Best Swedish Design Shops worth exploring in Stockholm

Stockholm, the capital city of Sweden, has since time immemorial continued to remain the creativity hub and melting pot of this beautiful country in Europe. The city is home to both some of the big names and smaller artisans as well who are operating their design collectives, design houses and design shops. The city is ready to welcome all those keenly interested or passionate about Swedish designs.

As you set out to buy some of the fabulous design pieces, you are likely to be directed by the locals to visit some specific neighborhoods such as STHLM Design District, which is exclusively devoted to a large number of design studios and shops. The STHLM Design District is situated on the western side of Stockholm’s bohemian district, Södermalm. Here you will discover over 28 leading brands within the design, furniture and textile industries. Almedahls, a famous textiles and fabric company, has been operating here for the past 150 years now. Mitab, another popular Scandinavian design brand renowned for its interior décor, can also be found here. Let us now explore some of the best design shops in Stockholm.

10 Gruppen (Ten Swedish Designers)
The 10 Gruppen or Ten Swedish Designers was established in 1970 by a group of ten young Swedish textile designers. And, thus this popular design shop was also named as 10 Gruppen. However, only three of the original founding designers - Ingela Håkansson, Tom Hedqvist and Birgitta Hahn – own and operate the 10 Gruppen presently. These three fabric designers have been creating masterpieces year after year. The textiles and ceramics designs sold at the shop are simply exquisite and worth buying whenever you visit Stockholm.

Svenskt Tenn
The famous interior design shop Svenskt Tenn is situated in Ostermalm in the city. It was founded by Estrid Ericson in 1924. He later on hired widely acclaimed textile designer Josef Frank after a decade of company’s existence. Both Estrid Ericson and Josef Frank created the distinctive and elegant interior design style, which is hugely popular even today and brought them immense fame. The Svenskt Tenn is surely a must visit for every shopaholic visiting the city. The design store in fact resembles like a small museum of décor and pattern with real rooms set up in traditional Swedish style. It’s undoubtedly a great fun visiting this place.

SkansenButiken
SkansenButiken is a famous museum gift shop in the city. This Swedish open-air living history museum is situated on the Djurgården Island in Stockholm. It was founded in 1891 and is undoubtedly a treat for all those visiting here. The gift shop here is simply exceptional. The gift shop is located just outside the entrance and fabulous items can be purchased without entering the museum. You can shop for traditional and modern Swedish decorative items, journals, books and sweet treats. This splendid curated gift shop is worth visiting.

E Torndahl Shop
The E Torndahl Shop for Scandinavian Design is situated on a small street in the busy historic and charming Gamla Stan in Stockholm. This tiny shop is renowned for décor items, housewares and kids products from all over Scandinavia. The shop was founded in 1864 and first started selling Scandinavian jewelry. The shop is now renowned for selling really nice Scandinavian brands such as Pia Wallen, Marimekko, Muuto and Hay. Do remember to visit the E Torndahl Shop whenever in Stockholm.