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Bringing original and high quality eyewear to Stockholm since 1982. Opening hours: Monday - Friday 10-18 | Saturday 11-15

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Bågar & Glas: The Stockholm Optician That Refuses to Treat Eyewear as a Disposable Product @bagarglas

In an industry obsessed with new releases, faster distribution and endless expansion, Stockholm’s Bågar & Glas has built its reputation around something less fashionable: taking its time.

Founded in 1982 in Stockholm’s Gamla Stan, Bågar & Glas began as a small store with an ambitious idea: glasses should be treated as identity, not merely as accessories.

More than four decades later, the company operates two Stockholm locations, its original Gamla Stan store on Kornhamnstorg and a second address on Norrlandsgatan, alongside an online shop. But its real value cannot be measured by the number of stores it operates.

Bågar & Glas has built what many independent opticians are currently struggling to create: a clear reason to exist.

Its portfolio combines recognised names such as AHLEM, Jacques Marie Mage, DITA, Matsuda and Kuboraum with more specialist labels including Sato, KameManNen, Yellows Plus, Lazare Studio and Paloceras. The selection is broad.

The company’s philosophy is equally visible in its clinical services. Eye examinations, specialist eye-health checks, dry-eye treatments and orthokeratology sit beside frame styling and luxury eyewear. This is important. Bågar & Glas does not attempt to escape the medical side of opticianry in order to appear fashionable. It makes expertise part of the luxury.

Then there is the workshop.

Located beneath the Gamla Stan store, the in-house workshop allows the company to fit lenses, adjust frames and perform repairs under its own control. Customers are encouraged to maintain and repair their eyewear instead of replacing it at the first sign of damage.

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AHLEM FW26 | ECHOES OF LOVE
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A love story told through 17 frames.

Inside a Paris apartment, two lovers move through the different moods of a single day: morning rituals, stolen glances, silence, friction, humour and reconciliation. Echoes of Love unfolds like a film in five acts, allowing tenderness and tension to exist side by side.

Founded by Paris-born designer Ahlem Manai-Platt, AHLEM approaches eyewear through the language of art, architecture and human character. Every frame is reduced to its most essential lines – designed not to compete with the person wearing it, but to reveal them.

Precise without feeling rigid. Expressive without becoming theatrical. Eyewear made to quietly witness a life.

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Discover AHLEM at Bågar & Glas Norrlandsgatan and online at bagarglas.se
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AHLEM FW26 | ECHOES OF LOVE
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Two people. Two frames. One story moving between tension and tenderness.

She wears St Marcel – a cultivated, rounded optical frame sculpted from 8 mm cotton-flower acetate, with raw-cut bevels and finely balanced proportions.

He wears Houdon – a square optical shape with cut corners that sharpen its lines into graphic territory. Bold colours, including deep green and petrol blue, add authority to its distinctive architectural silhouette.

Together, the two frames capture the central idea behind Echoes of Love: contrasting personalities, individual expressions and the quiet connection between them.

Designed by Ahlem Manai-Platt and handcrafted in France, each frame is created to reveal the wearer rather than overpower them.

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Discover AHLEM at Bågar & Glas shops and online at bagarglas.se
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SATO | JAPANESE CRAFTSMANSHIP
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The city of Fukui, known for its beautiful natural scenery, continues to celebrate craftsmanship and has carried on each skill for hundreds of years.
Each piece is meticulously selected by passionate craftsmen, making these sunglasses more than an accessory, a piece of jewelry made to last.
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SATO is to be found exclusively in Sweden at Bågar & Glas and our webshop - bagarglas.se
Read more about SATO on our website.
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#eyeweartrends #eyewearfashion #eyewearcouture #fukui #madeinfukui #sunglasses #sunglassescouture #sunglassfashion #sunglassdesign #handcraft #japaneesehandcraft #madeinjapan #handmadeinjapan #frenchdesign #parisfashion #allure #limitededition #limitedeyewear #limitedproduction #stockholmfashionweek #scadistyle #stockholm #foryoupage💙💝💝❤❤🤭🤭🤗🤗

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SATO EYEWEAR | THROUGH THE LENS OF ELNAT.
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There’s something familiar about Elnat. The feeling of an object with stories to tell, somewhere between a memory and the next destination.
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That sensibility runs through SATO’s world: expressive design, Japanese craftsmanship and an independent spirit.
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A few still moments. A frame made to go places.
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Available at Bågar & Glas shops and webshop - bagarglas.se
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LOUISVILLE | CRAFTED TO COLLECT
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Strong lines, intricate details and a silhouette with presence. LOUISVILLE in Noir pairs a rectangular lens shape with finely engraved Art Deco wirecores, seven-barrel hinges and JMM’s double-arrowhead rivets.
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Handcrafted in Japan, the frame arrives with an Italian-made monolith case and a collector’s presentation dedicated to Muhammad Ali. An oversized photographic cleaning cloth and a letterpress authenticity card complete the set.
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Discover LOUISVILLE in Noir from Muhammad Ali by Jacques Marie Mage at Bågar & Glas in Stockholm and online at bagarglas.se.
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MUHAMMAD ALI | CONVICTION & CHARISMA
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Some icons leave their mark far beyond their profession. Muhammad Ali changed sport, challenged convention and became a voice heard around the world.
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Inspired by the glasses Ali wore outside the Federal Court in Houston on April 27, 1967, LOUISVILLE references a defining chapter in his life. A limited edition from Jacques Marie Mage, paying tribute to his courage, composure and unwavering sense of self.
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Discover LOUISVILLE in Noir at Bågar & Glas in Stockholm and online at bagarglas.se.
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BÅGAR & GLAS | OUR STORY. OUR COLLECTION.
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After more than forty years of discovering exceptional independent eyewear, we’re proud to introduce a collection of our own. Meet LEGACY 47 — bringing our eye for proportion, fit and enduring style into frames bearing our own name.
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Louise wears PHOEBUS in Tortoise, one of the first models in the collection. Rooted in Gamla stan and made personal by the people who wear it, this is the next chapter of Bågar & Glas.
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Legacy 47 is only available at Bågar & glas shops and webshop - bagarglas.se
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LEGACY 47 | AN IDEA YEARS IN THE MAKING
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Some favourites stay with you for decades — a pair of jeans, a well-cut jacket, a frame that always feels right. LEGACY 47 began with that idea: eyewear with lasting character, shaped by more than forty years of experience.
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The name brings together our heritage and our first address, Kornhamnstorg 47, where Bågar & Glas opened in 1982. With models named after the surrounding quarters and colours inspired by the neighbourhood, the collection makes our history something you can wear.
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Legacy 47 is only available at Bågar & glas shops and webshop - bagarglas.se
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PHOEBUS | A FUTURE FAVOURITE
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Meet PHOEBUS — classic warmth, considered proportions and an easy sense of character. A frame designed to feel as natural with your everyday favourites as it does when dressing up.
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Named after a historic quarter in Stockholm’s Old Town, PHOEBUS carries a little of our neighbourhood with it. Part of LEGACY 47, our own interpretation of eyewear you’ll want to keep wearing.
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Legacy 47 is only available at Bågar & glas shops and webshop - bagarglas.se
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YELLOWS PLUS | Classic, in the present tense
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YELLOWS PLUS has a gift for making a frame feel distinctive without asking it to do too much. The lines are considered, the proportions feel natural, and the result becomes part of your style rather than the whole story.
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Our model wears CONNOR: a rounded acetate frame with a subtle oval lens shape. It brings just enough presence to a look, whether you dress around it or simply put it on and head out.
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Available at B&G
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