Nordic-Baltic city walk

From bloodbath and royalties to artisan rebellion in the Old Town of Stockholm

Unfortunately, we must cancel the trip due to the unfavourable weather conditions.

Join Håkan Blomqvist and follow together the footsteps of Swedish pupils’ school excursions into Stockholm’s Old Town at the time when he was a boy. He shows how the Old Town became a stage for historical storytelling, emphasising Nordic and Baltic entanglements that manifest in Stockholm’s most central spaces and buildings.

Participation is free of charge but limited to the first 20 persons who sign up for the tour.

Unfortunately, we must cancel the trip due to the unfavourable weather conditions.


About Håkan Blomqvist

Håkan Blomqvist is a popular lecturer and a senior researcher at Södertörn University’s Institute of Contemporary History with a profile in labour history, nationalism, and antisemitism. Among his latest books are Potatisrevolutionen (The potato revolution, 2017) about the 1917 food riots in Stockholm and Socialism in Yiddish: The Jewish Labor Bund in Sweden, 2022.