Grand Hôtel Stockholm Collaborates with Linnéa Hedenus on Its First Designer Christmas Ornament
Grand Hôtel Stockholm has released its 2026 Christmas ornament, designed by Linnéa Hedenus and hand-blown at Skrufs Glasbruk, a family-owned glassworks in Småland founded in 1897. It is the hotel’s first annual ornament developed in direct collaboration with a Swedish designer: a deep green glass ball with a minimalist form whose distinctive loop is shaped by hand, giving each piece its own slight variation.
Hedenus is known for work that takes its character from material and process, her previous designs include the hand-blown Vivianne jug for Svenskt Tenn and pieces for Rosendals Trädgård. The ornament was developed in close dialogue with the hotel, with attention to both form and colour. At Skrufs Glasbruk, each piece is blown into specially made wooden moulds using techniques that have been part of the region’s glassmaking tradition for generations.
“I like being able to see the maker’s touch in the glass. The lovely thing about a Christmas ornament is that, over time, it also becomes associated with memories,”says Hedenus.
The ornament hangs on the Christmas tree in Grand Hôtel’s lobby and is available to purchase in the hotel’s shop from 9 November, priced at 395 SEK.
