Traces - Stockholm

The second book in the TagsAndThrows TRACES series brings together 204 pages of tags and throw-ups photographed in Stockholm over a 25-year period (2000–2025). Published in a refined pocket format, it follows the series’ signature black-and-white aesthetic.

In a city where graffiti has long been aggressively removed, and where zero-tolerance periods have meant that tags are often cleaned within 24 hours, the book serves as a unique time document of Stockholm’s bombing scene.

Here, well-known names from Stockholm’s graffiti scene, active over several decades meet more temporary bombers, international visitors, and a new generation of writers who have begun to make their mark on the city’s surfaces in recent years. The styles are diverse, ranging from raw, energetic tags to the obsessive repetition of the perfect throw-up. 

Among those represented are: Uzi, HNR, Nug, Fher, Iano, Coke, Triss, Psykos, Ligizd, FY, Babbo, Xeno, Serio, Que, Getok, Sexvalp, Spacey, Sensi, Honie & Gimp, Mel, Knock, PMS, Irok, Barse, Penso, Cash, Adams, VIM, Reko, Kropp, Slim, Punk, Ksoer, WUFC, Beges, Dne, Lenny Silver, Jason, Alone, Wizard, FAME, Gorilla, Cember, FOR, Kegr, Ioh, AOD, Finsta, SGK, Sillie, Adur, NFC, Casio, Dirte, Unik, Mkis, Heder, 1UP, Hotel, Kpe, Sweden, Dyre, Yers, IDA, Fuksh, Spion, Slice, Other, Ikaroz, Utah, Ether, Spain, Hymn, Vels, Polka, Cat Walk, Tonys, Lips, Slisk, Sin, Puppet, and many more. 

Photos by Thomas OKOK Gunnarsson and the TagsAndThrows editorial team.

The book is produced by TagsAndThrows, which started as an Instagram account in the early 2010s and has since grown into one of the world’s largest platforms documenting graffiti’s rawest expression—bombing, that is, tags and throw-ups. TagsAndThrows has previously published three books as well as several bombing documentaries.