Top Stockholm Crime Tours in 2026

Discover Stockholm through three unforgettable experiences in one tour: Swedish food, world-famous metro art and a royal assassination drama. This experience combines authentic Swedish cuisine with culture and storytelling. Taste game meats, Swedish cheeses and local dishes while exploring some of the most spectacular stations in Stockholm's metro, often called "the world's longest art gallery." Hear the story of King Gustav III, who was assassinated at a masked ball in 1792. Follow the trail of his assassin, Jacob Johan Anckarström, through the historic streets of Stockholm's Old Town to the medieval cellar where he was imprisoned while awaiting trial. Enjoy your final meal in the very cellar where Anckarström was held after the assassination. Here we serve classic Swedish home-style cooking before ending the experience with Sweden's beloved fika – coffee and a cinnamon bun.

Learn about Stockholm's haunted history on this ghost tour in the city center. Hear tales of executions, myths, legends, murders, and unsolved mysteries. Follow a guide with a lighted lantern down the narrow alleyways of Stockholm's oldest neighborhood, where history and mystery will come alive through storytelling.

Embark on a thrilling self-guided murder mystery city tour, "Murder by The Parliament," set in Stockholm's Old Town. In the year 1899, a local debt collector vanished, and a blood-stained briefcase was discovered. Your job is to solve riddles and tasks to unveil the mystery while exploring historic Stockholm. Inspired by real late 1800s events, the journey leads to the Royal Palace, where you piece together clues.

Immerse yourself in the world of Stieg Larsson’s "the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo," without trying to track down the novel’s real-world Stockholm locations on your own. This walking tour through Södermalm takes you to key settings from the book and movie, as well as Larsen's own favorite neighborhood haunts.

On this tour, Magical Places founder Viggo Cavling guides you to five selected magical places in the Old Town where some of the most dramatic events in history have occurred.