, 11.00 -17.00

    Walk on stilts, roll hoops, jump sack, skipping ropes and much more!

  • National Day market

    Bollnäs square, 10.00-17.00

    Browse among handicrafts or enjoy something to eat and drink at at this year’s National Day market.

  • The evening’s stage program

    The celebration continues in the evening on the Solliden stage in the presence of the royal family with music, ceremonial speeches and the distribution of flags according to tradition. There is limited seating and admission opens at 14.30.

    The program is organized together with SVT and the Swedish National Day Foundation and is broadcast on SVT 1.

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  • The Children´s zoo (Lill-Skansen) included in the entrance fee
    Jan-Mar weekdays10-15 weekends 10-16, April 10-16, May 10.00–17.00, Jun-Aug 10.00-18.00, Sept 10.00-17.00, Oct-Dec weekdays 10-15, weekends 10-16

  • Baltic Sea Science Center, included in the entrance fee
    Jan-Mar weekdays10-15 weekends 10-16, April 10-16, May 10.00–17.00, Jun-Aug 10.00-18.00, Sept 10.00-17.00, Oct-Dec weekdays 10-15, weekends 10-16

  • Funicular railway (Bergbanan)
    The funicular railwayruns daily during Easter, weekends in April and thereafter daily.

  • The Skansen-Aquarium
    Opens daily 10.00 see calendar for closing hours