Stockholms Kvinnohistoriska

What Stockholms Kvinnohistoriska does

Stockholms Kvinnohistoriska (legal name: Föreningen Stockholms Kvinnohistoriska, org.nr 802516-1244) is a Swedish non-profit association founded in 2018 and opened to the public in March 2019, operating an innovative museum without a permanent building from its headquarters at Repslagargatan 15B in Stockholm. The organization focuses on making women's history visible and accessible, distributing content across public squares (Sergels torg), partner museums (Stockholms läns museum, Armémuseum, ArkDes), libraries, schools, milk-carton placements, and digital platforms. Its product portfolio includes traveling exhibitions (Vägen till fri abort, Sex i city, 100 år genom 10 saker), guided walking tours in Stockholm and other Swedish cities, the Kvinnans Plats podcast, historical lessons, school programs, the Arkivism archival initiative, the annual Hyllmeter åt kvinnorna archival project, and the global Historical Dinner Project participatory movement.

The business model is a hybrid of public-sector grants and diversified earned revenue. Stockholm stad and Region Stockholm serve as primary governmental funders, supplemented by project-specific grants from Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, EU Erasmus+ (#ENDOs project), Riksantikvarieämbetet, and Ottarfonden. Earned income flows from the tiered Sällskapet membership program (with a 20% shop discount), walking tour tickets (120-200 SEK on a pay-what-you-can basis via Billetto), exhibition rentals (free for schools, 2,000 SEK for libraries), and a web shop selling books, letter paper, posters and merchandise. As of 2024 the organization has a 13-person staff led by Museum Director Anna Tascha Larsson, a 53-organization membership network of cultural actors, archives and museums across Sweden, and a board chaired by Gunilla Thorgren. Geographic footprint is primarily Sweden with international activity through the EU-funded #ENDOs project spanning France, Italy, Finland and Ireland.

Name

Stockholms Kvinnohistoriska

Legal name

Föreningen Stockholms Kvinnohistoriska

Website

https://kvinnohistoriska.se

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Stockholms Kvinnohistoriska is a Swedish non-profit association operating an innovative buildingless women's history museum, distributing exhibitions, walking tours, podcasts, school programs, and archival projects across Sweden through public spaces, partner institutions, and digital platforms since 2019.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cultural Museum Services

NAICS

Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions (712), Libraries and Archives (51921)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Museums & Heritage Sites (History, Science, Specialty) (BPAGAHAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Libraries, Archives & Special Collections (BPAGAHAF), Cultural Heritage Institutions (Archives, Historic Houses, Monuments Foundations) (THAJADAI)

Keywords

• Women's history museum
• Cultural exhibitions
• Historical walking tours
• Educational programs
• Archival initiatives

Headquarters

HQ city

Stockholm

HQ country

Sweden

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Membership Program (Sällskapet): Monthly membership program with tiers: Mursmäcka, Sällskapsdam, and Drottning. Members receive 20% discount in the shop.
2. Event Tickets and Walking Tours: Revenue from guided walking tours around Stockholm covering women's history topics. Ticket prices range from 120-200 SEK with pay-what-you-can model.
3. Shop Sales: Web shop selling books, letter paper collections, posters, gift cards, and merchandise. All profits go to museum operations.
4. Support and Donations: Financial support from Stockholm stad and Region Stockholm, plus individual donations and project funding from organizations like Riksbankens Jubileumsfond and EU Erasmus+

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Stockholms Kvinnohistoriska is an innovative museum without a permanent building that takes women's history into everyday life through public spaces, libraries, schools, and digital platforms. It produces walking tours, physical and digital exhibitions, a podcast series, historical lessons, discussion events, archival projects, and educational materials for schools, supported by a web shop and membership program.

Product overview

Stockholms Kvinnohistoriska is an innovative museum without its own building that takes women's history into everyday life—on squares, museums, libraries, milk packages, and podcast players. The museum operates as a unified digital-first museum with multiple interconnected offerings: physical and digital exhibitions (including traveling shows like '100 år genom 10 saker', 'Vägen till fri abort', and 'Sex i city'), a podcast series 'Kvinnans Plats', city walking tours, historical lessons, discussion events, the 'Arkivism' archival initiative with its companion book, the 'Hyllmeter åt kvinnorna' annual archival project, the international 'Historical Dinner Project' participatory movement, and an EU research project '#ENDOs' on endometriosis. Additional offerings include membership (Sällskapet), a web shop, and educational materials for schools. The museum also collects contemporary stories through digital insamling (gatherings) for future preservation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Kvinnohistoria digitalt Digital platform providing access to women's history content including history lessons, virtual tours, and podcast episodes accessible from home.
• Podd: Kvinnans Plats Podcast series featuring stories from history with invited historians and researchers discussing women's life stories tied to specific places.
• Stadsvandringar (Walking Tours) Walking tours through Stockholm exploring women's history in various neighborhoods, covering topics such as midwives, domestic servants, spies, and LGBTQ history.
• Utställningar (Exhibitions) Traveling and outdoor exhibitions on women's history topics including abortion rights, sexuality, and everyday objects through a century.
• Historielektioner (Historical Lessons) Historical lessons providing essential background knowledge on current debates, featuring Sweden's leading researchers and experts on topics like abortion rights, pornography, and economic violence.
• Samtal (Conversations) Conversations and discussions on current topics from churches, bars, or stages, preserving a breadth of perspectives for the future.
• The Historical Dinner Project Dinner movement initiated to make women's life stories part of collective memory, where each guest shares a story about a historical woman.
• Arkivism Initiative to make it easier for more people to find women in archives and to document and preserve the present for the future, including the book 'Arkivism: en handbok'.
• Hyllmeter åt kvinnorna Annual project that allocates shelf space in the county museum's archive for stories about women, events, and movements significant to women's history.
• #ENDOs EU Project Three-year European project combining art, history, narrative medicine, and digital tools to increase awareness of endometriosis and provide patients tools to better understand their condition.
• 100 år genom 10 saker (Traveling Exhibition) Exhibition presenting ten common objects that have played unusually large roles in history, showing how they have influenced women's daily lives and shaped conditions for independent living.
• Vägen till fri abort (Traveling Exhibition) Exhibition about the political reforms and personal stories that led to the free abortion law in 1975, part of the 50th anniversary commemorations.
• Sällskapet (Membership Program) Membership club allowing supporters to contribute monthly to the museum's work for more gender-equal historiography, with tiered membership options.
• Shop Web shop selling merchandise including books, letter paper, posters, and gift cards, with proceeds supporting museum operations.

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

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AI maturity

App detail

AI capability2 records

Feature2 records

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Stockholms läns museumcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAnnual collaboration on Hyllmeter åt kvinnorna project - dedicating shelf space in the regional museum's archive to preserve women's history with public input.
• Samfundet S:t ErikcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on 'Kvinnans plats i staden' (Woman's Place in the City) project connecting women's history to cultural heritage signs around Stockholm.
• ArmémuseumminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on walking tour 'Dolda liv och farliga förbindelser' about women spies in 1940s Stockholm.
• ArkDesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on walking tour about women's place in Vällingby - Sweden's first ABC city.
• Uppsala slottshistoriskaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on walking tour about 'Syndiga kvinnor i Uppsala' (Sinful Women in Uppsala) covering crime, morals and punishment.
• RoslagsmuseetminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on walking tour about women in Norrtälje's history.
• Le Laba (EU #ENDOs project lead)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEU Erasmus+ funded project on endometriosis awareness combining art, history, narrative medicine and digital tools across France, Italy, Sweden, Finland and Ireland.
• Maynooth UniversityminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partner in #ENDOs project from Ireland.
• University of TurkuminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partner in #ENDOs project from Finland.
• Università degli Studi di PalermominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partner in #ENDOs project from Italy.
• Momentum Educate + InnovateminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEducation partner in #ENDOs project from Ireland.
• L'Agence CréativeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCreative agency partner in #ENDOs project from France.
• Volante förlagcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-publishing partner for 'Arkivism: en handbok' - a handbook for archiving women's stories.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Kvindemuseet i Aarhus: Danish women's museum focused on women's history, culture, and gender equality through exhibitions and archives — a directly comparable peer operating in a neighboring Nordic country with a similar thematic scope.
• Schwules Museum: Berlin museum dedicated to LGBTQ history and culture, using exhibitions, archives, and public programming — comparable niche cultural-heritage institution with a museum-without-walls ethos and similar audience advocacy model.
• National Museum of Women in the Arts: Washington DC museum dedicated to championing women in the arts through exhibitions, programs, and education — comparable peer focused on elevating women's contributions to cultural history.
• National Women's History Museum: US-based nonprofit advocating for and operating as the national women's history museum, with a strong digital content and education focus — comparable peer in scale, mission, and digital-first distribution.
• Kvinnemuseet (Women's Museum) i Kongsvinger: Norwegian women's history museum and cultural institution that curates collections, exhibitions, and educational programs on women's history — directly comparable Nordic peer with a similar mission and nonprofit structure.

Broad incumbents

• Jewish Museum Berlin: Major Berlin museum combining permanent exhibitions with traveling and digital programs on cultural history — a larger incumbent that similarly blends physical and digital distribution and educational programming.
• The Tenement Museum: New York museum telling immigrant and working-class stories through site-based and walking-tour experiences — comparable storytelling approach, walking-tour revenue model, and use of everyday-life venues rather than a traditional gallery.
• Swedish History Museum (Historiska museet): Sweden's national history museum presenting Swedish cultural history through exhibitions and educational programs — comparable domestic institutional peer with overlapping subject matter and educational outreach to schools.

Others

• Women's History Network (UK): UK academic and public network promoting research and visibility of women's history through events and resources — comparable ecosystem participant supporting the same mission via community-driven programming.

Regional players

• Folketinget / Danish Women's Society: Danish women's rights and history organization with archival and public programming functions — comparable Nordic peer advancing women's history and gender equality through education and events.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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