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Sweden Bookshop

Whether you’re looking for a Swedish cookbook, a glossy coffee-table book on Swedish design or Swedish fiction in English translation, this is the place to go. Part of the Swedish Institute, Sweden Bookshop is a specialized bookstore that supplies a broad selection of information about Sweden and Swedish literature in English and other languages.

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Address: Slottsbacken 10 (T Gamla stan or T Kungsträdgården)
Hours: Open Mon-Fri 10:00-18:00, Sat (Jul-Aug) 11:00-16:00
Website: swedenbookshop.com (opens in a new tab)

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