| Swedish Holocaust Museum | |
| Native Name: | Sveriges Museum om Förintelsen |
| Established: | 21 June 2023 |
| Location: | Torsgatan 19, Stockholm, Sweden |
| Type: | Holocaust museum |
| Director: | Katherine Hauptman |
Swedish Holocaust Museum (sv|Sveriges Museum om Förintelsen) is a state historical museum in Stockholm focused on the Holocaust.[1] The museum is currently headed by Katherine Hauptman.[2]
The idea of museum was proposed in 2018 by Polish-born Holocaust survivor Max Safir.[3] The Swedish Ministry of Culture announced in 2020 that $1.1 million would be allocated to the Living History Forum in order to establish a Holocaust museum focusing on survivors living in Sweden as well as a separate "center" devoted to the memory of the Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg.[4] [5] In 2021, the government commissioned the State Historical Museums to submit proposals for the establishment of Sweden's Holocaust Museum as a museum within the authority. One point was that stories from survivors with connections to Sweden should be at the center of the activity.[6]
Completion of the museum was significantly delayed. It was decided that the museum would be located in Stockholm rather than Malmö in which a high number of antisemitic incidents had recently been reported.[7]
In June 2022, the museum was inaugurated by the Swedish Minister of Culture, Jeanette Gustafsdotter.[8]
The first exhibition Seven Lives opened for the public at Torsgatan 19 in June 2023.[9]