Anonymouse (collective)

Swedish artists collective

The mouse restaurant Il Topolino, December 2016

Anonymouse (also written as AnonyMouse) were a Swedish art duo who created street installations of mouse-themed miniatures in public places between 2016 and 2025.[1] Their first work was the restaurant Il Topolino that appeared on Bergsgatan in Malmö.[2][3][4][5][6] It was vandalized a few weeks later.[7] Their identities were unknown until February 2025, when they revealed themselves as Elin Westerholm and Lupus Nensén, and also announced the end of the Anonymouse project.[1]

In April 2017, they created an amusement park at Södra Förstadsgatan.[8] In September 2017, two shops and a gas station opened in Borås.[9][10] The duo also built exhibits in Bayonne[11] and on the Isle of Man in 2018[12] and later the same year a miniature barber shop and a shelter for mice in Malmö.[13] In May 2019 a detective agency in Malmö and a website opened, where the public was invited to solve a fictitious case.[14] The duo have also set up works in Canada and the United States.[15]

Inspired by Anonymouse, Gothenburg artist Staffan Lindholm built and displayed on the streets of Haga a mouse-themed cheese shop, a shoe shop, a motorcycle shop and a gym.[16]

## Gallery

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Works by Anonymouse

* Amusement park in Malmö, April 2017

* Pharmacy in Lund, July 2020

* Record store in Lund, August 2020

* Apartment building in Lund, September 2020

## References

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1. ^ a b Holstein, Johanna (12 February 2025). "Möt konstnärerna bakom Anonymouse – som nu lägger mushusen på hyllan" (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
2. ^ "These Tiny Shops for Mice on Real Streets Will Blow Your Mind". Time. Retrieved 2017-11-09.
3. ^ Planet, Lonely. "A tiny mouse café and shop has appeared on a street in Sweden". www.lonelyplanet.com. Retrieved 2017-11-09.
4. ^ "Vem är musen som öppnat butik på Bergsgatan?". Sydsvenskan (in Swedish). Retrieved 2017-11-09.
5. ^ "Skaparna av musrestaurangen: "Rackarns bra tålamod"". Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 2017-11-09.
6. ^ "Konstinstallation i musformat skapar uppståndelse i Malmö - DN.SE". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 2016-12-08. Retrieved 2017-11-09.
7. ^ "Musrestaurangen på Bergsgatan vandaliserad". Sydsvenskan (in Swedish). 2016-12-29. Retrieved 2017-11-09.
8. ^ "Tivoli för gnagare har öppnat i Malmö - DN.SE". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 2017-04-23. Retrieved 2017-11-09.
9. ^ "Sweden's AnonyMouse packs up from Malmö to start afresh in Borås". 2017-09-07. Retrieved 2017-11-09.
10. ^ "Anonymous artists are creating tiny shops for mice around Sweden". Metro. 2016-12-10. Retrieved 2017-11-09.
11. ^ "Malmö mouse artists open 'Sacreblues' jazz club in Bayonne". www.thelocal.fr. 2018-10-19. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
12. ^ "Miniature fairy homes spread Manx magic". 2018-11-11. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
13. ^ "Nytt muskvarter i Malmö slår upp portarna". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 2019-05-18.
14. ^ Fridh, Linda (2019-05-17). "Mössen spärrar av i Malmö och efterlyser osttjuv" (in Swedish). Retrieved 2019-05-18.
15. ^ Gillberg, Jonas (12 February 2025). "Bildextra: Här är alla Anonymouses 20 nedslag i Malmö och världen". Sydsvenskan (in Swedish). Retrieved 12 February 2025.
16. ^ "Gym för möss har öppnat i Haga". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). Retrieved 2018-07-25.

## External links

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* Official website on Instagram
* Anonymouse MMX on Facebook
* "The secret artists creating miniature buildings for street mice". BBC News. Retrieved 2021-01-10.

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