The SSE Permanent Collection The SSE Permanent Collection is spread throughout the school and consists of works by both Swedish and international artists. Find them here in alphabetical order by surname of the artist. 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... Ann Lislegaard: 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... Andreas Eriksson: Flodbädd (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... Anders Krisár: Untitled Anders Krisár, born in 1973, has been called a self-taught perfectionist. His artistry dives into themes concerning the human condition, often through the lens of the human body. He works in... Astrid Svangren: äta äta äta sova tala skaka ruska repetera repetion This work, with the longest of titles, hangs in the corridor on the 3rd floor at Sveavägen 65. It is made of Plexiglas, paper, and watercolor, and has been shown at Moderna Museet's exhibition... August Eriksson: 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... Barbara Kruger: 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... Bella Rune: Self-portrait Self-portrait by Bella Rune, b. 1971 from her exhibition Skendöd (Sham death) at Carl Eldhs ateljé 2020. Bella Rune: 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... Bella Rune: 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... Carl Hammoud: 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... Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd: 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... Clay Ketter: 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 –... Clay Ketter: 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... Charlotte Gyllenhammar: 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... Claes Hake: Arch Arch, 1991, by the Swedish sculptor Claes Hake outside the school, Sveavägen 65. Claes Hake (1945-2025), was born in Göteborg and studied at Valand Academy of Art. He is one of Sweden’s most well... Christian-Pontus Andersson: 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... Damien Hirst: 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... Dan Wolgers: Mor och barn/Mother and child "The empty globe encloses a globe with fragmented countries." Elisabeth Frieberg: 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... Emmanuel Van der Auwera: 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... Ernst Billgren: 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... Fredrik Wretman: 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... Goldin + Senneby: 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. Gustaf Nordenskiöld: Beardrops Beardrops deals with the idea of creating landscape formations by using the forces of nature as a tool and maker. The concept is to make objects that may have a distinct function, such as tables,... Hanna Ljungh: Curiosity Cabinet (boron 10 mg): You, me, rock, mountain - commodities of the quantified universe (Impact Crater) by Hanna Ljungh. Henrik Ekesiöö: Bertil Ohlin 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. Håkan Rehnberg: Utan titel (gul) 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... Jacob Dahlgren: 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 Jacob Dahlgren: Lars and Tinni Lars and Tinni are two art flags by Jacob Dahlgren made especially for SSE in 2021 as part of his Flag Project. Jacob Dahlgren: Subject of Art Subject of Art, 2022, by Jacob Dahlgren is a sculpture and part of The Jacob Dahlgren Room. Jan Håfström: Sent på jorden/Late on Earth Swedish contemporary artist Jan Håfström has created the work Sent på jorden ('Late on earth') especially for the Red Corridor on Sveavägen 65. The art installation contains 15 artworks, and it was... Jeannette Ehlers: 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,... Jens Fänge: The 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... Johan Bergström Hyldahl: Here, There, Far Away Hope, Courage, Preparation, Anticipation (2018) by Swedish artist and SSE alumn Johan Bergström Hyldahl, born 1984. Katja Larsson: 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... Lars Arrhenius: 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... Lars Nilsson: 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... Lina Selander & Oscar Mangione: 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... Lindsey Adelman: Agnes Chandelier The custom made chandelier by Lindsey Adelman in the Heckscher-Ohlin Room is part of a series of luminaries created by Adelman called Agnes. Adelman drew inspiration for the series from the fictional... Liselotte Watkins: 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... Lotta Hannerz: 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... Maria Friberg: Almost There #5 Maria Friberg’s photographic work Almost There #5 presents a group of young men in business suits, floating in a swimming pool. Captured in a moment of suspension — arms adrift, bodies neither rising... Maria Friberg: 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... Maria Friberg: 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. Maria Friberg: 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... Maria Miesenberger: 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... Maria Miesenberger: Change of Direction Maria Miesenberger´s Change of Direction (2015), platinated bronze and steel, is to be found in the entrance hall of House of Innovation, Norrtullsgatan 2. 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.... Marie-Louise Ekman: Quattro Donne in Rosso & Lampadario Scrittura Quattro Donne in Rosso & Lampadario Scrittura (2024) by Marie-Louise Ekman are two Murano glass sculptures in the form of chandeliers created in collaboration with the world's leading glass studio... Marie-Louse Ekman: Toalett med "spegel" (Testamentet del II) Next to the Marie-Louse Ekman room Testamentet on the third floor of Sveavägen 65, another mural by the artist has appeared (and is continuously changing): Toalett med "spegel" (Testamentet del II) Martin Wickström: And Child And Child (1991) by Martin Wickström hangs in the corridor on floor 5, Sveavägen 65. Martin Wickström: 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... Martin Wickström: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... Matthias van Arkel: Cabinet of Process Since the 1990s, Matthias van Arkel has conducted a dialogue between chance and control. Dyed silicone rubber can be read as a surrogate brush stroke that has been liberated from the canvas, inviting... Matthias van Arkel: 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. Meta Isæus-Berlin: 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. Meta Isæus-Berlin: 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... Moa Israelsson: 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... Ohad Meromi: 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... Ohad Meromi: 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,... Ola Billgren: 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,... Olafur Eliasson: 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. Oliver Sundqvist: 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... Olle Baertling: 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... Peter Dahl: Mercurii Triumf Mercurii Triumf by Peter Dahl (1989) is a large oil hexatych installed in the Terrace Room at Holländargatan. It was a site-specific commission by the then president of SSE, who asked Dahl to draw the... Peter Hagdahl: 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... Philip Baldwin and Monica Guggisberg: Adam Smith´s Amphorae Philip Baldwin´s and Monica Guggisberg´s wall-mounted glass work Adam Smith´s Amphorae is a new artwork in the SSE permanent collection. The work brings together 27 amphora-like forms in black, gold,... Prince Eugen: Stockholms ström The 2,5 by 3,5 meter fresco Stockholms ström (Stockholm's stream) by Prince Eugen from 1936 Holländargatan 32-34 was painted soon after the inauguration of the building, which then housed the... 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... Richard Nonas: 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... Sam Francis: 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... Samson Kambalu: 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.... Sara Nilsson: Fågelkvitter Sara Nilsson's sculptures and paintings explore a reflective and quiet relationship with the natural world. Fågelkvitter (Bird-twitter) was previously part of the exhibition Notes Toward a Life in... Sara-Vide Ericson: Study for Manta Ray In Study for Manta Ray (2016) by Sara-Vide Ericson we see a figure draped in what appears to be a wet black blanket, moving in the waters near the bank of a shallow lake. The title of the work – Study... Sara-Vide Ericsson: The First Tipii "Her paintings are created with a natural feeling for both the Nordic light and its spatial construction and are reminiscent of a strange yet familiar world. The starting point for her work is often a... Truls Melin: 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... Thomas Broomé: Room 350 The Swedish artist Thomas Broomé has transformed room 350 in the SSE main building into a site-specific art installation and an exceptional learning environment. As the school's eighth art classroom,... Ulrika Sparre: 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... Ulrich Rückriem: 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... 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... Ylva Snöfrid: 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... Åsa Norberg and Jennie Sundén: Blanket In Blanket, the artist duo Åsa Norberg and Jennie Sundén address the relation between crafted objects and how children learn and develop through play. Åsa Norberg and Jennie Sundén: Learning by Doing In Learning by Doing, the artist duo artist duo Åsa Norberg and Jennie Sundén focus on the relation between bodily action and learning. The title refers to the philosopher and pedagogue John Dewey... Åsa Norberg and Jennie Sundén: Interaction of Colors In Interaction of Colours, the artists duo Norberg Sundén approach the learning aspects of handwriting and image-making. The artwork hangs in The Lindgren Room on floor 3.
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...
Ann Lislegaard: 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...
Andreas Eriksson: Flodbädd (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...
Anders Krisár: Untitled Anders Krisár, born in 1973, has been called a self-taught perfectionist. His artistry dives into themes concerning the human condition, often through the lens of the human body. He works in...
Astrid Svangren: äta äta äta sova tala skaka ruska repetera repetion This work, with the longest of titles, hangs in the corridor on the 3rd floor at Sveavägen 65. It is made of Plexiglas, paper, and watercolor, and has been shown at Moderna Museet's exhibition...
August Eriksson: 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...
Barbara Kruger: 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...
Bella Rune: Self-portrait Self-portrait by Bella Rune, b. 1971 from her exhibition Skendöd (Sham death) at Carl Eldhs ateljé 2020.
Bella Rune: 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...
Bella Rune: 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...
Carl Hammoud: 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...
Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd: 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...
Clay Ketter: 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 –...
Clay Ketter: 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...
Charlotte Gyllenhammar: 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...
Claes Hake: Arch Arch, 1991, by the Swedish sculptor Claes Hake outside the school, Sveavägen 65. Claes Hake (1945-2025), was born in Göteborg and studied at Valand Academy of Art. He is one of Sweden’s most well...
Christian-Pontus Andersson: 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...
Damien Hirst: 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...
Dan Wolgers: Mor och barn/Mother and child "The empty globe encloses a globe with fragmented countries."
Elisabeth Frieberg: 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...
Emmanuel Van der Auwera: 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...
Ernst Billgren: 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...
Fredrik Wretman: 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...
Goldin + Senneby: 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.
Gustaf Nordenskiöld: Beardrops Beardrops deals with the idea of creating landscape formations by using the forces of nature as a tool and maker. The concept is to make objects that may have a distinct function, such as tables,...
Hanna Ljungh: Curiosity Cabinet (boron 10 mg): You, me, rock, mountain - commodities of the quantified universe (Impact Crater) by Hanna Ljungh.
Henrik Ekesiöö: Bertil Ohlin 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.
Håkan Rehnberg: Utan titel (gul) 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...
Jacob Dahlgren: 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
Jacob Dahlgren: Lars and Tinni Lars and Tinni are two art flags by Jacob Dahlgren made especially for SSE in 2021 as part of his Flag Project.
Jacob Dahlgren: Subject of Art Subject of Art, 2022, by Jacob Dahlgren is a sculpture and part of The Jacob Dahlgren Room.
Jan Håfström: Sent på jorden/Late on Earth Swedish contemporary artist Jan Håfström has created the work Sent på jorden ('Late on earth') especially for the Red Corridor on Sveavägen 65. The art installation contains 15 artworks, and it was...
Jeannette Ehlers: 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,...
Jens Fänge: The 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...
Johan Bergström Hyldahl: Here, There, Far Away Hope, Courage, Preparation, Anticipation (2018) by Swedish artist and SSE alumn Johan Bergström Hyldahl, born 1984.
Katja Larsson: 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...
Lars Arrhenius: 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...
Lars Nilsson: 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...
Lina Selander & Oscar Mangione: 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...
Lindsey Adelman: Agnes Chandelier The custom made chandelier by Lindsey Adelman in the Heckscher-Ohlin Room is part of a series of luminaries created by Adelman called Agnes. Adelman drew inspiration for the series from the fictional...
Liselotte Watkins: 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...
Lotta Hannerz: 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...
Maria Friberg: Almost There #5 Maria Friberg’s photographic work Almost There #5 presents a group of young men in business suits, floating in a swimming pool. Captured in a moment of suspension — arms adrift, bodies neither rising...
Maria Friberg: 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...
Maria Friberg: 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.
Maria Friberg: 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...
Maria Miesenberger: 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...
Maria Miesenberger: Change of Direction Maria Miesenberger´s Change of Direction (2015), platinated bronze and steel, is to be found in the entrance hall of House of Innovation, Norrtullsgatan 2.
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....
Marie-Louise Ekman: Quattro Donne in Rosso & Lampadario Scrittura Quattro Donne in Rosso & Lampadario Scrittura (2024) by Marie-Louise Ekman are two Murano glass sculptures in the form of chandeliers created in collaboration with the world's leading glass studio...
Marie-Louse Ekman: Toalett med "spegel" (Testamentet del II) Next to the Marie-Louse Ekman room Testamentet on the third floor of Sveavägen 65, another mural by the artist has appeared (and is continuously changing): Toalett med "spegel" (Testamentet del II)
Martin Wickström: And Child And Child (1991) by Martin Wickström hangs in the corridor on floor 5, Sveavägen 65.
Martin Wickström: 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...
Martin Wickström: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...
Matthias van Arkel: Cabinet of Process Since the 1990s, Matthias van Arkel has conducted a dialogue between chance and control. Dyed silicone rubber can be read as a surrogate brush stroke that has been liberated from the canvas, inviting...
Matthias van Arkel: 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.
Meta Isæus-Berlin: 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.
Meta Isæus-Berlin: 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...
Moa Israelsson: 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...
Ohad Meromi: 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...
Ohad Meromi: 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,...
Ola Billgren: 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,...
Olafur Eliasson: 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.
Oliver Sundqvist: 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...
Olle Baertling: 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...
Peter Dahl: Mercurii Triumf Mercurii Triumf by Peter Dahl (1989) is a large oil hexatych installed in the Terrace Room at Holländargatan. It was a site-specific commission by the then president of SSE, who asked Dahl to draw the...
Peter Hagdahl: 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...
Philip Baldwin and Monica Guggisberg: Adam Smith´s Amphorae Philip Baldwin´s and Monica Guggisberg´s wall-mounted glass work Adam Smith´s Amphorae is a new artwork in the SSE permanent collection. The work brings together 27 amphora-like forms in black, gold,...
Prince Eugen: Stockholms ström The 2,5 by 3,5 meter fresco Stockholms ström (Stockholm's stream) by Prince Eugen from 1936 Holländargatan 32-34 was painted soon after the inauguration of the building, which then housed the...
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...
Richard Nonas: 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...
Sam Francis: 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...
Samson Kambalu: 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....
Sara Nilsson: Fågelkvitter Sara Nilsson's sculptures and paintings explore a reflective and quiet relationship with the natural world. Fågelkvitter (Bird-twitter) was previously part of the exhibition Notes Toward a Life in...
Sara-Vide Ericson: Study for Manta Ray In Study for Manta Ray (2016) by Sara-Vide Ericson we see a figure draped in what appears to be a wet black blanket, moving in the waters near the bank of a shallow lake. The title of the work – Study...
Sara-Vide Ericsson: The First Tipii "Her paintings are created with a natural feeling for both the Nordic light and its spatial construction and are reminiscent of a strange yet familiar world. The starting point for her work is often a...
Truls Melin: 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...
Thomas Broomé: Room 350 The Swedish artist Thomas Broomé has transformed room 350 in the SSE main building into a site-specific art installation and an exceptional learning environment. As the school's eighth art classroom,...
Ulrika Sparre: 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...
Ulrich Rückriem: 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...
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...
Ylva Snöfrid: 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...
Åsa Norberg and Jennie Sundén: Blanket In Blanket, the artist duo Åsa Norberg and Jennie Sundén address the relation between crafted objects and how children learn and develop through play.
Åsa Norberg and Jennie Sundén: Learning by Doing In Learning by Doing, the artist duo artist duo Åsa Norberg and Jennie Sundén focus on the relation between bodily action and learning. The title refers to the philosopher and pedagogue John Dewey...
Åsa Norberg and Jennie Sundén: Interaction of Colors In Interaction of Colours, the artists duo Norberg Sundén approach the learning aspects of handwriting and image-making. The artwork hangs in The Lindgren Room on floor 3.
