Nalen, Music venue in Stockholm, Sweden

Nalen is a performance venue in Stockholm with two concert halls: the Main Hall and the Nalen Club. Both spaces host concerts, conferences, and cultural events throughout the year.

The building was completed in 1888 for the order Enighet och Vänskap on a budget of 470,000 kronor, and the National Restaurant & Café moved in the following year. After eviction in 1934, Gustaf "Topsy" Lindblom took over the contract and made Nalen Stockholm's leading entertainment palace, with Seymour Österwall as bandleader from 1935. It closed in 1967 after Lee Kings played, then housed the LP Foundation from 1968 until reopening as a venue in November 1998.

The name Nalen comes from National Restaurant & Café, which moved in the year after the 1888 opening and soon gave the building its nickname. Regulars were called nalensnajdare, with hair cream and a cigarette, and nalenbrudar, with permed hair and a straw between their lips. Since 1998 the Swedish jazz prize Django d'Or has been awarded here.

Nalen stands at Regeringsgatan 74, north of the old town centre, near the Sankt Johannes church construction site where its order building was first planned. The main hall held 700 guests and the premises were alcohol-free in the 1950s. The smaller room, Harlem, hosted cabarets and jam sessions that could run until closing time.

The building was commissioned by the Enighet och Vänskap society on a budget of 470,000 kronor and finished in 1888; its large hall left room for meeting rooms, apartments and a restaurant. The name comes from the National Restaurant & Café that moved in the following year.