Barnrikehuset

About the museum

The large-family houses (barnrikehusen) were built in Stockholm in the 1930s after the state decided in 1935 on loans and grants to provide less well-off large families with good, modern homes. Of the planned 20,000 large-family flats, just over half had been built by 1948, when the programme was discontinued. At Stickelbärsvägen at least four children were required in order to move into a two-room flat with kitchen.

The flat at Stickelbärsvägen 7 was built in 1936 and measures 42 square metres, with two rooms and a kitchen. It had modern standards for its time, with a bathroom, flush toilet, bathtub, hot and cold water, central heating, gas stove, cold pantry and access to a laundry room. For families who moved from cramped and old-fashioned homes in Södermalm, Norrmalm and the Old Town, it was a great change.

The flat became a museum home in 1990 and is recreated as it looked when the large Jonasson family lived there in the late 1930s. It is run by Stadsmuseet i Stockholm (the Stockholm City Museum) as one of the museum’s historic rooms.

Highlights

• Flat of 42 square metres recreated as the home of the Jonasson family in 1937
• Modern kitchen with a gas stove, cold pantry and many well-planned cupboards
• Bathroom with bathtub and flush toilet, a novelty for many families
• Shows how the state’s investment in large-family housing affected living in the 1930s

Permanent exhibition

• Barnrikehuset 1937 – A recreated two-room flat with kitchen, bathroom and period furnishings, showing the life of a large family in the late 1930s.

Founded

1990

Operated by

Stadsmuseet i Stockholm (Stockholms stad)

Admission & discounts

The price for public tours is stated in the City Museum’s calendar for each occasion. Group bookings can be cancelled no later than 10 weekdays before the booked date.

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible: not available
• Elevator: no information
• Accessible restroom: no information
• Accessible parking: no information
• Service dogs welcome: no information
• Tactile models & exhibits: no information
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

Because of the stairs, the tour is not accessible for people using a wheelchair or pram.

Kids & families

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