Sverigeväggen, Wall relief sculpture on the Sverigehuset facade in Kungsträdgården, Stockholm, Sweden

Sverigeväggen is a wall relief by Siri Derkert on the facade of Sverigehuset facing Kungsträdgården in Stockholm. It consists of a stainless-steel plate measuring 325 x 415 cm, onto which steel, concrete and brass elements are attached. The work combines engravings, collage and text, including the peace symbol, a line from Staffansvisan and portraits of ten Swedish cultural figures.

Sverigeväggen was commissioned through a competition held by the Swedish National Public Art Council in April 1967, which invited Siri Derkert, Lennart Johansson and Fritz Sjöström. Derkert submitted two proposals in December 1967 and had eighteen months to complete the work. It was to be unveiled on 31 May 1969, but Derkert covered it with a black cloth in solidarity with the suppressed exhibition Sverigebilder; it was finally shown two weeks late, in June 1969.

The relief carries Siri Derkert's message of peace, women's rights and environmental protection. It includes the international peace symbol, a brass face with an open mouth and the words "Folkens rop", and the line "Ingen dager synes än men stjärnorna på himmelen de blänka" from Staffansvisan. Ten stainless-steel faces to the right of the peace symbol portray figures such as Fredrika Bremer, August Strindberg, Alva Myrdal and Elise Ottesen-Jensen, with a self-portrait of Derkert below them.

The relief is on the exterior facade of Sverigehuset, facing Kungsträdgården, so it can be seen at any time without entering the building. It is best viewed in daylight, as the stainless steel and brass elements catch the sun. The artwork is a short walk from Kungsträdgården metro station.

The work was to be unveiled on 31 May 1969, but Siri Derkert covered it with a black cloth reading that her wall would not be shown as long as the exhibition Sverigebilder was not opened at Sverigehuset, a solidarity action. The Swedish Institute then showed the exhibition for one day only, and the relief was unveiled two weeks late.