Permanent collection The Permanent Collection at SSE is spread throughout the school and consists of works by both Swedish and international artists. Art Initiative Art Initiative embeds art in the academic environment of SSE to make the school even more knowledge intensive. We work primarily with our permanent collection, screenings of video-based art and... Graceland - study places in the corridor on floor 5 In the 20th century, the architect Ivar Tengbom designed both the Stockholm School of Economics and the Högalid church on Södermalm. Now these buildings has come together in Mats Theselius' special... Our art classrooms Education and knowledge development are processes involving not only the mind but also the body and soul. SSE has turned a number of rooms into art installations made in cooperation with... Untitled (Two Figures) by Ohad Meromi Ohad Meromi’s artistic style bring to mind pioneering modernism, Russian constructivism, and Bauhaus – early 20th century styles marked by the absence of ornamentation, simplified forms, rationality... Noa Noa means “move” in Hebrew, but the name of this sculpture is also a homage to choreographer and textile artist Noa Eshkoli. Noa is made of bronze. It´s bent and shaped with soft forms, catching a... Economics, Bubbles and Transformations (flowchart) The site-specific artwork Economics, Bubbles, and Transformations (flowchart) by Peter Hagdahl in the premises of SSE´s House of Innovation, Norrtullsgatan 2, is a dynamic reflection on the social... Marx and Smith The two urns Marx and Smith, specially made for SSE by Liselott Watkins in 2023, are placed in the entrance hall of the school, visible for anyone coming or leaving the school. Bertil Ohlin by Henrik Ekesiöö Bertil Ohlin (1899 to 1979) was a Swedish economist and politician. He was a professor of economics at Stockholm School of Economics from 1929 to 1965 and the leader of Folkpartiet from 1944 to 1967.... Untitled (Mirror) Untitled (Mirror) by the American artist Barbara Kruger is part of the SSE permanent collection and hangs on the entrance floor of Sveavägen 65, close to the stone chair. It was released on the... The Schumpeter Room by Carl Hammoud The Schumpeter Room is made by the Swedish artist Carl Hammoud as a tribute to innovation and entrepreneurship and to the Austrian economist Joseph Schumpeter (1883-1950). The room was inaugurated in... Notes, Vihamanaafushi, Indian Ocean During the early summer of 2023 the Swedish artist Elisabeth Frieberg has worked on – and finalized - the site-specific mural Notes, Vihamanaafushi, Indian Ocean at the Stockholm School of Economics.... Miner Orfeus The story of Orpheus in the underworld is among the most frequently retold of all Greek myths, and it’s featured in numerous works of paintings, literature, operas, ballets, plays, films and video... The Yinka Shonibare Room During the summer of 2022 the British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare and his studio has created the Yinka Shonibare Room in the school´s main buildning at Sveavägen 65. This is SSE´s fourth art... Testamentet - a classroom by Marie-Louise Ekman A new art classroom created by the Swedish artist Marie-Louise Ekman has been inaugruated at the school. The classroom contains parts of the artist's own studio, as well as several new original works.... Change of Direction Maria Miesenberger´s Change of Direction (2018) is to be found in the entrance hall of House of Innovation, Norrtullsgatan 2. The Rana Begum Room The London-based Bangladeshi-British artist Rana Begum has during the summer of 2023 transformed room 538 in SSE´s main building at Sveavägen 65 into an art installation and a learning environment... The Lighthouse Room The Lighthouse Room (2023) by the Swedish artist Martin Wickström is an artwork that consists of eight oil paintings depicting lighthouses from different parts of the world. The artwork hangs in the... World Maker Lotta Hannerz’s sculpture World Maker from 2014 (bronze, 180 x 60 x 60 cm), part of the SSE permanent collection standing in the corridor outside the presidents office at Sveavägen 65. Subject of Art Subject of Art, 2022, by Jacob Dahlgren is a sculpture and part of The Jacob Dahlgren Room. The Jacob Dahlgren Room The Swedish artist Jacob Dahlgren has transformed room 542 in SSE´s main building at Sveavägen 65 into an art installation and an extraordinarie learning environment . The Jacob Dahlgren Room is the... The Cabinet Room The Cabinet Room is a classroom full of contemporary art, placed in curiosity cabinets in-between compartments made for students to sit in. The room still seats 41 students, and is a classroom... KNOCK-OUT KNOCK-OUT (2022) by Oliver Sundqvist is to be found in the stairway on floor 3 of House of Innovation, Norrtullsgatan 2. The Heckscher-Ohlin Room The Heckscher-Ohlin Room reflects upon the relationship of Economics and Economic history to Art and Creativity. The room contains site-specific commissions by Jens Fänge and Bella Rune and artworks... The Board Room The Board Room Project reflects upon the history and function of one of the most important rooms in the school. The idea is to pay tribute to the room’s original aesthetic and symbolic qualities, and... Gifts and Occupations In October 2019 we inaugurated classroom 342, now renamed the Lindgren Room in honor of beloved teacher Ragnar Lindgren. The classroom is designed to supports flexible and agile learning. The artworks... Var uppmärksam/Handelshögskolan Var uppmärksam/Handelshögskolan (2020) by August Eriksson in the north corridor on the ground floor on Sveavägen 65. From the Eyes of the Painter During a two-week long ritual painting performance outside the school's great oak door i May 2018, the Swedish artist Ylva Snöfrid created four paintings that later was installed through a ritual... White Noise White Noise (2018) is a multimedia installation by the Belgian artist Emmanuel Van Der Auwera. It deals with media aesthetics, obsessive opinions and what is accepted as reality. Resting to Transform Resting to Transform by Christian-Pontus Andersson, 2007 can be found in the Heckscher-Ohlin Room on floor 5, Sveavägen 65. And Child And Child, 1991, by Martin Wickström Avsked/Farewell Avsked (Farewell) Lars Nilsson, 2009 in room Estrid at Sveavägen 65. Leap of Faith (Getting Over) Maria Miesenberger, Leap of Faith (Getting Over), in the atrium of Stockholm School of Economics, is an illustration of SSE’s educational mission FREE if you ask President Lars Strannegård. 4 Composition No 2 4 Composition No 2 by Clay Ketter from 1994 in the north corridor on Sveavägen 65. Handels for Future! Lars Arrhenius´ video artwork is a playful yet serious portrait of the Stockholm School of Economics – an interpretation and ideal image, simultaneously. It depicts the school's relationship to the... Plato's Cave Plato's Cave, 2019, by Samson Kambalu, f 1975 (Malawi), Digital video, 58 sec, in the Cabinet Room. Systrarna går igenom nattens händelser/The sisters sum up the night´s events The painting Systrarna går igenom nattens händelser (The sisters sum up the night´s events) by Meta Isæus-Berlin from 2011. Arise Arise, 2001, by Jacob Dahlgren at the presidents office at Sveavägen 65. Alongside Us #2 Maria Friberg´s photo Alongside Us #2, 2007, in room Estrid. Whiz Charlotte Gyllenhammar äta äta äta sova tala skaka ruska repetera repetion äta äta äta sova tala skaka ruska repetera repetition kropp som lejonröd ryggrad av glas smack tugga ris han och jag expandera expansion coco chanel havslila transparent svart genomlyst ät ät ät,... The Union Martin Wickström Gifts and Occupations Three artworks from the series Gifts and Occupations by the artist duo Åsa Norberg and Jennie Sundén are permanently installed in the Lindgren Room on Sveavägen 65. The works are inspired by... Oracles, Owls...Some Animals Never Sleep Ann Lislegaard GBG#17 GBG#17 by Matthias van Arkel (2018) hangs in the corridor outside the presidents office. Black Bullets The artist Jeannette Ehlers’ has a Danish/Trinidadian background, and her works often revolve around Denmark’s role as a slave nation – a part of the Danish cultural heritage which often gets... Banca Rotta (Switzerland, 17th Century, oak) Banca Rotta (Switzerland, 17th Century, oak) by artist duo Goldin + Senneby (Simon Goldin and Jakob Senneby) Soli deo gloria Soli Deo Gloria (Glory to God alone) is an epic visual journey through the hidden and oftentimes spiritually ambiguous facets of monetary history and its connection to social change. It is placed on... Chair Richard Nonas´ Chair (1991) at the Stockholm School of Economics Svan Svan by Ernst Billgren Non-Violence Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd Here, There, Far Away Johan Bergström Hyldahl Two Parallel Now Two Parallell Now, Meta Isæus-Berlin (2018) Bone, Thew, Ichor, Blood (I) and (II) Katja Larsson Riverbed Riverbed by Andreas Eriksson in the Presidents office at SSE. Green Light Green Light by Olafur Eliasson Changed position Changed position by Maria Friberg Pirate Lane Clay Ketter, Pirate Lane, 2007 Awakening (2015-2017) The work "Awakening" by Meta Isaeus-Berlin was installed in the Atrium at Stockholm School of Economics in 2015, and it was on view until 2017. Drowning sailors Truls Melin´s mute little man (Drowning sailors, 2004), dressed in a naval uniform and with no facial features or hands, is part of a pipe structure – all painted monocromely in the calming green... Arch Arch by the Swedish sculptor Claes Hake outside the school. Xral Xral, 1972, by the Swedish artist (and banker) Olle Baertling outside the school, Sveavägen 65. Ein Stein in vier Teile gespalten Ein Stein in vier Teile gespalten by the German sculptor Ulrich Rückriem
Art Initiative Art Initiative embeds art in the academic environment of SSE to make the school even more knowledge intensive. We work primarily with our permanent collection, screenings of video-based art and...
Graceland - study places in the corridor on floor 5 In the 20th century, the architect Ivar Tengbom designed both the Stockholm School of Economics and the Högalid church on Södermalm. Now these buildings has come together in Mats Theselius' special...
Our art classrooms Education and knowledge development are processes involving not only the mind but also the body and soul. SSE has turned a number of rooms into art installations made in cooperation with...
Untitled (Two Figures) by Ohad Meromi Ohad Meromi’s artistic style bring to mind pioneering modernism, Russian constructivism, and Bauhaus – early 20th century styles marked by the absence of ornamentation, simplified forms, rationality...
Noa Noa means “move” in Hebrew, but the name of this sculpture is also a homage to choreographer and textile artist Noa Eshkoli. Noa is made of bronze. It´s bent and shaped with soft forms, catching a...
Economics, Bubbles and Transformations (flowchart) The site-specific artwork Economics, Bubbles, and Transformations (flowchart) by Peter Hagdahl in the premises of SSE´s House of Innovation, Norrtullsgatan 2, is a dynamic reflection on the social...
Marx and Smith The two urns Marx and Smith, specially made for SSE by Liselott Watkins in 2023, are placed in the entrance hall of the school, visible for anyone coming or leaving the school.
Bertil Ohlin by Henrik Ekesiöö Bertil Ohlin (1899 to 1979) was a Swedish economist and politician. He was a professor of economics at Stockholm School of Economics from 1929 to 1965 and the leader of Folkpartiet from 1944 to 1967....
Untitled (Mirror) Untitled (Mirror) by the American artist Barbara Kruger is part of the SSE permanent collection and hangs on the entrance floor of Sveavägen 65, close to the stone chair. It was released on the...
The Schumpeter Room by Carl Hammoud The Schumpeter Room is made by the Swedish artist Carl Hammoud as a tribute to innovation and entrepreneurship and to the Austrian economist Joseph Schumpeter (1883-1950). The room was inaugurated in...
Notes, Vihamanaafushi, Indian Ocean During the early summer of 2023 the Swedish artist Elisabeth Frieberg has worked on – and finalized - the site-specific mural Notes, Vihamanaafushi, Indian Ocean at the Stockholm School of Economics....
Miner Orfeus The story of Orpheus in the underworld is among the most frequently retold of all Greek myths, and it’s featured in numerous works of paintings, literature, operas, ballets, plays, films and video...
The Yinka Shonibare Room During the summer of 2022 the British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare and his studio has created the Yinka Shonibare Room in the school´s main buildning at Sveavägen 65. This is SSE´s fourth art...
Testamentet - a classroom by Marie-Louise Ekman A new art classroom created by the Swedish artist Marie-Louise Ekman has been inaugruated at the school. The classroom contains parts of the artist's own studio, as well as several new original works....
Change of Direction Maria Miesenberger´s Change of Direction (2018) is to be found in the entrance hall of House of Innovation, Norrtullsgatan 2.
The Rana Begum Room The London-based Bangladeshi-British artist Rana Begum has during the summer of 2023 transformed room 538 in SSE´s main building at Sveavägen 65 into an art installation and a learning environment...
The Lighthouse Room The Lighthouse Room (2023) by the Swedish artist Martin Wickström is an artwork that consists of eight oil paintings depicting lighthouses from different parts of the world. The artwork hangs in the...
World Maker Lotta Hannerz’s sculpture World Maker from 2014 (bronze, 180 x 60 x 60 cm), part of the SSE permanent collection standing in the corridor outside the presidents office at Sveavägen 65.
Subject of Art Subject of Art, 2022, by Jacob Dahlgren is a sculpture and part of The Jacob Dahlgren Room.
The Jacob Dahlgren Room The Swedish artist Jacob Dahlgren has transformed room 542 in SSE´s main building at Sveavägen 65 into an art installation and an extraordinarie learning environment . The Jacob Dahlgren Room is the...
The Cabinet Room The Cabinet Room is a classroom full of contemporary art, placed in curiosity cabinets in-between compartments made for students to sit in. The room still seats 41 students, and is a classroom...
KNOCK-OUT KNOCK-OUT (2022) by Oliver Sundqvist is to be found in the stairway on floor 3 of House of Innovation, Norrtullsgatan 2.
The Heckscher-Ohlin Room The Heckscher-Ohlin Room reflects upon the relationship of Economics and Economic history to Art and Creativity. The room contains site-specific commissions by Jens Fänge and Bella Rune and artworks...
The Board Room The Board Room Project reflects upon the history and function of one of the most important rooms in the school. The idea is to pay tribute to the room’s original aesthetic and symbolic qualities, and...
Gifts and Occupations In October 2019 we inaugurated classroom 342, now renamed the Lindgren Room in honor of beloved teacher Ragnar Lindgren. The classroom is designed to supports flexible and agile learning. The artworks...
Var uppmärksam/Handelshögskolan Var uppmärksam/Handelshögskolan (2020) by August Eriksson in the north corridor on the ground floor on Sveavägen 65.
From the Eyes of the Painter During a two-week long ritual painting performance outside the school's great oak door i May 2018, the Swedish artist Ylva Snöfrid created four paintings that later was installed through a ritual...
White Noise White Noise (2018) is a multimedia installation by the Belgian artist Emmanuel Van Der Auwera. It deals with media aesthetics, obsessive opinions and what is accepted as reality.
Resting to Transform Resting to Transform by Christian-Pontus Andersson, 2007 can be found in the Heckscher-Ohlin Room on floor 5, Sveavägen 65.
Leap of Faith (Getting Over) Maria Miesenberger, Leap of Faith (Getting Over), in the atrium of Stockholm School of Economics, is an illustration of SSE’s educational mission FREE if you ask President Lars Strannegård.
4 Composition No 2 4 Composition No 2 by Clay Ketter from 1994 in the north corridor on Sveavägen 65.
Handels for Future! Lars Arrhenius´ video artwork is a playful yet serious portrait of the Stockholm School of Economics – an interpretation and ideal image, simultaneously. It depicts the school's relationship to the...
Plato's Cave Plato's Cave, 2019, by Samson Kambalu, f 1975 (Malawi), Digital video, 58 sec, in the Cabinet Room.
Systrarna går igenom nattens händelser/The sisters sum up the night´s events The painting Systrarna går igenom nattens händelser (The sisters sum up the night´s events) by Meta Isæus-Berlin from 2011.
äta äta äta sova tala skaka ruska repetera repetion äta äta äta sova tala skaka ruska repetera repetition kropp som lejonröd ryggrad av glas smack tugga ris han och jag expandera expansion coco chanel havslila transparent svart genomlyst ät ät ät,...
Gifts and Occupations Three artworks from the series Gifts and Occupations by the artist duo Åsa Norberg and Jennie Sundén are permanently installed in the Lindgren Room on Sveavägen 65. The works are inspired by...
Black Bullets The artist Jeannette Ehlers’ has a Danish/Trinidadian background, and her works often revolve around Denmark’s role as a slave nation – a part of the Danish cultural heritage which often gets...
Banca Rotta (Switzerland, 17th Century, oak) Banca Rotta (Switzerland, 17th Century, oak) by artist duo Goldin + Senneby (Simon Goldin and Jakob Senneby)
Soli deo gloria Soli Deo Gloria (Glory to God alone) is an epic visual journey through the hidden and oftentimes spiritually ambiguous facets of monetary history and its connection to social change. It is placed on...
Awakening (2015-2017) The work "Awakening" by Meta Isaeus-Berlin was installed in the Atrium at Stockholm School of Economics in 2015, and it was on view until 2017.
Drowning sailors Truls Melin´s mute little man (Drowning sailors, 2004), dressed in a naval uniform and with no facial features or hands, is part of a pipe structure – all painted monocromely in the calming green...
Ein Stein in vier Teile gespalten Ein Stein in vier Teile gespalten by the German sculptor Ulrich Rückriem
