Miss Clara by Nobis Press Kit
One of Stockholm’s most treasured Art Nouveau buildings, originally built as the Ateneum girls’ school in the early 1800s, has been reincarnated as Miss Clara – a boutique hotel by Sweden’s dynamic Nobis Hospitality Group.
Taking its name from the school’s first headmistress Miss Clara, the hotel is a symbiotic study in Art Nouveau and Scandinavian design. Built in 1910, the building has been lovingly restored under the direction of Gert Wingårdh of architecture firm Wingårdhs with a palpable sense of heritage at its core.
All 92 rooms follow the Swedish architect’s unique concept of an outwardfacing property, where the windows looking onto Sveavägen Boulevard are treated as ‘center stage’.
Here guests can expect a chic intermingling of marble bathrooms, timeless design and contemporary riffs on the property’s Art Nouveau history via furniture pieces and installations.
At street-level, a vibrant restaurant, bar and neapolitan pizzeria thrive on the urban buzz of the evolving Stockholm City district, welcoming guests and savvy-locals alike. Conversely, the gym and sauna creates an atmosphere that absorb the bustle of the neighborhood outside, making this chic bolthole a choice venue for both business and pleasure.
About
Adress
Sveavägen 48 111 34
Stockholm, Sweden
Manager
Filippo Catenacci
Owner
Alessandro Catenacci
Rooms
92
Suites
4
Amenities
Sauna, compact gym
Restaurant
Miss Clara Restaurant, Giro Pizzeria
Bar
Miss Clara Bar
Architecture & Design
Original building: Hagström & Ekman
Restoration & interior design: Wingårdh
Swedish craftsmanship
Running through the heart of Stockholm, from north to south, Sveavägen is the capital’s most cosmopolitan boulevard. Located just north of where Sveavägen intersects with Kungsgatan Avenue, the hotel is based in the center of one of the most expansive focal points in the evolution of a new and more charismatic Stockholm City district.
Inspired by the building’s origins, Wingårdh’s interiors for Miss Clara sympathetically hark back to the Art Nouveau movement, with subtle hints of femininity in a nod to the property’s past as a girls’ school.
Witness the liberal use of Swedish materials with limestone, oak and bentwood alongside exquisite parquet flooring, arched windows and high ceilings. And while the design largely translates the building’s historic past in a contemporary manner, modern innovations are ubiquitous.
Specially designed and crafted furniture pieces and installations include bespoke in-room storage units that stretch the length of the window wall with ample luggage storage, serving additionally as a window perch for street gazing.
Glass walls separate bathroom and bedroom areas - and the selected furniture harmonizes with a color scheme that graduates from dark tones at floor level, to a light and airy palette on the upper walls. The easy, uncluttered rooms pay special mind to quality details, and Swedish craftsmanship.
High ceilings, expansive windows and an original spiral staircase: the hallmarks of the building’s original architects Hagström & Ekman remain gloriously intact.
As one of the city’s most cherished Art Nouveau edifices, architect Gert Wingårdh of Swedish firm Wingårdhs had the task of preserving the original traits of the 1910 building while simultaneously interpreting them in a modern manner.
The result is a seamless incorporation of soft and graceful organic lines, as well as the integration of more classic features like wood panelling. “You might say that we’ve started from the lines of the original architecture and elaborated them in a kind of abstract, modern day Art Nouveau”, Wingårdh explains. “Clarity, palpable comfort, and intuitive function were our philosophies with this project. We wanted to instill a subtle feeling of déjà vu, a bit like if it had always looked like this – but above all very genuine, comfortable and smoothly functioning”.
Meeting and event venues
The Terrace
From its secluded location on the fifth floor, with abundant natural light streaming in through glass walls and a glass ceiling, the Terrace offers an inspiring setting for gatherings of all kinds. The two private balconies, along with the room’s own restroom, give the Terrace a secluded atmosphere.
Chambre Séparée
The warm atmosphere and subdued lighting in our Chambre Séparée are complemented by thoughtful material choices, with the square limestone table serving as the room’s natural focal point and pièce de résistance. Surrounding the table are chairs from the Italian brand Cassina, gently wrapped in leather and elegantly illuminated by the distinctive ceiling-hung light fixtures.
Atelier Clara
Covering an impressive 550 square meters on the entrance level, Atelier Clara — Miss Clara’s dedicated meeting and event floor — is crafted with the same refined warmth that defines the entire hotel.
Here, timeless materials and custom-made furniture meet an architectural vision developed in close collaboration with Wingårdhs. The result is a creative setting where every detail, from the soft curves of the lounge seating to the solid wooden surfaces thoughtfully is selected to evoke character and comfort.
Atelier Clara includes a lounge area, three smaller meeting rooms and a larger event space — each designed to adapt seamlessly to different atmospheres and needs. From intimate meetings to exclusive full buyouts, the environment offers a sophisticated flexibility where design always takes the lead.
Restaurant and bar
Miss Clara Restaurant & Bar
At Restaurant Miss Clara, Swedish flavors and international influences come together in an urban, vibrant brasserie atmosphere. The menu features classics and favorites prepared with top-quality ingredients. The restaurant flows seamlessly into the lounge and lobby areas, where the bar showcases the hallmarks of stylish Scandinavian design - clean lines, warm materials and a sense of effortless elegance.
Giro Pizzeria
At Giro, Neapolitan pizza takes center stage, baked by experienced pizzaiolos using ingredients sourced directly from Italy. Here, tradition meets modernity in a lively setting where the interior design mirrors the restaurant’s culinary philosophy: contemporary, inviting and crafted with meticulous attention to detail. Carefully selected beverages complete the experience.
About Nobis Hospitality Group
Alessandro Catenacci is the driving force behind many of Stockholm’s top restaurants, nightclubs and hotels. His Italian name may reveal his Roman origins, but a distinctly Scandinavian sense of luxury is obvious in everything Catenacci does. Most of all he hopes to offer guests places where they can feel as comfortable and humbly selfassured as he is. “I sometimes look at myself in the mirror and think, ‘Am I really good at anything, or was it just luck’?”
Back in 1987, Catenacci bought the Stockholm-based restaurant empire belonging to Scandinavian culinary great Tore Wretman - including Café Opera, Operakällaren, the Riche, and Stallmästaregården. This savvy purchase became the launching point for what now includes seven top-tier hotels in addition to the restaurants and nightspots. Catenacci’s ease makes his success look as if luck were indeed a factor, but it is actually the result of a long-term vision, hard work, and an intuitive business sense.
His company, the Nobis Group, has grown consistently over the more than two decades that have passed since that smart deal was made. The conglomerate’s philosophy, in many ways, combines the best of Catenacci’s Italian heritage - a heady approach to fine food and a keen eye for quality - and the utmost in Scandinavian understatement.
Other hotels within Nobis Hospitality Group:
Nobis Hotel Stockholm - Stockholm
Nobis Hotel Copenhagen - Copenhagen
Nobis Hotel Palma - Palma
Blique by Nobis - Stockholm
Concepció by Nobis - Palma
Hotel Skeppsholmen - Stockholm
Hotel J - Stockholm
Hagastrand - Stockholm
Stallmästaregården - Stockholm
Media contact
Frida Thornberg
