Police heritage
Polismuseet
A museum that began as a study collection for police officers, which is why so much of what it holds came out of old investigations rather than out of a curator’s choice.
At a glance
- Name
- Polismuseet — The Police Museum, Sweden
- Kind
- Museum Run by a police service
- Operator
- Polismyndigheten — the museum states "Vi är en del av polisen"
- Where
- Stockholm, Sweden
- Official page
- https://polismuseet.se/ — read on 13 September 2026.
- Facts last checked against sources
- 13 September 2026
What it preserves
More than 10,000 objects and around 6,000 photographs, divided between material from criminal investigations — "förfalskning av pengar och konst, stöld, bedrägeri, mord och andra våldsbrott" — and police equipment. Some objects are several hundred years old.
Its police-history scope
Swedish policing and criminal history. Its mandate is to "förvalta polisens kulturarv genom att utveckla, vårda och tillgängliggöra Polismuseets samlingar", and it states that it conveys knowledge of police work especially to children and young people.
Whose history this holds
Sources
Polismuseet (Polismyndigheten) · Museum · link verified 2026-09-13
SCOPE: Polismuseet only. The museum’s own page, read directly. Supports the official name Polismuseet; that it states "Vi är en del av polisen" — it is part of the Swedish police; that it is at Museivägen 7 in Stockholm; that it "förmedlar kunskap om polisens arbete, särskilt till barn och unga"; and that its mandate includes to "förvalta polisens kulturarv genom att utveckla, vårda och tillgängliggöra Polismuseets samlingar".
Polismuseet (Polismyndigheten) · Museum · link verified 2026-09-13
SCOPE: the Polismuseet collections only. The museum’s own page, read directly. Supports that the collections contain "mer än 10 000 föremål och omkring 6 000 fotografier"; that "Vissa föremål är flera hundra år gamla, andra är från vår tid"; that they divide into material from criminal investigations and police equipment; that the investigative material covers "förfalskning av pengar och konst, stöld, bedrägeri, mord och andra våldsbrott"; and — the historically interesting fact — that the collections were originally a STUDY COLLECTION for police officers, which is why so much of the material comes from old investigations.