Find a good read: Bookshops in Stockholm
Publish date: 27 November 2025
Flip through the pages of Stockholm's independent bookstores! Here are some tips for passionate readers visiting Stockholm.
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Guide to Unique Bookstores and Literary Culture
After a whole day of exploration and activities, no one will blame you if you want to spend the evening under a blanket, sipping on something warm, and relaxing with a good book.
But maybe you left your current book on the nightstand back home? Or are you looking for something new to dive headfirst into? Or maybe you just like foraging books and magazines? This guide is for you.
Stockholm has bookstores with something for everyone, whether you're looking for chilling suspense, poetry, prose, gripping novels, luxurious photography, art books, or something the whole family can read together.
Below we've listed some independent bookstores in Stockholm. However, Sweden's largest chain of stores is Akademibokhandeln (page in Swedish), with several locations in the Stockholm Area. The largest is located at Mäster Samuelsgatan.
- Bokslukaren – An independent children’s bookstore for both kids and parents.
- Gamla Stans bokhandel – Bookshop located in Stockholm’s oldest boulevard, Stora Nygatan in Gamla Stan.
- Hedengrens Bokhandel – One of the oldest bookstores in Stockholm located on Östermalm.
- Hornstulls bokhandel – A small independent bookstore in the Hornstull neighborhood of Södermalm.
- Konst-ig – Large independent art bookstore in Scandinavia. Konst-ig specializes in most visual art forms, from graffiti to brutalist architecture.
- Rönnells Antikvariat – Has been a staple of Stockholm's literary scene since 1929.
- Papercut – A store that offers both international and Swedish newspapers, books, films, music and printed matter.
Read more tips on where to find a good read in Stockholm in the list below!