What NK Stockholm is known for
NK Stockholm combines fashion and beauty departments with home goods and food at its Hamngatan store. The business began in 1902, and the Stockholm building designed by Ferdinand Boberg opened in 1915. Its departments offer a broad shopping visit rather than a single workshop or a Swedish-made-only assortment.
NK's Stockholm department store stands on Hamngatan, in a building designed by architect Ferdinand Boberg. The store opened there in 1915, following the company's formation through the merger of two retail businesses in 1902. Josef Sachs was central to the development of the company and its department-store ambitions.
The Stockholm shop now brings women's and men's fashion together with children's ranges and beauty departments. Jewellery and goods for the home extend the shopping beyond clothing, while food supplies another reason for visiting. That mix makes the store useful for several unrelated purchases during one stop in central Stockholm.
It helps to choose the relevant department before treating the building as a general sightseeing destination. Someone shopping for clothing can use the same visit to look at beauty products or a household gift. The architectural history concerns the Stockholm premises, rather than every branch carrying the NK name. Equally, its Swedish retail identity does not establish Swedish manufacture for the varied products sold within the store.
How ORBIS reads this city
Best for — Department-store fashion, beauty and home shopping
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