Sweden´s official website for tourism and travel information
Local time in Sweden
09 May 2008 23:29

World Heritage Sites

Northern Sweden has three sites included on Unesco´s World Heritage List of sites regarded as especially invaluable to all of humanity. Two of these sites are included on the list mainly for their unique nature, the third for its cultural values.

World Heritage Sites
Photo: The National Heritage Board, Sweden
 

 

The Gammelstad Church Village

The Gammelstad Church Village just outside the city of Luleå is included on the World Heritage List as the largest and best preserved church village in northern Sweden – a type of settlement typical of northern Scandinavia.
Read more

The greatest wilderness in Western Europe

Laponia is a conglomeration of four national parks in western Lapland, included on Unesco´s World Heritage List for its unique nature and as a historic site for Sami culture.
Read more

The coast that keeps rising from the sea

The High Coast on the Baltic shore in the Ångermanland province of northeastern Sweden is included in Unesco’s World Heritage list for its unique and highly scenic land and seascape, with a coastline and islands that rise steeply and dramatically from the sea.
Read more
  Back
 
  Tell a friend
 
  Print   

Key word search

Accommodation & Packages

Book online

Book online

About our online booking

Recommended links
The National Heritage Board
This text is replaced by the Flash movie.
Related information
World Heritage