"Come as you are"

On Riksplan in front of the Östra Riksdag House is the artwork Come as you are! The work was erected in June 2022 in connection with Sweden's Riksdag celebrating the 100th anniversary of democracy. The artist's name is Astrid Göransson and the project is a collaboration between Sweden's Riksdag and the National Arts Council. The place for the artwork is a demarcated, specific part of the Riksplan on the east side of the Riksdagshuset. The five female pioneers walked through this park on their way to their work in the Riksdagshuset, which then had its main entrance from Riksplan. The artwork Come as you are! consists of three parts:
1. The path, of the mosaic cobblestone, which leads up to the Riksdag.
2. The sculpture, which portrays the first five women in the Riksdag: Kerstin Hesselgren, Elisabeth Tamm, Nelly Thüring, Bertha Wellin and Agda Östlund. They are carried by two young women from our time to show that the fight for democracy and equality continues into the future. The work connects the five pioneers with all the generations that come after.
3. The book Rundor, which is a collaboration with the Riksdag's groundskeepers, security guards and other employees. They have described their daily work rounds in drawings. The book depicts how practical care creates the conditions for the work of members of the Riksdag and for democracy. The book is available for download. https://www.riksdagen.se/sv/kontakt-och-besok/riksdagens-byggnader-och-konst/kom-som-du-ar/