The Army Museum is at risk of closure after a sharp rent increase

The rent will be increased by SEK 8 million per year in addition to the approximately SEK 14 million that the museum already pays. The announcement of the rent increase came in April when the Norwegian Property Agency terminated the Army Museum's contract and announced an upcoming rent increase of 60 percent.

At a staff meeting on Monday morning, the management of the State Museums of Maritime, Transport and Defense History (SMMTF) informed that they do not want to extend the lease for the current premises. According to Magasin K's information, the closure will take place already this spring. The museum will be closed indefinitely until new premises are found.

Recently, the World Culture Museum announced that it is advocating a closure of the Mediterranean Museum and the East Asian Museum in Stockholm due to the sharp rent increase from the Norwegian Property Agency.

Anna Troberg at DIK describes a "museum slaughter" that has "enormous consequences":

Unique cultural heritage risks being destroyed, expert competence is lost and the public's access to its history is cut off. That this is now happening is not a surprise. DIK has long sounded the alarm about the development. The situation is urgent. The government and the new Riksdag must act immediately to save the museums now and for the future, she writes in an email to TT.