UNESCO World Heritage for Sweden |
UNESCO World Heritage Sites represent some of the best natural, cultural and historic attractions in world travel. Below are details of the 15 cultural, natural and mixed sites inscribed for Sweden to date (a red World Heritage symbol denotes a site currently regarded as endangered). For more details of these properties, click on the links to the UNESCO website and the photographic galleries of these sites from OurPlace (where available).
1991 - Royal Domain of Drottningholm | Cultural site | ||
1993 - Engelsberg Ironworks | Cultural site | ||
1993 - Birka and Hovgården | Cultural site | ||
1994 - Skogskyrkogården | Cultural site | ||
1994 - Rock Carvings in Tanum | Cultural site | ||
1995 - Hanseatic Town of Visby | Cultural site | ||
1996 - Laponian Area | Mixed site | ||
1996 - Church Village of Gammelstad, Luleå | Cultural site | ||
1998 - Naval Port of Karlskrona | Cultural site | ||
2000 - Agricultural Landscape of Southern Öland | Cultural site | ||
2000 - High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago | Natural site | ||
2001 - Mining Area of the Great Copper Mountain in Falun | Cultural site | ||
2004 - Varberg Radio Station | Cultural site | ||
2005 - Struve Geodetic Arc | Cultural site | ||
2012 - Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland | Cultural site |