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Tjoffsans tivoli — Anonymouse, Malmö

Anonymouse’s miniature amusement park Tjoffsans tivoli on a Malmö sidewalk: a white Ferris wheel, a teacup ride, a red popcorn wagon, small game stalls and a cat-head tunnel ride on a patch of grass behind a low blue picket fence, set against the foot of a graffiti-covered utility box
Artwork FileMalmö, Sweden

Tjoffsans tivoli

GoneMay 2017

Anonymouse (Elin Westerholm and Lupus Nensén) · miniature installation, 2017 · Solters plan, Södra Förstadsgatan, Malmö, Sweden

Photo: Johan Jönsson (Julle) / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0), dated May 2017 on Commons and uploaded 10 May 2017 (the camera’s own clock reads February 2016, before the park existed); as published on Street Art Utopia (Blink and You’ll Miss It, 27 October 2026). Artwork: Anonymouse.

Tjoffsans tivoli was a mouse-sized amusement park that the anonymous art duo Anonymouse set up at Solters plan on Södra Förstadsgatan in Malmö, opening early on Sunday 23 April 2017. It was the follow-up to their miniature restaurant Il Topolino and nut shop Noix de Vie, and it drew crowds of full-size visitors in its first days. Source Source Source Checked

Gone May 2017. Evidence date: 2017-05-10, when Anonymouse thanked “all the mice and non-mice for visiting Tjoffsans in Malmö” and wrote that it was “time for us to pack our things and head on out”, in an Instagram post quoted by The Local, which reported that the funfair was being closed. Source Reported

💡 5 things to know

  1. A sequelSVT called the park the follow-up to Il Topolino and Noix de Vie, the mouse restaurant and nut shop Anonymouse had shown in Malmö in late 2016. Source Source Source Checked
  2. Named after a Lindgren characterThe name comes from a character by the Swedish children’s author Astrid Lindgren, according to both The Local and Atlas Obscura. Source Source Checked
  3. Eight attractionsThe makers listed a Ferris wheel, the fortune teller Madame Raclette, a Wheel of Cheese, a pool party, teacups, popcorn and a cat tunnel, plus toilets and an entrance. Atlas Obscura describes the teacup ride, the Lucky Cheese stall and a house of horrors entered through a cat’s mouth. Source Source Checked
  4. Behind a utility boxSVT’s photo caption says the park could be found behind an electrical cabinet. The Commons photograph shows it on a patch of grass at the foot of a graffiti-covered box. Source Source Checked
  5. Chewing-gum tilesIn their farewell Instagram post of 10 May 2017, as embedded by The Local, the makers added that the tiles had been made of chewing gum. Source Reported

📍 Where it is

Solters plan, by Södra Förstadsgatan, Malmö, Sweden Source Source Source Checked

Open in Maps

Map pin from OpenStreetMap’s Solters plan, the square SVT names; the exact spot of the park on it is not recorded, and the park was removed in 2017. We have not checked a Street View image of it, so the button opens a plain map.

🗓️ Sightings

  1. 201723 Apr

    SVT and DN: opened on Sunday morning

  2. 201724 Apr

    The Local: crowds on Sunday and Monday

  3. 2017May

    Photographed by Johan Jönsson (uploaded 10 May)

  4. 201710 May

    Anonymouse: time to pack up and head out

  5. 20177 Sep

    Aftonbladet: the mice move on to Borås

Green stamps mark dated photographs; amber stamps mark records or reports; red stamps mark loss. Publication dates are not camera dates.

🗞️ In the sources

SVT Nyheter Skåne23 April 2017

Minitivoli för små gnagare till Malmö

“Tjoffsans Tivoli går att hitta på Solters plan vid Södra Förstadsgatan i Malmö och enligt skaparna är det öppet för besökare i alla åldrar.”

“Tjoffsans Tivoli can be found at Solters plan by Södra Förstadsgatan in Malmö and, according to its creators, it is open to visitors of all ages.”

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The Local Sweden7 September 2017

Sweden’s AnonyMouse packs up from Malmö to start afresh in Borås

“We’d like to thank all the mice and non-mice for visiting Tjoffsans in Malmö. It is now time for us to pack our things and head on out.”

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Aftonbladet7 September 2017

Mössen flyttar verksamheten i Malmö till ny stad

“Strax därefter öppnades Tjoffsans tivoli, även det för möss. Men sedan i maj har det varit tyst från den hemliga gatukonstnären AnonyMouse.”

“Shortly afterwards Tjoffsans tivoli opened, it too for mice. But since May it has been quiet from the secret street artist AnonyMouse.”

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✅ The facts

Artist
Anonymouse, an anonymous duo in 2017; in February 2025 SVT named the artists behind it as Elin Westerholm and Lupus Nensén Source Source Source Checked
Title
Tjoffsans tivoli (also written Tjoffsans Tivoli; The Local: Tjoffsan’s Tivoli) Source Source Source Checked
Opened
Early on Sunday 23 April 2017, according to SVT, DN and The Local. An Instagram post by Anonymouse, as embedded by The Local in September 2017, carries the date 22 April and says the park “set camp” the night before. We lean to 23 April, the date three outlets reported on the day Source Source Source Source Conflicting
Place
Solters plan, by Södra Förstadsgatan, Malmö, behind an electrical cabinet Source Source Source Checked
Form
A mouse-sized amusement park at ankle level, fenced in on a patch of grass Source Source Checked
Series
Anonymouse’s second Malmö installation, after Il Topolino and Noix de Vie (2016); after Malmö the duo moved on to Borås in September 2017 Source Source Source Checked
Status
Gone: closed by its makers, who announced on 10 May 2017 that it was time to pack up, as quoted by The Local; Aftonbladet reported Anonymouse silent in Malmö since May Source Source Reported

🔗 Related

All sources & image credits

Photo: Johan Jönsson (Julle) / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0), dated May 2017 on Commons and uploaded 10 May 2017 (the camera’s own clock reads February 2016, before the park existed); as published on Street Art Utopia (Blink and You’ll Miss It, 27 October 2026). Artwork: Anonymouse.

Last checked: 28 October 2026 · How we verify art