Best Color Grading Studios in Stockholm (2026)

Introduction

Stockholm has six colour grading studios worth a close look in 2026, ranging from full-service post houses with several suites to colourists who run their own rooms on Södermalm. Most of them grade commercials, features and documentaries side by side.

The city’s grading work follows its client base. Advertising for Swedish and international brands (Volvo, Absolut, Electrolux, Polestar and the fashion labels) keeps the larger houses busy, while Swedish features and SVT documentaries go to studios that can also handle conform, DCP and broadcast delivery. The bigger names are widening their offer: Chimney now runs an AI studio division alongside colour, VFX and sound, and appointed Sebastian Martinez as chief executive in October 2026. Tint, which also has a Gothenburg facility, grades in two dedicated suites in Stockholm.

Every studio here has a Stockholm address or grading suite on its own site in 2026. Grading talent in the city is also spread across freelancers and representation agencies without their own rooms, so the list is shorter than for some other disciplines and includes only studios where the grade is made in-house. It runs in no fixed order of merit.

The best colour grading studios in Stockholm

1. Chimney

Privately owned · Stockholm · chimney.se

Chimney is a Nordic post-production and content studio with its headquarters in Stockholm, satellite offices in Poland and a representative in Los Angeles. Its colour team includes Mats Holmgren and Carl Skaff, working next to in-house editors, Flame and VFX artists, sound mixers and a mastering and conform department. Sebastian Martinez was appointed CEO in October 2026. Under his predecessor, Henric Larsson, the company added an AI studio division.

On the advertising side Chimney’s client logos include Absolut, Lego, Electrolux, Polestar, Nespresso and McDonald’s. It also co-produces features: in February 2026 it announced that Matthew Macfadyen had joined Rachel Weisz in Tomas Alfredson’s Séance on a Wet Afternoon. For projects that need a particular look, Chimney has long worked with outside colourists through remote grading partnerships, so it is worth asking which colourist will sit in on your session.

2. Swiss

Swiss International AB · Hammarby Sjöstad · swiss.se

Swiss was founded in 2002 as a VFX studio and has since added colourists and online artists to the team at Hammarbybacken. Its early profile came from the video for Moby’s “In This World” and a run of IKEA spots for the US market, and it describes itself as having worked on award-winning projects every year since it opened.

Recent work on the studio’s site includes Volvo’s “EX60: Life on the move”, Carlsberg Group’s “Tourtel Twist” and Oriflame’s “Garden Symphony”. Colour sits alongside VFX, 3D and breakdowns, which suits commercials where the grade and the compositing need to be signed off together.

3. Tint

Tint Post AB · Stockholm · tintpost.se

Tint is a full-service post-production company with facilities in Stockholm and Gothenburg. In Stockholm it runs two grading suites, one of 40 m² and one of 30 m², each seating eight. The colour team lists senior colourists Axel Rundquist and Oskar Larsson, colourist Kajsa Kiuttu and colourist and post supervisor Albin Abrahamsson, and the colourists also take remote sessions.

Tint’s feature credits include Ruben Östlund’s Triangle of Sadness, Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel’s Armand, Emilie Blichfeldt’s The Ugly Stepsister and Leonardo van Dijl’s Julie Keeps Quiet. Commercial work includes Volvo’s “Moments That Never Happen” and McDonald’s. Its Gothenburg site handled the sound mix on Tron: Ares, so check which city a given service runs from when you book.

4. Söders ljus

Colourist-run · Hornstull · sodersljus.se

Söders ljus is a small grading and finishing studio at Hornstull on Södermalm, run around colourist Peter Magnusson. It has completed more than a hundred films since 2009 and has graded in DaVinci Resolve since 2012, with a 5.1 room for sound mixing and a remote monitoring setup for clients who cannot attend.

The studio leans towards documentary. Clients include Sveriges Television, UR and Dramaten, and titles on its site include Ted, Aktivismens tid, Wagner och jag and Sälens hemliga liv. It also restores and upscales older films to HD and 4K and delivers DCP and broadcast masters, which is useful for small productions that want grade, mix and delivery under one roof.

5. Vårsnö

Founder-run · Södermalm · varsno.com

Vårsnö is a colourist and sound design duo with a studio on Brännkyrkagatan, near Zinkensdamm. Colourist Mimmi Muskos and sound designer Petter Karlsten met in 2014 and work as a pair, so a project can go through grade, music and sound design with the same two people.

The portfolio is weighted towards fashion and consumer brands: Calvin Klein, UNIQLO x Marimekko, ARKET, MCM, Filmstaden, Swish and Klättermusen all appear, and the studio names Netflix, Volvo, Spotify and IKEA among its end clients. It suits campaign and fashion film work where a consistent look across several cut-downs matters.

6. Zazen

Zazen Design & Production AB · Östermalm · zazendesignandproduction.se

Zazen is a film, photo and animation studio on Bobergsgatan with grading as one of its core post services. It separates creative grading from technical colour correction, masters for different formats and platforms, and offers remote grading so clients can follow the session from their own screen. The work is done in DaVinci Resolve on professional reference monitors.

Clients and cases on its site include Circle K, Made for Movement, Hantverksdata and a film shoot for Carglass. Zazen fits brands and agencies that want shoot, edit and grade from one supplier, more than productions looking for a specialist colourist.

What to look for in a Stockholm colour grading studio

Start with the colourist rather than the building. In a city this size, much of the grading talent moves between houses or works through representation, and the larger studios bring in outside colourists for some projects. Ask who will grade your job and look at that person’s reel.

Check the room against the delivery. A feature heading for cinema needs a projection suite and DCP delivery, while a fashion campaign for social may be best graded on a calibrated OLED reference monitor. Several Stockholm studios also offer remote grading, which helps when the director or agency is in Gothenburg, Malmö or abroad.

Ask how the grade connects to the rest of post. Full-service houses such as Chimney, Swiss and Tint can carry VFX, online, sound and mastering in the same building, which shortens the handover between departments. Smaller studios can be quicker and more personal, though you may need to manage conform and VFX elsewhere.

Finally, agree how material and notes will move. Grading starts with large camera originals or proxies, a shared look reference or LUT, and an offline edit. It ends with review rounds on stills and graded cuts. A single place for the latest files and one clear list of notes saves a lot of back-and-forth between the colourist, the editor and the client.

How Fabric helps colour grading teams

Fabric gives a grading studio one workspace for camera files, references, client notes and deliverables, with AI search across all of it. Heavy media lives in Fabric’s cloud drive, which streams files on demand and takes no local disk space, so editors and colourists can open large files without a full download. For teams cutting from proxies, there is a short guide to how a proxy workflow works.

Look development depends on finding the right reference quickly. Search works by meaning across documents, images and transcribed video, and colour search finds visual assets by shade. Similar search surfaces stills with a comparable composition, colour and subject, which helps when a director asks for something closer to last year’s spot. LUTs and look files can sit in shared team folders with the latest versions; Fabric also explains what a LUT is for clients new to the process.

Review happens through sharing. Share a graded cut or a folder of stills with the client as a commenter, and they can open it from the link without signing up. On video they leave timestamped comments and can draw on the frame to point at a highlight or a skin tone; on stills they draw on the image and attach a note. The colourist marks each comment completed as it is addressed, so the notes work as a checklist for the next session.

For final delivery, any file or folder can be published as a web page for viewing and download, with password protection where the material is under embargo. Published links are view-only, so keep review rounds on shared links.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the best colour grading studio in Stockholm?

It depends on the project. For commercials that also need VFX and sound, Chimney, Swiss and Tint offer the full chain under one roof. For documentaries, Söders ljus has finished more than a hundred films since 2009, and for fashion and campaign work, Vårsnö pairs a colourist and a sound designer in one small studio.

Which Stockholm studios grade feature films?

Tint lists Triangle of Sadness, Armand and The Ugly Stepsister among its credits and runs two grading suites in Stockholm. Chimney works on scripted features and co-productions, including Tomas Alfredson’s Séance on a Wet Afternoon.

Can I grade remotely with a Stockholm studio?

Yes. Tint’s colourists take remote sessions, Söders ljus offers remote monitoring, and Zazen offers remote grading that clients follow from their own computer. Screens on the client’s side vary in calibration, so it is worth agreeing whether final sign-off happens in the suite.

Should I book a specialist colourist or a full-service post house?

A full-service house suits projects where grade, VFX, online and sound need to stay in step. A colourist-led studio suits projects where the look is the main concern and the rest of post is already arranged. For the wider post market, see the best post-production companies in Stockholm.

How do clients give feedback on a grade?

Most studios run attended or remote sessions and then send graded stills or cuts for review. In Fabric, a shared link with commenter access lets the client leave timestamped comments on the cut, draw on frames and stills, and see each note marked completed once it is done.

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