Stenstansdagarna 2026

The Stone Days are a recurring folk festival with a century shift testimony for the whole family.

We celebrate Stenstan’s unique history and cultural heritage where everything is the same but not the same. Visitors are offered, among other things, timely square trade, guided tours, tours of historic real estate, try out activities, film viewing, music, theatre, dance, play, historical vehicles and much more.

The main program runs between 10:00-16:00. Some program points close at 16:00.
The program is updated continuously.

The Big Town
Variety Society Karneval
Time 10:00-15:00
Step into a world full of crazy antics with magic, juggling and acrobatics! Visit the mysterious exhibition and let yourself be swept in the story of mystery. Everything in a stunning nineteenth-century environment with vevpositive, folders and lovely characters. Suitable for the whole family! Between the performances, you can meet the artists and see small performances, and why not be drawn into the tent to see beautiful films from Sundsvall’s history.

Torg Trade and Crafts
10:00-16:00
Trade locally and locally produced when the square trade takes place in Stenstan. Several different exhibitors offer everything from local groceries to crafts.

Sundsvalls Meassingsextet
11:00, 12:00, 13:00, 14:00
Enjoy classic rolls, poles, marches and well-known melodies when Sundsvalls Mässingsextet fills the Great Square with traditional brass stoners. A evocative music experience that brings the thoughts to the brown and use orchestras of time.

Medelpad's family research association
Time 10:00-15:00
Curious about your family history? Medelpad’s Family Research Association shows you how to get started with genealogy and help you discover the people, stories and destinies that shaped your family’s history. Get inspiration, tips and help finding your roots.

What is a security point?
Time 10:00-15:00
Visit representatives from the municipality, voluntary defence organisations, the Police, the Rescue Service and other important actors showing you how to prepare for different crisis situations. Learn what things are good to have in your crystal box and get practical tips to increase the safety of everyday life. You will also receive information about special gathering places in Sundsvall and why they are important to your safety. Take the opportunity to ask questions, pick up brochures and get better equipped for the future – together we create security in Stenstan.

Sundsvalls tile ovens: Fireplaces & Crafts
Time 10:00-15:00
Discover tile ovens, stoves and wood stoves that combine heat, design and crafts. On site during the day, you get inspiration, tips and opportunities to talk to experts about the solution that suits your home best.

Ideal Association Animal Protection Sundsvall
Time 10:00-15:00
Meet the Animal Protection Sundsvall and learn more about good animal husbandry and animal welfare. Take advantage of tips, test your skills in a question contest and support the association’s work for the animals by purchasing a ticket. Also, discover the story behind one of Sundsvalls’ oldest associations, founded in 1888.

Deacons from Sundsvalls Assembly
Time 10:00-15:00
Take a break in the festival and take a cup of coffee along with deacons from Sundsvalls parish. Welcome to a moment of community, conversations and meetings.

Sundsvalls Gille
Time 10:00-15:00
Discover the history of Sundsvalls together with Sundsvalls Gille. The association works to preserve and disseminate knowledge about the cultural heritage of the city and Medelpad through research, publications, lectures, excursions and other cultural activities. Come and learn more about our common history.

Frida Stéenhoff Society
Time 10:00-15:00
Meet the Frida Stéenhoff Society and discover the story of one of Sweden’s most prominent feminists. Learn more about Frida Stéenhoff’s life, writing and work for love, justice and peace. How her ideas are still up to date.

Takking
A unique experience where you discover Sundsvall from above, among tinkers and towers, while also gaining an exciting insight into the city’s history.
Read more and book via ceiling.com/book. Here you can see times for the tours as well as important information.
Guide meets at the statue, Great Square.
Tours at 11:00, 13:00, 15:00

A city walk in the fire track
Time 10:00
Enjoy the dramatic story of the Sundsvallsbranden in 1888 along with the author Svenåke Boström during an exciting walk.
All participants get the book The lighting spark. The walk takes 1.5 hours. Collection at the statue at Stora Square.
Tickets and more information can be found on entresundsvall.se.

The Sawmills
Time 10:00-15:00
It is in place and presents its association.

The ESPLANAD
Royal Rangers Sundsvall
Time 10:00-15:00. Storgatan
Discover what life in tents might look like. Test fun activities, challenge your knot skills and take the opportunity to taste timely coal balls or something good from the grill. An experience for both big and small.

Mobibblan
Time 10:00-15:00
Step on board the Book Bus and fill the summer with reading adventures. Here you will find books for big and small, inspiring book tips and the opportunity to borrow with you the next favorite book home.

→ The Great Torgate
Friendship bookstore: The culture and literature scene
10:00-16:00
own program.

Sundsvall Social Democratic Association
Time 10:00-15:00

Curious about houses and people in Stenstan
Time 14:00-15:30
A historic walk in the stone town that emerged after the Great Fire in 1888. We look at what the houses can tell and what the architect wanted. Is it possible to understand who the developer was and what interests he had by studying the embellishments, decorations, texts and paintings of the facades? Who was Sofia Gisberg and what can the fountain of the Friend Gift tell you about Sundsvall? What was the spirit of time and what architecture styles were? Who were those who lived in the houses and what could be fun to know about the people who lived and worked in Sundsvall? You know that and a little more during this journey. Ticket and more information via entresundsvall.se. Collection at Storgatan 1.

Sundsvalls engine veterans
Travel back in time among shiny veteran vehicles and classic motor favourites. An appreciated experience for both motor enthusiasts and curious visitors of all ages.

Medelpad's Old Memory Association
Experience beautiful horse carts from the past and get a glimpse of how people travelled before the car took over the roads. An appreciated experience for both big and small.

The Swedish Jaguar Club
Swedish The Jaguar Club is an enthusiastic club dedicated to preserving the originality and cultural heritage of Jaguar cars. The club was founded in 1972 and currently has around 3600 members across the country.

• The weather
Ponylekis of the West
Time 10:00-15:00. Esplanaden/Storgatan-Kyrkogatan Take a ride on ponny and experience Stenstan’s days from the horseback. Ponnylekis offers pony riding for children in the Friend Gift. Paid in place.

Historic Fire Car Tours
Time: Tours between 10-15:00
Experience Stenstan from an old fire truck.
Cost is paid on site. Sweet & Salt Kyrkogatan.

← Best WESTERN HOTEL BALTIC
Lecture on the History of the Hotel 14:00
Tips walk with competition 12:00-15:00
Discover one of Sundsvall’s most enriched hotels. Listen to a lecture, walk a tip walk and get to know the hotel’s history, environments and operations.

The Cultural Magasine
Plays and Toys from Before
Time 10:00-15:00
Try fun games and play tools from the past and discover how kids played through the story. An estimated activity for both large and small. At the playground outside the entrance.

Theatre: 7 Kinds of Cookies
Opening hours of the cafe
Popular sitting in the café with taste of past time; small fine cups, cask barrels with seven varieties, coffee with thorns and thirteenths served at the table. Ordered on site, in addition to regular food & cafe range.

Medium Pad Archives
Time 11:00-16:00
Explore the history of people, places and buildings in Medelpad. Medium pad archives help you find photographs, newspapers, documents and other exciting tracks from the past.

Preferences The Medieval Medelpad
Time 12:00-13:00 (releases 11:45)
Join us on a journey through Medelpad’s history when Olof Holm presents the new book The Medieval Sweden – Medelpad. Discover villages, churches, fishing waters and the people who lived here between 1050 and 1570. Ticket via entresundsvall.se.

Exhibitions and activities at Sundsvalls Museum
Time 11:00-16:00
Then and now II
Join us on a journey through Sundsvall’s history and discover how the city has changed over time. Through photographs from the Sundsvall of the 1950s and 60s, you will experience a time of faith in the future, development and major urban transformations. The exhibition is shown at Sundsvalls Museum and is based on images from the museum’s unique collections of photos.

Exhibition: The City that Turned
Follow Sundsvall’s journey from lively wooden town to the unique stone town we see today. Through stories, photographs and historical settings, you will experience how the city fire changed the city forever and how Sundsvallsborna together built something new from the ashes.

Become an object detective
We lost several important items in the exhibition. The city that transformed itself and needs your help to find them. The object detective picks up the questions at the reception in the Culture magazine. Diploma to all participants.

Become a word detective
Can you find the secret words? Follow the clues in the museum’s studio floor and help the Orddetektiven to solve the mission. A fun and clever activity for children aged 5 and above – and all participants receive a diploma as evidence of their detective work.
Ateljé floor, plan 2 at Sundsvalls museum.

Become an explorer in Stenstan
Embark on a historic journey through Stenstan. Using your mobile phone, you will follow a digital tip walk where you will get to know the city’s historic buildings and exciting stories. A fun activity for curious explorers from 5 years and upwards – loose the assignments at your own pace and see your results right away when you’re done.
Start at Storgatan/Esplanaden, Friendship. The “A Historic City Walk” tip walk can be found via play.gpsquiz.com. The starting point is Storgatan/ Esplanade

Sundsvalls City Library/ Digidel Center
12:00-15:00
Travel back in time using the green screen and shoot in old Sundsvall. Create your own historical images and discover the story in a playful and inspiring way.
Fun activity for both children and adults.

The Vegetarians
The National Theatre Sundsvall: ME: Marilyn & Edith
15:00-16:30
Welcome to an ambiguous Afternoon Theatre at the Enriched Sveater. In this music dramatic chamber game, two of the 20th century’s greatest icons – Marilyn Monroe and Edith Piaf – meet in a poetic and fictional meeting about fame, love, life choices and women’s conditions. A performance filled with music, emotions and strong life. Fika at 15:00, performance 15:30.

← The HEDBERGSK PARAD WITH
View of Hedbergska Paradstorey
12:00-12:45 and 14:00-14:45
Join one of Stenstan’s most well-preserved environments from the late 19th century. During the tour you will experience how wholesaler Johan Hedberg and his family lived, with time typical decoration and details telling about life in the emerging Sundsvall after the city fire in 1888.
Tickets via entresundsvall.se. Tickets are free of charge but must be pre-ordered.

The City, FOAJÉN
The rise and fall of the Swedish press
Time: 13:00-14:00
Building on his new book with this title, author Svenåke Boström takes you on a staggering journey from the 19th century’s small newsletter to today’s AI-generated news.
But it’s also about a strong criticism of one-way news coverage, something that has created brand new media platforms and formats in recent years.
Required number of places. The premises are located to the left after the big entrance in the City Hall.

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