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... 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... The Art in the Bonnier Staircases A unique collaboration between the Stockholm School of Economics, the Maria Bonnier Dahlin Foundation and Bonniers Konsthall, where works from the foundation are being displayed at SSE for a longer... The Magnificent Seven Damien Hirst´s Magnificent Seven is an artwork consisting of seven ping pong balls in the original cardboard box signed and ink stamped on the base. Each ball has a word on it, and all of them relate... I am not useful therefore I am I am not useful therefore I am by Ulrika Sparre (2025) is a lightbox installed next to the cafeteria in the school´s atrium. You may recognize Ulrika Sparre´s art from the big exhibition at the school... Le vin herbé II Ola Billgren was a Swedish contemporary artist and art theorist who was taught by his parents, the artists Hans and Grete Billgren. Billgren worked with various media such as graphics, watercolor,... Utan titel (gul) / Untitled (yellow) In his work, Håkan Rehnberg investigates and explores his own painting technique: oil paint on sandblasted acrylic glass. Utan titel (gul) / Untitled (yellow), 1992, by Håkan Rehnberg is installed in... Solanum V Using materials such as latex, nylon, papier maché, aquarelle, and flax, visual artist Moa Israelsson has recreated a delicate potato plant, which has found its way to the SSE Permanent Collection and... Untitled (Two Figures) Ohad Meromi’s artistic style may bring to mind pioneering modernism, Russian constructivism, and Bauhaus – early 20th century styles marked by the absence of ornamentation, simplified forms,... Noa Ohad Meromi works with a variety of materials, and integrates performance, video, collages, installations, and public engagement. Sculpture and space are continuously prevalent in his practice and in... Bertil Ohlin by Henrik Ekesiöö In April 2024, the very day 125 years after Bertil Ohlin was born, we inaugurated the sculpture of SSE’s Nobel laureate (1977) professor Bertil Ohlin by Henrik Ekesiöö. Air Air (1969) by the American artist Sam Francis (1923-1994) is a 381 cm by 548.6 cm large painting that hangs in the PhD room at House of Innovation, Norrtullsgatan 2. Sam Francis was an iconic American... Change of Direction Maria Miesenberger´s Change of Direction (2016), platinated bronze and steel, is to be found in the entrance hall of House of Innovation, Norrtullsgatan 2. KNOCK-OUT KNOCK-OUT (2022) by Oliver Sundqvist is to be found on floor 3 of House of Innovation, Norrtullsgatan 2. The artwork was part of Oliver Sundqvist´s exhibition Symphony Hour at the gallery Public... Untitled by Anders Krisár Untitled (2012) by Anders Krisár. Untitled (Mirror) Untitled (Mirror) by Barbra Kruger is part of the SSE permanent collection. The American world-famous artist Barbara Kruger is known for her work with imagery and words, frequently borrowing from the... 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 Karl Marx (1818-1883) and Adam Smith (1723-1790) are timeless pillars in business education. Marx's critique of capitalism and Smith's insights on free markets remain pivotal in understanding economic... 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... Notes, Vihamanaafushi, Indian Ocean During the early summer of 2023 the Swedish artist Elisabeth Frieberg worked on – and finalized - the 142 square meters site-specific mural Notes, Vihamanaafushi, Indian Ocean at the Stockholm School... Subject of Art Subject of Art, 2022, by Jacob Dahlgren is a sculpture and part of The Jacob Dahlgren Room. Resting to Transform Christian-Pontus Andersson was born 1977 in Värmland. He is educated at the ceramics and glass department at Konstfack and is today an artist and sculptor living in Stockholm. His sculpture Resting to... World Maker Who is he – the life-size man with a hand puppet? He seems introverted and sad. Maybe he is not the subject here, but rather it is the scene involving the two of them. Puppetry is a ancient form of... äta äta äta sova tala skaka ruska repetera repetion Astrid Svangren (2010) And Child And Child (1991) by Martin Wickström hangs in the corridor on floor 5, Sveavägen 65. Var uppmärksam /Handelshögskolan In the fall of 2020 Art Initiative kicked off the semester by exhibiting August Eriksson's Var uppmärksam/Pay attention on the school´s main entrance door. Eriksson asked us to pay attention: but to... Plato's Cave Samson Kambalu is a researcher, author, filmmaker and above all a visual artist. His films and installations reveal a profound interest in mixing and blurring different cultures and histories.... Arise Jacob Dahlgren is an artist working with everyday and ordinary objects, often domestic, industrially manufactured. He his constantly seeking geometric and abstract patterns in his surrounding world Xral Olle Baertling (1911-1981) is regarded as one of Sweden’s most seminal postwar artists - and one of the few to have an international reputation. Initially inspired by the Concretists, he developed a... Ein Stein in vier Teile gespalten Ein Stein in vier Teile gespalten (A stone split into four parts) by the German sculptor Ulrich Rückriem next to the stairs between Saltmätargatan and Holländargatan is part of the SSE permanent... Arch Claes Hake was born in Göteborg in 1945, and studied at Valand Academy of Art. He is one of Sweden’s most well represented artists in public spaces. Hake still lives in Göteborg and is mostly known... Chair Richard Nonas (1936-2021) was an American anthropologist and post-minimalist sculptor. He was born in New York and lived and worked in the city for most of his life. When young he studied literature... Systrarna går igenom nattens händelser/The sisters sum up the night´s events Meta Isæus-Berlin is one of Sweden’s most prominent artists. Since graduating from the Royal Institute of Art, she has become well-known for her brilliant command of the installation as art. Avsked/Farewell Avsked was part of Lars Nilsson´s exhibition Ruiner (Ruins) at the Stockholm gallery Milliken in 2009. The artwork is an interpretation of the book The road by Cormac McCarthy (2006), that Lars... 4 Composition No 2 4 Composition No 2. by the American/Swedish artist Clay Ketter is part of a series called the Wall Paintings, which was Kletter´s artistic breakthrough in the 1990s. In the Wall Paintings Kletter... Alongside Us #2 ”The men in my images are signs for men, trying to find their place in times of turmoil.” The words are from the Swedish photographer Maria Friberg - an artist investigating power, masculinity and... The Union Martin Wickström´s The Union (2017) is a painting depicting the former students´ union (gamla kårhuset på Holländargatan 32, Stockholm), which today hosts External Relations at the Stockholm School of... Leap of Faith (Getting Over) Maria Miesenberger’s spectacular sculpture is an illustration of SSE’s educational mission. It is a jumping figure performing something stunning and extraordinary. It seems like a playful act. It is... GBG#17 Matthias van Arkel (b. 1967) is a Swedish artist based in Stockholm. He is using silicon rubber as his medium and creates a three-dimensional surface where colors and strokes build up the image. Pirate Lane Clay Ketter's Pirate Lane (2007) is part of a series of photographs showing the foundations of homes on the Gulf Coast of Mississippi, which were destroyed by a natural disaster of enormous scale –... Awakening (2015-2017) The work "Awakening" was installed in the Atrium at Stockholm School of Economics in 2015. It was on view until 2017. Meta Isæus-Berlin is one of Sweden’s most prominent artists. Since graduating from... Green Light Green Light (2016) is designed by Olafur Eliasson for Thyssen–Bornemisza Art Contemporary in Vienna, and made in the context of an artistic workshop with syrian refugees. Changed position The man with a sorrow gaze placed on top of a pile of shirts could be seen as a continuation of the artists straightforward way of expressing ”what is there” in an effective and simplistic way. Drowning sailors Truls Melin´s mute little man 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 that´s said to have been... Bone, Thew, Ichor, Blood (I) and (II) In Katja Larsson’s photographic and sculptural objects, kelp from the sea and deer antlers touch and exchange their physical attributes. The kelp and antlers were also found on the beach of Isle of... Riverbed Andreas Eriksson is one of Sweden's most prominent painters. His practice is highly expansive, encompassing a wide range of different media, including painting, photography, sculpture and... Soli deo gloria Lina Selander and Oscar Mangione (temporarily taken down in March 2024). Soli Deo Gloria (Glory to God alone) is an epic visual journey through the hidden and oftentimes spiritually ambiguous facets... Banca Rotta (Switzerland, 17th Century, oak) The sculpture Banca Rotta (Switzerland, 17th Century, oak) by artist duo Goldin + Senneby in the SSE library is a wooden table – originally used for trading bonds and moneylending –sawn in half. Two Parallel Now Can one room be about the virtual, but no less real world, full of social media and displaying perfect pictures? And the second room about the more physical, tangible world, where everything is not so... From the Eyes of the Painter During a two-week-long ritual painting performance outside the school's great oak doors in May 2018, the Swedish artist Ylva Snöfrid created the four paintings that later were installed through a... Black Bullets Jeannette Ehlers’ haunting piece Black Bullets (2012) is inspired by the Haitian Revolution of 1791, which resulted in the world’s first black republic. Filmed on location at La Citadelle in Haiti,... Oracles, Owls...Some Animals Never Sleep In Roman mythology, the owl traditionally represented and accompanied Minerva, the goddess of wisdom. Ever since, the owl has been used as a symbol for knowledge, wisdom, and perspicacity. In Ann... White Noise The screen looks white and empty at first, but when the viewer concentrates on the plexiglass in front of the screen the hidden film buried under the white light becomes visible. It is a classified... Here, There, Far Away Hope, Courage, Preparation, Anticipation (2018) by Swedish artist and SSE alumn Johan Bergström Hyldahl, born 1984. Svan In Ernst Billgren’s symbolically charged work comprised of ceramics, painting, and mosaic, we face a depicted swan. With its dark, blue beak, it resembles the trumpeter swan, a species whose feathers... Non-Violence Non-Violence is a bronze sculpture of a revolver made by Swedish artist Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd. The revolver has its barrel tied in a knot and it is obvious that it can not shoot. The most famous... 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... Konsekvensanalys för Handelshögskolan Konsekvensanalys för Handelshögskolan is a site-specific comission and part of Rune's project Konsekvensanalys (impact analysis) – a project where the artist explores the interface between physical... Whiz Charlotte Gyllenhammar’s photograph Whiz explores new surprising perspectives of otherwise taken-for-granted realities. Gyllenhammar turns the world upside down. The upside down universe has... Clout Clout is a site-specific installation that consists of a huge wall-paper mural; a clarinet fused with a pipe; two framed drawings: an organic interpretation of the famous textbook graph of the... Konsekvensanalys for the Board Room at the Stockholm School of Economics Konsekvensanalys for the Board Room at SSE by Bella Rune is a site-specific commission and part of Rune's project Konsekvensanalys (impact analysis). Konsekvensanalys is a project where the artist... Somewhere else Somewhere else from 1998 is one of Maria Friberg's earliest and best known works. It exists in two versions: as a video and as a photograph, the motif being five men in suits sitting next to each... Ingmar Bergman's Grand Piano Ingrid and Ingmar Bergman´s grand piano in the Atrium is a material aesthetic statement for more music at our school. With pride, the school has accepted this generous donation and the inaugural...
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...
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...
The Art in the Bonnier Staircases A unique collaboration between the Stockholm School of Economics, the Maria Bonnier Dahlin Foundation and Bonniers Konsthall, where works from the foundation are being displayed at SSE for a longer...
The Magnificent Seven Damien Hirst´s Magnificent Seven is an artwork consisting of seven ping pong balls in the original cardboard box signed and ink stamped on the base. Each ball has a word on it, and all of them relate...
I am not useful therefore I am I am not useful therefore I am by Ulrika Sparre (2025) is a lightbox installed next to the cafeteria in the school´s atrium. You may recognize Ulrika Sparre´s art from the big exhibition at the school...
Le vin herbé II Ola Billgren was a Swedish contemporary artist and art theorist who was taught by his parents, the artists Hans and Grete Billgren. Billgren worked with various media such as graphics, watercolor,...
Utan titel (gul) / Untitled (yellow) In his work, Håkan Rehnberg investigates and explores his own painting technique: oil paint on sandblasted acrylic glass. Utan titel (gul) / Untitled (yellow), 1992, by Håkan Rehnberg is installed in...
Solanum V Using materials such as latex, nylon, papier maché, aquarelle, and flax, visual artist Moa Israelsson has recreated a delicate potato plant, which has found its way to the SSE Permanent Collection and...
Untitled (Two Figures) Ohad Meromi’s artistic style may bring to mind pioneering modernism, Russian constructivism, and Bauhaus – early 20th century styles marked by the absence of ornamentation, simplified forms,...
Noa Ohad Meromi works with a variety of materials, and integrates performance, video, collages, installations, and public engagement. Sculpture and space are continuously prevalent in his practice and in...
Bertil Ohlin by Henrik Ekesiöö In April 2024, the very day 125 years after Bertil Ohlin was born, we inaugurated the sculpture of SSE’s Nobel laureate (1977) professor Bertil Ohlin by Henrik Ekesiöö.
Air Air (1969) by the American artist Sam Francis (1923-1994) is a 381 cm by 548.6 cm large painting that hangs in the PhD room at House of Innovation, Norrtullsgatan 2. Sam Francis was an iconic American...
Change of Direction Maria Miesenberger´s Change of Direction (2016), platinated bronze and steel, is to be found in the entrance hall of House of Innovation, Norrtullsgatan 2.
KNOCK-OUT KNOCK-OUT (2022) by Oliver Sundqvist is to be found on floor 3 of House of Innovation, Norrtullsgatan 2. The artwork was part of Oliver Sundqvist´s exhibition Symphony Hour at the gallery Public...
Untitled (Mirror) Untitled (Mirror) by Barbra Kruger is part of the SSE permanent collection. The American world-famous artist Barbara Kruger is known for her work with imagery and words, frequently borrowing from the...
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 Karl Marx (1818-1883) and Adam Smith (1723-1790) are timeless pillars in business education. Marx's critique of capitalism and Smith's insights on free markets remain pivotal in understanding economic...
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...
Notes, Vihamanaafushi, Indian Ocean During the early summer of 2023 the Swedish artist Elisabeth Frieberg worked on – and finalized - the 142 square meters site-specific mural Notes, Vihamanaafushi, Indian Ocean at the Stockholm School...
Subject of Art Subject of Art, 2022, by Jacob Dahlgren is a sculpture and part of The Jacob Dahlgren Room.
Resting to Transform Christian-Pontus Andersson was born 1977 in Värmland. He is educated at the ceramics and glass department at Konstfack and is today an artist and sculptor living in Stockholm. His sculpture Resting to...
World Maker Who is he – the life-size man with a hand puppet? He seems introverted and sad. Maybe he is not the subject here, but rather it is the scene involving the two of them. Puppetry is a ancient form of...
Var uppmärksam /Handelshögskolan In the fall of 2020 Art Initiative kicked off the semester by exhibiting August Eriksson's Var uppmärksam/Pay attention on the school´s main entrance door. Eriksson asked us to pay attention: but to...
Plato's Cave Samson Kambalu is a researcher, author, filmmaker and above all a visual artist. His films and installations reveal a profound interest in mixing and blurring different cultures and histories....
Arise Jacob Dahlgren is an artist working with everyday and ordinary objects, often domestic, industrially manufactured. He his constantly seeking geometric and abstract patterns in his surrounding world
Xral Olle Baertling (1911-1981) is regarded as one of Sweden’s most seminal postwar artists - and one of the few to have an international reputation. Initially inspired by the Concretists, he developed a...
Ein Stein in vier Teile gespalten Ein Stein in vier Teile gespalten (A stone split into four parts) by the German sculptor Ulrich Rückriem next to the stairs between Saltmätargatan and Holländargatan is part of the SSE permanent...
Arch Claes Hake was born in Göteborg in 1945, and studied at Valand Academy of Art. He is one of Sweden’s most well represented artists in public spaces. Hake still lives in Göteborg and is mostly known...
Chair Richard Nonas (1936-2021) was an American anthropologist and post-minimalist sculptor. He was born in New York and lived and worked in the city for most of his life. When young he studied literature...
Systrarna går igenom nattens händelser/The sisters sum up the night´s events Meta Isæus-Berlin is one of Sweden’s most prominent artists. Since graduating from the Royal Institute of Art, she has become well-known for her brilliant command of the installation as art.
Avsked/Farewell Avsked was part of Lars Nilsson´s exhibition Ruiner (Ruins) at the Stockholm gallery Milliken in 2009. The artwork is an interpretation of the book The road by Cormac McCarthy (2006), that Lars...
4 Composition No 2 4 Composition No 2. by the American/Swedish artist Clay Ketter is part of a series called the Wall Paintings, which was Kletter´s artistic breakthrough in the 1990s. In the Wall Paintings Kletter...
Alongside Us #2 ”The men in my images are signs for men, trying to find their place in times of turmoil.” The words are from the Swedish photographer Maria Friberg - an artist investigating power, masculinity and...
The Union Martin Wickström´s The Union (2017) is a painting depicting the former students´ union (gamla kårhuset på Holländargatan 32, Stockholm), which today hosts External Relations at the Stockholm School of...
Leap of Faith (Getting Over) Maria Miesenberger’s spectacular sculpture is an illustration of SSE’s educational mission. It is a jumping figure performing something stunning and extraordinary. It seems like a playful act. It is...
GBG#17 Matthias van Arkel (b. 1967) is a Swedish artist based in Stockholm. He is using silicon rubber as his medium and creates a three-dimensional surface where colors and strokes build up the image.
Pirate Lane Clay Ketter's Pirate Lane (2007) is part of a series of photographs showing the foundations of homes on the Gulf Coast of Mississippi, which were destroyed by a natural disaster of enormous scale –...
Awakening (2015-2017) The work "Awakening" was installed in the Atrium at Stockholm School of Economics in 2015. It was on view until 2017. Meta Isæus-Berlin is one of Sweden’s most prominent artists. Since graduating from...
Green Light Green Light (2016) is designed by Olafur Eliasson for Thyssen–Bornemisza Art Contemporary in Vienna, and made in the context of an artistic workshop with syrian refugees.
Changed position The man with a sorrow gaze placed on top of a pile of shirts could be seen as a continuation of the artists straightforward way of expressing ”what is there” in an effective and simplistic way.
Drowning sailors Truls Melin´s mute little man 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 that´s said to have been...
Bone, Thew, Ichor, Blood (I) and (II) In Katja Larsson’s photographic and sculptural objects, kelp from the sea and deer antlers touch and exchange their physical attributes. The kelp and antlers were also found on the beach of Isle of...
Riverbed Andreas Eriksson is one of Sweden's most prominent painters. His practice is highly expansive, encompassing a wide range of different media, including painting, photography, sculpture and...
Soli deo gloria Lina Selander and Oscar Mangione (temporarily taken down in March 2024). Soli Deo Gloria (Glory to God alone) is an epic visual journey through the hidden and oftentimes spiritually ambiguous facets...
Banca Rotta (Switzerland, 17th Century, oak) The sculpture Banca Rotta (Switzerland, 17th Century, oak) by artist duo Goldin + Senneby in the SSE library is a wooden table – originally used for trading bonds and moneylending –sawn in half.
Two Parallel Now Can one room be about the virtual, but no less real world, full of social media and displaying perfect pictures? And the second room about the more physical, tangible world, where everything is not so...
From the Eyes of the Painter During a two-week-long ritual painting performance outside the school's great oak doors in May 2018, the Swedish artist Ylva Snöfrid created the four paintings that later were installed through a...
Black Bullets Jeannette Ehlers’ haunting piece Black Bullets (2012) is inspired by the Haitian Revolution of 1791, which resulted in the world’s first black republic. Filmed on location at La Citadelle in Haiti,...
Oracles, Owls...Some Animals Never Sleep In Roman mythology, the owl traditionally represented and accompanied Minerva, the goddess of wisdom. Ever since, the owl has been used as a symbol for knowledge, wisdom, and perspicacity. In Ann...
White Noise The screen looks white and empty at first, but when the viewer concentrates on the plexiglass in front of the screen the hidden film buried under the white light becomes visible. It is a classified...
Here, There, Far Away Hope, Courage, Preparation, Anticipation (2018) by Swedish artist and SSE alumn Johan Bergström Hyldahl, born 1984.
Svan In Ernst Billgren’s symbolically charged work comprised of ceramics, painting, and mosaic, we face a depicted swan. With its dark, blue beak, it resembles the trumpeter swan, a species whose feathers...
Non-Violence Non-Violence is a bronze sculpture of a revolver made by Swedish artist Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd. The revolver has its barrel tied in a knot and it is obvious that it can not shoot. The most famous...
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...
Konsekvensanalys för Handelshögskolan Konsekvensanalys för Handelshögskolan is a site-specific comission and part of Rune's project Konsekvensanalys (impact analysis) – a project where the artist explores the interface between physical...
Whiz Charlotte Gyllenhammar’s photograph Whiz explores new surprising perspectives of otherwise taken-for-granted realities. Gyllenhammar turns the world upside down. The upside down universe has...
Clout Clout is a site-specific installation that consists of a huge wall-paper mural; a clarinet fused with a pipe; two framed drawings: an organic interpretation of the famous textbook graph of the...
Konsekvensanalys for the Board Room at the Stockholm School of Economics Konsekvensanalys for the Board Room at SSE by Bella Rune is a site-specific commission and part of Rune's project Konsekvensanalys (impact analysis). Konsekvensanalys is a project where the artist...
Somewhere else Somewhere else from 1998 is one of Maria Friberg's earliest and best known works. It exists in two versions: as a video and as a photograph, the motif being five men in suits sitting next to each...
Ingmar Bergman's Grand Piano Ingrid and Ingmar Bergman´s grand piano in the Atrium is a material aesthetic statement for more music at our school. With pride, the school has accepted this generous donation and the inaugural...
