Street art i Malmö - guide till Malmös gatukonst

Writer: Helena Bergström

Street Art in Malmö! It can be called street art, murals, murals or simply public art. Whatever you call it, you'll find a lot of this stuff in Malmö. We offer photos and also a map for those who want to discover Malmö's delicious painted walls.

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Street Art in Malmö

The Artscape street art festival was founded in Malmö in 2014, resulting in a long line of murals created by artists from all over the world. Over time, the artworks have become more and more numerous, and you can find them both in the Old Town in central Malmö, and in the city's various suburbs.

We googled where we could find some of the works and went for a bike ride. Then we found much more than what we had originally googled! The tour resulted in a lot of photos of street art, as well as a guide for those who also want to discover Malmö's street art.

Map of Street Art in Malmö

Here you will find a map of street art in Malmö. The numbers on the map correspond to the numbers in the article, which describes the different artworks. We've made the map so that you can see the artworks in a convenient order. However, don't be surprised if you happen to come across even more works during your tour. There are plenty of murals in Malmö, and new ones are added from time to time.

1. Mural of Shalak and Smoky

First of all, we have to mention a mural that is a little bit different from the others, namely in Norra Hamnen in Malmö. The painting is the result of a collaboration between the Canadian artist Shalak and Smoky from Brazil. Really delicious!

Address: Bjurögatan 46 (Norra Hamnen)

Street art i Malmö - väggmålning av Shalak och Smoky

2. Mural in the Caroli district

In the Caroli district of Malmö, you'll find a delicious painting that spans two walls. It's both jellyfish and spacey at the same time.

Address: Lilla Kvarngatan 12 (Caroli)

Gatukonst i Malmö i Carolikvarteren — Created by @spaceism

3. Magic Book by Natalia Rak

Polish artist Natalia Rak has painted "Magic Book", which depicts a girl reading a book, from which an octopus emerges. This is street art in Malmö that we like!

Address: Grynbodgatan 11 (Old Town)

Gatukonst och Street art i Malmö - Magic Book av Natalia Rak

4. Wall painting by Ola Kalnin

Right next to Natalia Rak's painting is a work by Malmö-based artist Ola Kalnin. You only have to turn your head to see this colourful wall.

Address: Grynbodgatan 13 (Old Town)

5. No Limit by Ester Eriksson

In the central part of Malmö you can also find a bunch of smaller paintings, on garage doors and the like. According to what we've read, some of these belong to an art project called "ArtMadeThis", which highlights female street art artists.

Address: Torggatan 2 (Old Town)

6. Fubbick by Karolina Wojcik

The same as above applies to the work "Fubbick" by Karolina Wojcik, if we understand it correctly.

Address: Kanalgatan 3 (Old Town)

7. Turnips by Emelie Schill

A smaller pink work on Gustav Adolfs Torg will also belong to #ArtMadeThis.

Address: Gustav Adolfs Torg 12 (Old Town)

8. Mural of Faith XLVII

In the centre of Malmö is a work of art by South African artist Liberty Du (Faith XLVII), who has graced cities around the world with her art. The work on Södra Tullgatan (see picture below) was created during the 2014 Artscape festival.

Address: Södra Tullgatan 4 (Old Town)

9. Wall painting of Phlegm

If you walk around a corner in central Malmö, you'll also find a really cool creation by Welsh artist Phlegm. We think it's really fun to use the windows and other details of the wall to develop the piece.

Address: Stenhuggaregatan 2 (Lugnet)

Street art i Malmö - muralmålning av Faith XLVII — Mural of Faith XLVII

Street art i Malmö - muralmålning av Phlegm — Mural of Faith XLVII

10. Wall painting with face

If you look up while strolling along the shopping street Södra Förstadsgatan, you can see even more street art in Malmö, in the form of a painting of a woman's face.

Address: Södra Förstadsgatan 13 (Old Town)

11. The girl with the fox by Julia Hallström

"The girl with the fox" is a small but beautiful work of art, which is easy to miss if you are not paying attention.

Address: Davidhallsgatan 10 (Davidshall)

12. Mural with green girl

On the same street as "The Girl with the Fox" there is also a garage door with a very green girl.

Address: Davidhallsgatan 24 (Davidshall)

13. Paintings in the tunnel

At Kaptensgatan in the Lugnet area there is a tunnel with a series of colourful paintings. A slightly different form of public art / street art in Malmö!

Address: Kaptensgatan (Lugnet)

14. Mural by Edmalito

On Monbijougatan in central Malmö you will find a mural by the artist Edmalito. A colourful wall that brightens up the neighbourhood!

Address: Monbijougatan 2

Street art i Malmö - väggmålning av Edmalito

15. Wall painting on garage door

Not far from Edmalito's large mural, you'll find a smaller, but equally imaginative painting on a garage door.

Address: Friisgatan 13

16. Mural by Stinkfish

In the Möllevången area, Colombian artist Stinkfish has created two stunning murals. This one is one of our favourites among all the street art in Malmö!

Address: Södra Skolgatan 43 (Möllevången)

Street Art i Malmö - väggmålning av Stinkfish

17. The parrot has landed by Leon

Another work that you will find in Möllevången, not far from the painting of Stinkfish, is the one called "The parrot has landed". Created by Leon, the work runs over two walls and is really nice.

Address: Bergsgatan 37 (Möllevången)

Street art i Malmö - väggmålning av Leon

18. Street art in Malmö at Graffiti Hangaren

An interesting place when it comes to street art in Malmö is what is called "Hangaren". This is a large building filled with street art on the inside. Apparently the paintings are occasionally shown to the public, but finding opening hours proved very difficult, despite calling the municipality and asking people in the area. Even if the Hangar is closed, however, it's worth a visit. There are lots of street art on the outside.

Address: Ystadsgatan 53 (Annelund)

19. Wall paintings in the Northern Sofielund

There is some fine street art in the northern part of Sofielund. On Rolfsgatan you can check out some nice little paintings on a number of garage doors.

Address: Rolfsgatan 7 (North Sofield)

20. Wall painting with book

A mural we found by chance shows a book, and a dragon winding its way across it. Fittingly, you'll find the work on Bokgatan.

Address: Bokgatan

Väggmålning / muralmålning / offentlig konst

21. The natural cloud

A fascinating and different place in the area of Northern Sofielund is the place called "Naturmolnet". This is a plot of land without houses, where benches, plantings and street art have grown up instead.

Address: Palmgatan 28 (North Sofield)

Offentlig konst /gatukonst vid Naturmolnet

22. Wall painting by Ola Kalnin

Another painting by Malmö artist Ola Kalnin was found at the junction of Lönngatan and Nobelvägen.

Address: Intersection Lönngatan / Nobelvägen

Street art i Malmö - muralmålning av Ola Kalnin

23. Wall painting in Seved

In the area called Seved there are several nice and creative murals. One of these can be found at Rasmusgatan 7. And don't miss the colourful chimney just behind it.

Address: Rasmusgatan 7 (Seved)

24. Two walls of street art in Seved

The painting that fascinated us the most in Seved is the one located at the corner of Rasmusgatan 15/Sofiagatan. The painting covers two sides of a large house, and is really colourful and delicious.

Address: Rasmusgatan 15 / Sofiagatan (Seved)

Street art i Malmö / väggmålning — Wall murals by @spaceism

25. Street art in Malmö at Best Food Holma

If you continue to the Holma area, you will also find some street art. For example, the back of "Best Food Holma" is covered by a long work.

Adess: Hyacinth Street 38 (Holma)

26. Trollet by Smug One

One of the paintings that makes a detour to Holma worthwhile is "The Troll" by Australian artist Sam Bates, often called Smug One. The work covers the short side of a five-storey building and took five days to paint (see picture below).

Address: Snödroppsgatan 3 (Holma)

27. Last Embrace Before Departure by D*Face

In the same area as the "Troll" is the pop-art inspired work "Last Embrace Before Departure" by British artist D*Face.

Address: Snödroppsgatan 26 (Holma)

Street Art i Malmö - Trollet av Smug One — Trollet

Street Art i Malmö - muralmålning / väggmålning Last Embrace before departure — Trollet

Street art in Malmö - in the form of small figures

Another artist who has contributed to the decoration of Malmö - albeit discreetly - is Isaac Cordal from Spain. His installation shows tiny figures placed in unlikely places, such as balancing on a cable by the wall of a house. We looked for two of them, but we can say that you have to look long and hard to find them. The figures should be at the following addresses:

Stapelbäddsgatan 3
Stora varvsgatan 14
Ankargripsgatan 3 / Nordenskiöldsgatan
Långgårdsgatan 3
Grynbodsgatan 11
Stora Nygatan 33
Malmborgsgatan 3
The River Walk
Monbijou car park
Kristianstadsgatan 7
West Canal Street 4
Möllevångsgatan 40

Video from Street art in Malmö

Street art in Malmö - which is your favourite?

Of all the street art in Malmö that we show - do you have a favourite? Do you like street art and murals?

More to see and do in Malmö and Skåne

Once you've had your fill of street art in Malmö, there's of course more to discover in this website. exciting city! In the summer, you can enjoy nice bathing areas and cosy outdoor cafés. We can also recommend a visit to Malmöhus Castle and "Disgusting Food Museum". Even more tips for things to see and do in Skåne can be found below.

Facts about Street Art in Malmö

City: Malmö
Areas: Old Town, Davidshall, Möllevången, Norra Sofielund, Seved, Holma and more areas.
County: Skåne County
Landscape: Skåne
Festival: Artscape

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Annar Aas says:

I have two daughters in Malmö, but have never seen any of the art you talk about. Embarrassing but true. Now I won't get there any more, so I'll have to rejoice in your pictures and stories🥰

30 July 2022 - 9:21

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  Helena says:
  
  After all, what you have close at hand is often easy to miss. It's something we really recognise! The pandemic made us a little better at looking around our home city of Stockholm, but before that we were bad at it 😉 We're glad to hear you appreciate our reports! 🙂
  
  31 July 2022 - 7:15
  
bmlarsreseblogg says:

How delicious Street Art! It's almost impossible to pick a favourite. Last Sunday we went to Borås to visit Abecita, but we didn't have time to look at their Street Art. Anyway, we took a map so now we'll try to get a visit there first.
Sure, it's cool when they use windows, doors and other objects in their art, like in one of the pictures.

30 July 2022 - 10:10

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  Helena says:
  
  Oh we really liked Abecita! Great art and such a nice couple running the place! 🙂
  
  31 July 2022 - 7:16
  
- Annica Höglund says:
  
  Thank you very much for your guide through Malmö, we enjoyed it very much during our visit. Unfortunately, the troll and the mural at best food Holma (no. 25 and 26) had been painted over with white paint.
  Great map so we knew roughly where the paintings were, although some were slightly off.
  
  25 August 2024 - 8:48
  
BP says:

Dregel, dregel, absolutely wonderful murals. Not all, but most. Imagine if we had such "treasures" in Stockholm... Thank you so much for sharing:-)

30 July 2022 - 18:26

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  Helena says:
  
  Sure are a lot of cool paintings!? 🙂
  
  31 July 2022 - 7:16
  
S says:

Both caroli painting and nature painting
As well as the seved plan
Has Artist
Dan Sapunar @spaceism
Co-created

15 March 2024 - 5:23

Street art in Malmö - a guide to Malmö's street art

Writer: Helena Bergström

Street Art in Malmö

Map of Street Art in Malmö

1. Mural of Shalak and Smoky

2. Mural in the Caroli district

3. Magic Book by Natalia Rak

4. Wall painting by Ola Kalnin

5. No Limit by Ester Eriksson

6. Fubbick by Karolina Wojcik

7. Turnips by Emelie Schill

8. Mural of Faith XLVII

9. Wall painting of Phlegm

10. Wall painting with face

11. The girl with the fox by Julia Hallström

12. Mural with green girl

13. Paintings in the tunnel

14. Mural by Edmalito

15. Wall painting on garage door

16. Mural by Stinkfish

17. The parrot has landed by Leon

18. Street art in Malmö at Graffiti Hangaren

19. Wall paintings in the Northern Sofielund

20. Wall painting with book

21. The natural cloud

22. Wall painting by Ola Kalnin

23. Wall painting in Seved

24. Two walls of street art in Seved

25. Street art in Malmö at Best Food Holma

26. Trollet by Smug One

27. Last Embrace Before Departure by D*Face

Street art in Malmö - in the form of small figures

Video from Street art in Malmö

Street art in Malmö - which is your favourite?

More to see and do in Malmö and Skåne

Facts about Street Art in Malmö

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