The Gubbhyllan Inn, built in 1816, was originally located next to the Hasselbacken restaurant on the island of Djurgården in Stockholm.
The history of Gubbhyllan dates back to the mid-1810s when Anders Lindström built a house at nearby Hasselbacken. This house came to be the central building of the present-day Gubbhyllan complex. In 1818, the new owner, Henric Röslein, who wanted to make Hasselbacken his summer residence, upgraded the house and added several new buildings.
Pierre Bichard acquired the place in 1829 by which time Hasselbacken had begun its long period as a restaurant, of which Gubbhyllan was an integral part. Pierre Bichard ran Hasselbacken until 1836 when a Mr Gottlieb Michaelsson took over the establishment, adding still more buildings with a view to using it as a summer residence. 
The restaurant business was eventually resumed in 1852 when the pâtissier, Wilhelm Davidson, bought the house and opened a Swiss-style café there serving coffee, tea and chocolate. He also served liqueurs and Swedish arrack punch. Gubbhyllan became particularly famous for its arrack punch, and on a warm Sunday around the turn of the last century they could serve as many as 1,000 half-litre bottles.
1872 saw the addition of the so-called Parisian Drawing Room, named after the French panoramic tapestry adorning its walls. The house was given its current appearance in 1889, when the tap room on the ground floor was fitted with its bench and mirrors.
In the 1930s, Hasselbacken became the fully- licensed restaurant it would remain to be right up until 1958, when it closed for good.
In 1965, the tobacco company, Svenska Tobaks AB, funded the moving of the building to Skansen, where it was converted into the company museum. A basement, designed by the architect Peter Celsing, was added in conjunction with the move.
The building was extensively renovated and upgraded in 2008, with the façade regaining its creamy white walls with brown joinery details. The terrace on the upper floor was reinforced and the restaurant kitchen was modernised and expanded.
Today, the building is home to the Tobacco & Match Museum and the Gubbhyllan restaurant.
