The Police Museum

The Police Museum is a policing museum in , Sweden, run by and telling the history of the Swedish Police. It has existed in its present form since 2007.
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  • Opening hours:
    Tuesday—Friday: noon—5:00 PM
    Saturday—Sunday: 11:00 AM—5:00 PM
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum in Stockholm, Sweden
  • Also known as: Police Museum” and “Swedish Police Museum

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Swedish National Museum of Science and Technology and Museum of Ethnography.

Museum
Photo: Bergsten, Public domain.
The National Museum of Science and Technology is a museum in . It is Sweden’s largest museum of technology, and has a national charter to be responsible for preserving the Swedish cultural heritage related to technological and industrial history.

Museum
The , in , , is a Swedish science museum. It houses a collection of about 220,000 items relating to the ethnography, or cultural anthropology, of peoples from around the world, including from , , and , the Pacific region, the Americas and . is situated 140 metres southeast of The Police Museum.

Museum
Photo: Bergsten, Public domain.
The in , is a for naval history, merchant shipping and shipbuilding. Located in the section of the inner-city district , the museum offers a panoramic view of the bay . is situated 170 metres southwest of The Police Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lindarängen and Djurgården.

Neighborhood
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a location outside , . During the 1912 Summer Olympics, it hosted the steeplechase trials for the equestrian eventing competition. Between 1921 and 1952 also hosted Stockholm's water airport for seaplanes.

, more properly Södra , is a park island in the southern borough in . The island makes up much of the National City Park, and contains many museums and leisure venues, such as Skansen, the Vasa Museum and ABBA The Museum.

Locality
is a neighbourhood in the district in central , Sweden. As the name suggests, the neighbourhood is the home of many embassies and ambassadorial residencies.

The Police Museum

Latitude
59.33312° or 59° 19′ 59″ north
Longitude
18.11847° or 18° 7′ 7″ east
Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)
Open location code
9FFW84M9+69
Open­Street­Map ID
node 810035234
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Geo­Names ID
10280362
Wiki­data ID
Q10636139
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“The Police Museum” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: متحف الشرطة السويدية
  • Finnish: Poliisimuseo
  • German: Polismuseet
  • Japanese: スウェーデン警察博物館
  • Russian: Музей полиции
  • Swedish: Polismuseet
  • Turkish: İsveç Polis Müzesi

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