Folkoperan, Opera house in Stockholm, Sweden.

Folkoperan is an opera house at Hornsgatan 72 in Södermalm, Stockholm, in a former cinema from 1928 designed by Höög & Morssing in 1920s Nordic Classicism. The auditorium has a parquet floor and a balcony, 589 seats, and no orchestra pit between audience and stage.

Folkoperan was founded in 1976 by Claes Fellbom, Kerstin Nerbe and Krister Fagerström as a free music-theatre group. Until 1993 it worked in that form; since then it has operated as an institution, funded annually by the Swedish Arts Council, Stockholm County Council and the City of Stockholm. It moved into the converted Ricardo cinema at Hornsgatan 72 in 1984, after four years on Roslagsgatan 14.

The house shapes cultural life by staging operas in Swedish language that connect traditional works with modern concerns. This approach brings artists and audiences together in a space where contemporary artistic expression takes place.

Access to the house is convenient using public transportation thanks to its central location with good connections. Before visiting, it is worth checking ahead what works are being performed since the program varies throughout the year.

Folkoperan has no orchestra pit: the audience sits close to the stage in a hall of 589 seats, split between stalls and balcony. The building opened in 1928 as the Ricardo cinema, one of Stockholm's largest with 1,002 seats, and the opera moved in during 1984.