Vridande moment, sculpture in Skärholmen, Stockholm, Sweden

Vridande moment is a large Corten steel sculpture in Skärholmen, Stockholm, standing about thirty-five meters tall near a busy shopping area. Its form twists upward like a giant screw, and the steel surface has a reddish-brown rust color that looks slightly different as the light changes.

Aston Forsberg created the work after winning a competition in 1968 to place a public artwork in the newly planned Skärholmen area. It belonged to a period when Swedish housing projects regularly included art to add character to new residential districts.

The name means 'twisting moment', and people stopping to photograph it often try to capture the way the curves suggest motion without moving. In a neighborhood of regular apartment blocks and shops, the sculpture acts as an informal gathering point where locals pause during daily errands.

You can approach the sculpture from several sides on foot, since the public space around it is open and easy to walk through. Go after dark as well, because spotlights illuminate the lower and upper parts and make the twisting shape stand out in a different way.

The nearby parking garage was designed with a matching twisting concept, so the idea of motion appears in two places next to each other. Since 2018, two narrow light beams from the top and four wider spotlights from below give the sculpture a completely different presence after sunset.