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Art & Design

  • Designer Marjolein Vonk and colleague Doreen van Ijsseldijk have designed clothing worn by personell at ICEHOTEL

    Design with a feel for ice and snow


    At home in the Netherlands, Marjolein Vonk works as an interior decorator and stylist. Each winter since 2001, she has returned to ICEHOTEL. With 4 suites and 4 ice churches to her credit, Marjolein is a veteran of ice and snow sculpting. For the...

  • Three men from Sweden went to Sapporo, Japan

    Way to go Team Sweden


    Jens Thoms Ivarsson, Kalle Ekeroth and Christian Strömqvist, natives of Göteborg and recurring ICEHOTEL artists won 2nd price at the 63rd Sapporo Snow Festival, where 16 countries participated.

  • Ice sculpting veteran Lena Kriström puts the finishing touch in the hall of columns.

    The creative process that reshapes nature


    When winter is at its coldest, magic blossoms at ICEHOTEL in Jukkasjärvi. The hotel's snow corridors are tunnels of adventure in which each suite opens the door to a whole new world. It is spellbinding and surrealistic. But how does ICEHOTEL take...

  • Welcome to ICEHOTEL #22! This flipbook of artist renders and sketches gives you a preview of this winter's art experience. All images belong to their respective owners.

    Visions of ICEHOTEL #22


    Step right into this winter's art experience, today! Take a first-hand look at artist renders and sketches of the ICEHOTEL Art Suites and other areas of ICEHOTEL #22.

  • Nina Hedman, Sofi Ruotsalainen, Peter Tesei, Mary Gibbons, AnnaSofia Mååg

    Arctic women – a zestful meeting of artistic minds


    22nd July, as Greenwich, CT. suffered heat record with +49 degrees Celsius a wind blew in from the north and with it three ladies. “Arctic Women and their Art” was a groundbreaking exhibition in which three prominent artists known from ICEHOTEL in...

  • The Chanel 2010/2011 show put environmentalism on the runway using a 265-ton iceberg that slowly melted on stage.

    Hot, hotter, hottest with ice and snow


    Since the start twenty years ago, ICEHOTEL has built up an impressive competence and an extensive international network of famous designers, artists, sculptors and architects. Here's a taste of a collaboration that is going to be hard to top.

  • A hard and dirty job but someone's got to do it

    A tearful meeting of ice and magnetite


    The two materials are so totally different to work with. Ice is pure and transparent; the material has an intrinsic lightness. Magnetite, on the other hand, is heavy and much denser. Working in magnetite is a hard and dirty job.” says designer Sof...

  • The creative duo

    THOMS & NILSSON: Top design with ice


    We are met by a flurried explosion as we enter Oktagården and the ice artists’ morning meeting, a sharp contrast to the monochrome bluish white, silent and frozen winter landscape glittering outside the window. The explosion inside is a tumbling o...

  • Legacy of the River Suite

    TRON: Legacy inspired suite at ICEHOTEL


    Inspired by Disney's release of Tron: Legacy, the British designers Ben Rousseau and Ian Douglas-Jones set out to capture the dynamism and essence of the movie at the world-famous ICEHOTEL in Jukkasjärvi, Sweden.

  • Arne Bergh, ICEHOTEL Artistic Director. Photo by Anders Alm.

    Original art north of the Arctic Circle


    The desire to make ICEHOTEL a showcase for highclass art and design has been implicit right from the start. That’s the big difference between the original and the many copies that have appeared throughout the world over the years. each winter,...

  • FREE. Artist: Mark Armstrong. Created for the celebration of the 400th anniversary of Jukkasjärvi.

    Walk with art


    Open your eyes to art from different eras and different techniques when you go exploring through Jukkasjärvi.