Sweden

The three main themes of the UNESCO sites in Sweden are historical ways of life in rural areas, historical industrial sites, and Sweden’s maritime history. Click on the map to read about the individual sites, or use the list below the map.

Agricultural Landscape of Southern Öland
An island known for its biodiversity, prehistoric ruins, and ancient agrarian landscape.

Church Town of Gammelstad, Luleå
A perfectly-preserved example of a phenomenon unique to rural Sweden: a town shaped by religious and social necessity.

Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland
Fancifully decorated farmhouses built for special occasions by prosperous farmers.

Grimeton Radio Station, Varberg
For radio buffs, a surviving operational example of pre-electronic radio technology.

Mining Area of the Great Copper Mountain in Falun
Remains of a copper mining area that influenced the mining industry worldwide

Rock Carvings in Tanum
A collection of ancient petroglyphs dating back to the Bronze Age.

Royal Domain of Drottningholm
A magnificent and remarkably well-preserved 18th-century palace and grounds.

Birka and Hovgården

Engelsberg Ironworks

Naval Port of Karlskrona

Laponian Area

Skogskyrkogården

Hanseatic Town of Visby

Transnational sites

Struve Geodetic Arc
A chain of survey points from Norway to Ukraine set up in the 19th century to study the curvature of the Earth.

High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago