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Guard at Galleri Ormsund Enforces No-Sitting Rule From a Folding Stool
Nine days into the job, Ingemar has one stool, one flask and one answer for visitors who think the seat is theirs.
By Desmond Achterberg · Monday, 9 November 2026 · 1 min read
Ingemar sits by the door of Galleri Ormsund with a steel flask between his boots. It is 9:40 and minus four outside. The light comes in low and white.
A woman in a green coat points at the stool. Is that for me? No, he says.
A man with a tote bag asks the same thing. No.
A third visitor does not ask. She only looks at it. No, says Ingemar.
Vera Lindholm-Achebe's show has one rule. Nobody sits. Ingemar is nine days into enforcing it.
He unscrews the flask. Nobody asks for that either.