Sandgrund, Art museum in Karlstad, Sweden

Sandgrund is an art museum in Karlstad housed in a converted building along the Klarälven River. The spaces display watercolor paintings and contemporary artworks across multiple exhibition areas.

The restaurant opened in 1960, designed by architect Uno Asplund for Paul Jardeby to replace a summer restaurant in Stadsträdgården that had burned down the year before. Dance evenings began soon after, and by the 1980s the country's biggest dance bands played here five days a week. In 2003 it became the Blue Moon bar, and in 2011 Karlstad municipality bought the building, opening Lars Lerin's art gallery in June 2012.

The space displays works by artist Lars Lerin alongside rotating exhibitions of contemporary artists. Visitors come here to experience Nordic watercolor painting and discover new artistic voices.

The building stands on the Sandgrundsudden headland, a short walk from Karlstad's centre along the Klarälven. The exhibition rooms are reached through the former restaurant entrance, and the riverside setting makes the walk itself part of the visit.

The building was designed by architect Uno Asplund of John Wästlund's firm and built in record time before opening in 1960. Its modernist architecture, with large panoramic windows facing the Klarälven, drew international attention, though later rebuildings have erased much of that architectural value.