Archaeological Sites in Sweden
City/town/settlement in Sweden (9)
Ajvide Settlement
The Ajvide Settlement (Swedish: Ajvideboplatsen) is located in Ajvide, Eksta, on the western coast of Gotland, Sweden. It covers an area of 200,000 m2 and was occupied from the…
Alby, Öland
Alby is a village on the island of Oland, Sweden, with one of the oldest settlements on the island, dating to the Mesolithic era around 7000-6000 BC. The earliest settlers, known…
Björkö, Ekerö
Björkö is an island in Lake Mälaren in eastern-central Sweden. The oldest of the ancient remains on the island is a small burial ground on the elevated section on the southern…
Gamla Uppsala
Early written sources show that already during prehistory, Gamla Uppsala was widely famous in Northern Europe as the residence of Swedish kings of the legendary Yngling dynasty.…
Gårdlösa
Gårdlösa is the site of an Iron Age settlement in the parish of Smedstorp in Skåne, Sweden. It was inhabited briefly during the late Nordic Bronze Age, and from the 1st century…
Gene fornby
Gene Fornby is a reconstructed Iron Age settlement located just outside Örnsköldsvik in Västernorrland County, Sweden. The settlement dates to the Roman Iron Age. Archaeological…
Hassle
The Hassle treasure was found at Hassle in the parish of Glanshammar during 1936. The artifacts consist of a large bronze cauldron which contained two Bronze Age swords of the…
Helgö
Helgö is an island in Ekerö Municipality in Stockholm County, Sweden. It is situated in Lake Mälaren. The island is perhaps best known for a major archaeological area. The old…
Uppåkra
Uppåkra was situated on the ancient main road between Trelleborg and Helsingborg in what was to become the Danish kingdom. The original foundation of Uppåkra is dated to the last…
Fortress/citadel in Sweden (4)
Eketorp
Eketorp is an Iron Age fort, located in southeastern Öland, Sweden, and extensively reconstructed and enlarged in the Middle Ages. Eketorp is the only one of the 19 known…
Gåseborg
Gåseborg is a prehistoric hillfort in the Lake Mälaren district in Sweden. The scientists don't know for certain, but most likely it was built to supervise and control the water…
Ismantorp Fortress
Ismantorp Fortress is the ruins of a ringfort located on Öland Island in Sweden. The ringfort consists of a limestone wall approximately 300 meters long and has nine gates. Inside…
Torsburgen
Torsburgen is an ancient hillfort in Kräklingbo on Gotland island in the Baltic Sea. Constructed in the 1st-4th century, it remained in use until the 12th century. The fort covers…
Burial in Sweden (3)
Ekornavallen
Ekornavallen is an ancient burial ground in the Falköping Municipality in Sweden. It contains a variety of ancient monuments dating from the Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages. The…
Gettlinge Grave Field
Gettlinge is a village in the southwest portion of the island of Oland, Sweden, known for its impressive stone ship burial ground. The site sits on a low-lying ridge along the…
Stenungsund
Archaeological excavations at Stenungsund, approximately 30 miles north of Gothenburg in western Sweden, uncovered Iron Age burials dating to 1-300 AD containing an unusual find:…
Cemetery in Sweden (3)
Greby Grave Field
The Greby grave field is an Iron Age grave field in western Sweden. It is located north of Grebbestad, Tanum Municipality in Västra Götaland County. With its 220 graves, it is the…
Jordbro Grave Field
Jordbro Grave Field is a large Iron Age cemetery in Haninge kommun, southern Stockholm County, Sweden. Located south of Jordbro town, roughly 1 km from Jordbro train station and…
Stenehed
Stenehed is an Iron Age grave field located about 1 km southwest of Hällevadsholm, Munkedal Municipality, Västra Götaland County. The area contains about 45 graves, a stone…
Mound/tumulus in Sweden (3)
Anundshög
Anundshög is a tumulus near Västerås in Västmanland, the largest in Sweden. It has a diameter of 60 metres and is about 9 metres high. Assessments of the era of the mound vary…
Gårdstånga
Ancient community in Eslov Municipality, Skane County, Sweden, situated at a bridge over the River Kavlingeaan along the Malmo-Kristianstad highway. The site features a Bronze Age…
Håga Mound
The Håga mound (Hågahögen) or King Björn's Mound (Kung Björns hög) is a large Nordic Bronze Age tumulus in the western outskirts of Uppsala, Sweden. It is one of the most…
Dolmen in Sweden (2)
Gantoftadösen
Gantoftadösen is a partially destroyed dolmen in the area of Helsingborg in Scania. The dolmen is registered with the RAÄ as Kvistofta 14:1 and was erected between 3500 and 2800…
Haga Dolmen
The Haga dolmen (Swedish: Hagadösen) is a megalithic dolmen, dating from the Neolithic era. It is located on the island of Orust in Bohuslän, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. The…
Necropolis/tombs complex in Sweden (2)
The King's Grave
The King's Grave lies near Kivik in southeastern Scania, Sweden. The monument is a cairn, a burial mound constructed largely from stone, and is one of the largest known burial…
Vätteryd Grave Field
The Vätteryd grave field, also known as Vätterydshed, is an Iron Age grave field in Hässleholm Municipality in Scania, Sweden. The site is located in a heathfield between the…
Petroglyphs in Sweden (2)
Gärde
Gärde is a prehistoric archaeological site in Jämtland, Sweden, featuring rock carvings (petroglyphs) created approximately 7,000 years ago. The carvings are located along the…
Glösa
The carvings predominantly depict elk and moose. The site now operates as an open-air museum where the carvings are colored red for visibility.
Rock art in Sweden (2)
Massleberg 1 Rock Art
The Massleberg 1 rock art are located near Strömstad in Bohuslän, in south-western Sweden, some 80 metres from the Massleberg grave field. On a rock face, several partially…
Tumlehed Rock Painting
The Tumlehed rock painting is a prehistoric rock art pictograph site, located in Tumlehed on the island of Hisingen, Gothenburg Municipality. It is the southernmost recorded rock…
Rock relief/carving in Sweden (2)
Rock Carvings of Boglösa
The Rock carvings of Boglösa in the province of Uppland in central Sweden are located to the southeast of Enköping. The three petroglyphs (Swedish: Hällristningar) form part of a…
Sliprännor i Gantofta
Sliprannor i Gantofta is a sandstone outcrop near Helsingborg in Scania, Sweden, covered with grooves along the Raa river valley escarpment. Once thought to be marks from…
Archaeological site in Sweden (1)
Barrow in Sweden (1)
Other sites in Sweden (5)
Ales Stenar
Ale's Stones (Swedish: Ales stenar or Ale stenar) is a megalithic monument in Scania in southern Sweden. It is a stone ship, oval in outline, with the stones at each end markedly…
Alvastra Pile-Dwelling
The Alvastra Pile-Dwelling is a prehistoric pile dwelling from ca. 3000 BC located in Alvastra, Ödeshög Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden. The site served as a seasonal…
Furby
Furby is a locality in Badelunda parish, Vasteraas Municipality, Sweden, situated near Anundshog -- Sweden's largest burial mound (9 m high, 64 m diameter), built between the 5th…
Sollentuna Socken
Sollentuna socken is a former parish of Sollentuna Hundred in Uppland, Sweden, largely corresponding to modern Sollentuna Municipality. The area contains numerous Bronze Age…
Uppåkra Temple
Remains of an Iron Age ritual building excavated 2000-2004 at Uppakra, south of Lund in Scania, Sweden. The 13 x 6.5 m building was rebuilt six times on the same plan, with a…
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