diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/themes/themeDefinitions/gloom.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/themes/themeDefinitions/gloom.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..849d4ece51a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/themes/themeDefinitions/gloom.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+import { NewThemeOptions } from '../createTheme';
+
+/**
+ * Torkel's GrafanaCon theme
+ * very WIP state
+ */
+
+const whiteBase = `210, 210, 220`;
+const secondaryBase = `210, 210, 220`;
+//const brandMain = '#3d71d9';
+//const brandText = '#6e9fff';
+const brandMain = '#ff934d';
+const brandText = '#f99a5c';
+
+const disabledText = `rgba(${whiteBase}, 0.6)`;
+
+const gloomTheme: NewThemeOptions = {
+  name: 'Gloom',
+  colors: {
+    mode: 'dark',
+    border: {
+      weak: `rgba(${whiteBase}, 0.08)`,
+      medium: `rgba(${whiteBase}, 0.15)`,
+      strong: `rgba(${whiteBase}, 0.30)`,
+    },
+
+    text: {
+      primary: `rgb(${whiteBase})`,
+      secondary: `rgba(${whiteBase}, 0.65)`,
+      disabled: disabledText,
+      link: brandText,
+      maxContrast: '#FFF',
+    },
+
+    primary: {
+      main: brandMain,
+      text: brandText,
+      border: brandMain,
+      name: 'primary',
+    },
+
+    secondary: {
+      main: `rgba(${secondaryBase}, 0.10)`,
+      shade: `rgba(${secondaryBase}, 0.14)`,
+      transparent: `rgba(${secondaryBase}, 0.08)`,
+      text: `rgba(${secondaryBase})`,
+      contrastText: `rgb(${secondaryBase})`,
+      border: `rgba(${secondaryBase}, 0.08)`,
+    },
+
+    background: {
+      canvas: '#000',
+      primary: '#0d0b14',
+      secondary: '#19171f',
+    },
+
+    action: {
+      hover: `rgba(${secondaryBase}, 0.10)`,
+      selected: `rgba(${secondaryBase}, 0.12)`,
+      selectedBorder: brandMain,
+      focus: `rgba(${secondaryBase}, 0.10)`,
+      hoverOpacity: 0.05,
+      disabledText: disabledText,
+      disabledBackground: `rgba(${whiteBase}, 0.04)`,
+      disabledOpacity: 0.38,
+    },
+
+    // gradients: {
+    //   brandHorizontal: 'linear-gradient(270deg, #ff934d 0%, #FEAC34 100%)',
+    //   brandVertical: 'linear-gradient(0.01deg, #ff934d 0.01%, #FEAC34 99.99%)',
+    // },
+
+    contrastThreshold: 3,
+    hoverFactor: 0.03,
+    tonalOffset: 0.15,
+  },
+  shape: {
+    borderRadius: 5,
+  },
+};
+
+export default gloomTheme;
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/themes/themeDefinitions/index.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/themes/themeDefinitions/index.ts
index f0277312fe4..151ae00593e 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/themes/themeDefinitions/index.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/themes/themeDefinitions/index.ts
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ export { default as synthwave } from './synthwave';
 export { default as tron } from './tron';
 export { default as victorian } from './victorian';
 export { default as zen } from './zen';
+export { default as gloom } from './gloom';
diff --git a/pkg/services/preference/themes.go b/pkg/services/preference/themes.go
index 4e88235d5d2..73366b64d6d 100644
--- a/pkg/services/preference/themes.go
+++ b/pkg/services/preference/themes.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ var themes = []ThemeDTO{
 	{ID: "tron", Type: "dark", IsExtra: true},
 	{ID: "victorian", Type: "dark", IsExtra: true},
 	{ID: "zen", Type: "light", IsExtra: true},
+	{ID: "gloom", Type: "dark", IsExtra: true},
 }
 
 func GetThemeByID(id string) *ThemeDTO {
diff --git a/public/app/core/components/SharedPreferences/SharedPreferences.tsx b/public/app/core/components/SharedPreferences/SharedPreferences.tsx
index 16d91551060..fa23e066c7a 100644
--- a/public/app/core/components/SharedPreferences/SharedPreferences.tsx
+++ b/public/app/core/components/SharedPreferences/SharedPreferences.tsx
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ export class SharedPreferences extends PureComponent<Props, State> {
       allowedExtraThemes.push('gildedgrove');
       allowedExtraThemes.push('sapphiredusk');
       allowedExtraThemes.push('tron');
+      allowedExtraThemes.push('gloom');
     }
 
     this.themeOptions = getBuiltInThemes(allowedExtraThemes).map((theme) => ({