Sveriges Fängelsemuseum

Great little museum

Brilliant visit to the museum, was made to feel very welcome. Used the English audio guide which explained each theme in cells well. Staff very friendly and accommodating.

Too short/not enough to see, and exhibit labels and panels only in Swedish.

The exhibition is clearly too short, only one floor of the main building - we’ve expected more to see. The exhibits weren’t bad but the written explanations were available only in Swedish - not even a...

I’ve been to better prison museums

It’s SEK 80 entrance fee per adult. Unfortunately the museum of only a few cells in the 2nd floor = the rest of this old building is off limits. There is a dependence 50 meters to the right (when you ...

A lot to see

Interesting museum in the centre of Gävle. Gave a good view of how hard prison life was in earlier days.

Prison life from 1732

This was an unexpected surprise find. After visiting Gävle to see the Julbocken Christmas straw goat, we found a sign to this museum. It was really interesting and with an excellent audio guide that g...