The elephants at Skansen, Zoo exhibit in Stockholm, Sweden.

The elephants at Skansen were housed in a wooden building near the current penguin house, later replaced by another wooden structure where they lived until 1992. The outdoor enclosure had a fence of thick tree trunks, and visitors could feed the elephants bread they brought. In total, seven Asian elephants lived at Skansen over about 60 years.

Skansen's elephant program began in 1930 with Topsy from Hamburg, followed by permanent resident Lunkentuss in 1931, continuing until the program closed in 1992.

Lunkentuss, named after the folk tale Lunkentus, was ridden by visitors and her birthdays were celebrated with public feeding; by the late 1930s riding income was an important part of Skansen's budget. Bambina, born in Burma in 1937, carried 300,000 children on her back by 1967. Fatima was renamed after Karl Gerhard's adopted daughter Fatima Ekman.

The elephant house stood by the present penguin house, with an outdoor enclosure fenced by thick tree trunks. Visitors brought bread and other food from home to feed Bambina through the fence, and children queued for rides on her back. The last elephants left in 1992.

Bambina, bought from Hagenbeck in 1939, was one of the largest Asian elephant cows in Europe, nearly three metres tall and weighing over six tonnes; when she died in 1967 her body weighed 5,830 kilos at the veterinary institute in Frescati. By then 300,000 children had ridden on her back.