Swedish Air Force Museum, Military aviation museum at Malmen Airbase, Sweden
The Swedish Air Force Museum displays over 60 military aircraft and helicopters across three levels, including vintage models and modern combat planes.
Founded in 1984 as a squadron museum, the facility expanded in 2010 to incorporate exhibitions about Swedish military aviation from World War I to present day.
The museum exhibits tell stories of Swedish aviation pioneers through preserved aircraft, personal belongings, technical equipment, and extensive photographic collections.
Located 7 kilometers west of Linköping center, the museum offers free parking and can be reached by bus number 6 from the central station.
The museum houses the only remaining Junkers Ju 86 bomber in the world and displays the recovered wreckage of a DC-3 reconnaissance aircraft from 1952.
Location: Linköping Municipality
Inception: March 8, 1984
Official opening: 1984
Part of: National Swedish Museums of Military History
Address: Carl Cederströms gata 2, SE-586 63 586 63
Opening Hours: June-August: Thursday-Tuesday 11:00-17:00, Wednesday 11:00-20:00; September-May: Tuesday, Thursday-Sunday 11:00-17:00, Wednesday 11:00-20:00; Monday off
Phone: +46134959700
Website: http://flygvapenmuseum.se
GPS coordinates: 58.41000,15.52361
Latest update: May 11, 2025 08:13
Aerospace museums hold airplanes that have marked the history of flight, often displayed in large hangars or outside. You can see military aircraft used during world conflicts, commercial planes that carried the first passengers, as well as experimental prototypes and objects from the early days of flying. These collections tell the story of how flying has grown, from early attempts to space rockets. Important places include the national museum of the United States Air Force in Ohio, which shows hundreds of aircraft sorted by period, and the Royal Air Force Museum in London, which shares British aviation history. In Europe, the Museo del Aire in Madrid displays over 150 Spanish military planes, and the Caproni Museum in Trentino gathers dozens of Italian aircraft along with many technical documents. In Russia, the Central Museum of the Air Forces near Moscow keeps Soviet-era airplanes and engines. These museums help visitors understand how flying developed in each country and how it changed travel and moving around.
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