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More Photos from Väla Centrum – A Kitschy Swedish Shopping Mall

Written by Chris Alm • November 26th, 2008
More Photos from Väla Centrum – A Kitschy Swedish Shopping Mall

I recently found some more photos of my favorite shopping mall in southern Sweden – Väla Centrum. It was built in 1974 outside of Helsingborg and took its inspiration from American shopping malls of the time – meaning that it didn’t look typically Scandinavian or traditional, which I really love.

It even had a bird cage with live canaries up until the circa the mid 1980s. For more information and photos of the shopping center, see my earlier post about it.

Chris Alm

Christopher founded Ultra Swank in 2005. Has a crush on mid-century graphic design, defunct airlines, Disneyland and the Century 21 Exposition. Is a collector of easy listening music from the 60s and 70s and a Swedish expat living in Barcelona, Spain.

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