Car museums & collections in Sweden

Vehicle museum in Arvika with a rotating display of over 100 vehicles including cars, motorcycles, horse-drawn carriages and pedal cycles.

One of southern Sweden's largest vehicle museums, with roughly 120 cars, about 80 motorcycles/mopeds and two aircraft spanning 1898 to today. Formed in 2008 largely from the collection of the former Skoklosters bil- och motormuseum, which closed in Håbo in 2007-08.

A car and technology museum in Köping holding a notable collection of rare prewar and classic cars with Swedish provenance, spanning legendary international marques as well as motorcycles and automobilia.

Not a formal museum but a well-known open-air site outside Ryd (Tingsryd municipality) where dozens of scrapped cars from the 1950s-70s, left by former scrapyard owner Åke, have been slowly reclaimed by forest; the site is protected and free to visit, though visitors are asked not to touch or remove anything.

Large private motor museum at Torstorps Gård near Svenljunga, with a collection historically described as around 300 motorcycles alongside roughly 100 cars, 15 trucks and other memorabilia including radios and a country-store display.

Vintage vehicle museum near Visby with cars from 1907-1970 (including a Rolls-Royce and early electric vehicles), motorcycles from 1901-1980s, bicycles, tractors and a recreated period general store.

Opened in 2015, this is regularly billed as Sweden's largest car museum, with reported holdings ranging from roughly 200 to 300 vehicles displayed across multiple themed halls.

Veteran vehicle collection in Hoting adjacent to the E45, ranging from exclusive marques such as Rolls-Royce to vintage racing cars and classic motorcycles.

Longstanding family-run museum near Skurup exhibiting vintage cars, motorcycles, a recreated country store and mechanical music instruments (self-playing organs/orchestrions).

Small private, appointment-only museum near Skåne-Tranås focused primarily on low-mileage or historically notable Volvo cars, along with vintage radios and Brio toys.

Small privately-run museum in Kisa with a large number of Saab vehicles displayed in non-restored, as-found condition; open only a handful of days per year.

Vehicle and nostalgia museum on the Motala harbourfront on Lake Vättern, opened 1995, with roughly 80 cars, 80 motorcycles and assorted mopeds/vehicles, including one of Sweden's largest Rolls-Royce collections and modern supercars.

Part of the larger Målilla hembygdspark heritage village, comprising a vehicle/technology museum, a fire-brigade museum and a speedway museum among its 17 themed museum buildings.

Museum in the Innovatum district of Trollhättan covering the full history of Saab automobiles from the first prototype to the final production models. Collection totals roughly 120-140 cars, with about 70 normally on display.

Scania's own heritage vehicle museum in Södertälje covering the history of Vabis, Scania and Scania-Vabis, with historic and modern trucks, buses, and rail-related exhibits.

Family museum in Rydaholm combining vintage cars and other vehicles staged in period-accurate street and shop settings, an expanded tractor collection, a toy collection and a music/instrument section.

Car museum housed at Sparreholm Castle displaying the development of the automobile from the late 1800s to the present, described as one of Europe's finest private car collections.

Family-oriented agricultural and motor museum on Öland displaying tractors, cars, fire trucks, mopeds and engines alongside a working antique rake factory.

Scandinavia's oldest automobile museum, opened in 1961, combining one of Northern Europe's largest private collections of vintage cars and aircraft (roughly 140 cars and 30-40 aircraft, plus motorcycles and engines).

A fully private historic car collection built up by four generations of the Söderström family, owners of dealer group Förenade Bil (founded 1921 in Malmö); shown only to pre-booked groups, not open to walk-in visitors.

Large retro-technology park near Östersund (Optand airfield) combining veteran cars, military vehicles and aircraft with hands-on activities across roughly 3,000 sq m of exhibits.

Sweden's national technology museum in Stockholm holds significant automobile and motorcycle historical collections and a research archive/library with major car- and motorcycle-history holdings, alongside its broader technology exhibits.

Museum devoted to the industrial history of Tidaholm, including surviving vehicles built by Tidaholms Bruk (which produced around 1,000 vehicles, mainly trucks, between 1903 and 1934) plus the Vulcan match factory history.

Vehicle museum at Torsby's Herrgårdsområdet featuring cars, motorcycles and period nostalgia displays, including a Scania-Vabis salvaged from a lake bottom after 50 years submerged.

Free-entry car museum operated by dealer group Toveks Bil, focused on Volkswagen Group marques along with related trucks and motorcycles; moved from Kinna to Falkenberg in 2024. Roughly 80 vehicles on display, including Sweden's oldest known VW.

Private modern-classics car gallery on Värmdö near Stockholm, showing over 70 cars from around 20 marques selected for design, performance or historical significance.

Volvo's industrial heritage museum at the Volvo Powertrain/engine plant in Skövde, tracing Volvo's industrial development and Swedish industrialization from the mid-1800s, including production and prototype engines.

A large private collection of American classic cars (reported around 80 vehicles) from the 1950s-60s displayed with period memorabilia and decor, located in Tumba.

Volvo Cars' and Volvo Group's joint brand experience centre and museum, opened April 2024 as successor to the former Volvo Museum in Arendal (closed December 2023). Displays Volvo's automotive, truck, bus, construction and marine/industrial engine history from 1927 to present, blended with interactive digital exhibits.

Small veteran vehicle museum south of Kramfors near the Sandö bridge, displaying about 80 years of motoring history through vehicles and period objects, alongside a doll collection.

Small industrial and car museum in Åtvidaberg preserving vehicles built by the local Åtvidabergs Vagnfabrik, including the sole surviving example of the rare "Åtvidabergsbilen" (only 15 built), plus motorcycles and antique calculating machines.