Popular science and dialogue

Selected items from the cultural heritage collections of Karolinska Institutet are presented in collaboration with the Hagströmer Library. The Nobel Prizes in Physiology or Medicine awarded in the period 1931–1933 are at the centre of this exhibition.

How did childbirth take place in the past? Learn about the journey of the midwife’s bag, the fates of the court midwives, and the strange history of pain relief in this web-based exhibition featuring objects from the collections of the Hagströmer Library.

The Cell is a venue of the National Museum of Science and Technology, situated in Hagastaden in Stockholm with Karolinska Institutet as knowledge partner. It is a unique meeting place for life science and art, where you can take part in guided tours, exhibitions, talks and also organise events. All activities are free of charge.

This exhibition can be found in the entrance of one of the office buildings at Karolinska Institutet's campus in Solna, just north of Stockholm City. It showcases material from the world-renowned photographer Lennart Nilsson’s last laboratory at our university. 

The Hagströmer Library is a medical history library and has more than 150,000 books and journals in medicine, anatomy, pharmacy, natural history, biology, and chemistry. The oldest books are from the 1480s, but the focus of the collection is on the period 1600-1990. The library also offers lectures and guided tours of the collections.