This is a list of world heritage in Sweden.
Drottningholm Castle
Drottningholm Castle, royal castle on Lovön in Mälaren (Ekerö municipality, Stockholm County, Hinterland). The castle was started in its current design by Queen Hedvig Eleonora in 1662. The castle was decorated 1665-1703, originally in Baroque style, but gradually the interior was changed to a more refined design under the leadership of Nicodemus Tessin d.y. Queen Lovisa Ulrika became the owner of the castle in 1744 and then had the architect Carl Hårleman build the four lengths that start from the middle part of the castle. During the 1760s, e.g. the castle theater and China castle according to drawings by Carl Fredrik Adelcrantz. The most recent major restoration was carried out in 1907-1911. Drottningholm Castle [1] was placed on the World Heritage List in 1991.
Birka and Hovgården
The medieval marketplace Birka on the island of Björkö ([2]) and Hovgården became a World Heritage Site in 1993.
Engelsberg's use
Engelsberg's use [3] was designated a World Heritage Site in 1993 on the grounds "Engelsberg is an outstanding example of a significant European industry from the 17th to the 18th centuries with important technical remains and both offices and homes preservedThe ironworks is the most well-preserved from the heyday of the industry. The mill was originally built in 1681 and the current mill was added during the following two centuries. and was declared a listed building in 1974.
The rock carving area in Tanum
In 1994, the rock carving area was designated in Tanum to world heritage. Tanum is located in the north Bohuslän and are unique, partly because they have such rich and varied motifs (people, animals, weapons, boats, etc.). The rock carvings show life and religion in Europe during the Bronze Age and are spread over a large area. Many of the carvings are also very detailed and well preserved. The four most famous places with rock carvings in Tanum are Vitlycke, Aspeberget, Litsleby and Fossum. One of the largest hobs in the area is Vitlyckehällen. There is, among other things, the unique carving "The Bride and Groom". About 200 meters from Vitlyckehällen is Vitlycke museum [4] which is an information center for the entire World Heritage Site. In the area there is also a Bronze Age farm that you can visit.
Skogskyrkogården in Stockholm
Skogskyrkogården [5] in Stockholm was added to the 1994 World Heritage List.
Hansestaden Visby
Hansestaden Visby, [6], became a World Heritage Site in 1995.
Old town church town
Old town church town [7] was added to the World Heritage List in 1996.
Laponia
The natural landscape of Laponia [8] became a World Heritage Site in 1996.
The city of war Karlskrona
The war city Karlskrona [9] was designated a World Heritage Site in 1998.
Kvarken High coast.
The World Heritage Committee appointed the High Coast [10] to World Heritage 2000. 12/7 2006 Unesco decided to include Kvarken in the World Heritage High Coast.
South Ölands agricultural landscape
In 2000, Södra Öland's agricultural landscape was designated [11] to world heritage.
Falun and copper rock law
Falun and the Copper Mountains Act [12] was added to the World Heritage List in 2001.
The radio station in Grimeton
During the First World War, many telecom cables in the Atlantic were damaged by bombings, etc. acts of war. It was considered necessary to have an alternative for telegram traffic between Sweden and USA. In 1920, the Riksdag decided to allocate money to such a radio station. Radio Corporation of America, RCA, supplied the equipment built in Grimeton in Varberg municipality. The station was commissioned on 1 December 1924 at a cost of SEK 4.3 million. Until 1938, when new shortwave transmitters were installed, virtually all telegram traffic to the United States was handled by Grimeton. Anyone wishing to send a telegram to the USA contacted the Swedish Telegraph Agency via its radio center in Gothenburg sent the message to Grimeton and on to the United States. The operations at Grimeton's long-wave station were gradually phased out as new technology, e.g. shortwave radio and eventually FM radio and TV were expanded. Grimeton [13] long-wave radio station was designated a World Heritage Site in 2004.
Struve's meridian arc
Struve's meridian arc (article on wikipedia) was put on the World Heritage List in 2005. The world heritage is unique in that it does not affect one, but ten countries: Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Norway, Russia, Sweden, Ukraine and Belarus.