Hanseatic Town of Visby

Hanseatic Town of Visby

A former Viking site on the island of Gotland, Visby was the main centre of the Hanseatic League in the Baltic from the 12th to the 14th century. Its 13th-century ramparts and more than 200 warehouses and wealthy merchants' dwellings from the same period make it the best-preserved fortified commercial city in northern Europe.

Sweden

Island region of Gotland

N57 38 30.012 E18 17 44.988

Date of Inscription: 1995

Criteria: (iv)(v)

Ref: 731

Source: http://whc.unesco.org

Church Village of Gammelstad, Luleå

Church Village of Gammelstad, Luleå

Gammelstad, at the head of the Gulf of Bothnia, is the best-preserved example of a 'church village', a unique kind of village formerly found throughout northern Scandinavia. The 424 wooden houses, huddled round the early 15th-century stone church, were used only on Sundays and at religious festivals to house worshippers from the surrounding countryside who could not return home the same day because of the distance and difficult travelling conditions.

 Sweden

County of Norrbotten (Norrbottens län)

N65 38 45.996 E22 1 42.996

Date of Inscription: 1996

Criteria: (ii)(iv)(v)

Ref: 762

Source: http://whc.unesco.org

Birka and Hovgården

Brief Description

The Birka archaeological site is located on Björkö Island in Lake Mälar and was occupied in the 9th and 10th centuries. Hovgården is situated on the neighbouring island of Adelsö. Together, they make up an archaeological complex which illustrates the elaborate trading networks of Viking-Age Europe and their influence on the subsequent history of Scandinavia. Birka was also important as the site of the first Christian congregation in Sweden, founded in 831 by St Ansgar.

Sweden

Stockholm County (Region of Uppland)

N59 20 6.504 E17 32 33.504

Date of Inscription: 1993

Criteria: (iii)(iv)

Ref: 555

Source: http://whc.unesco.org

Naval Port of Karlskrona

Brief Description

Karlskrona is an outstanding example of a late-17th-century European planned naval city. The original plan and many of the buildings have survived intact, along with installations that illustrate its subsequent development up to the present day.

Sweden

Blekinge County

N56 10 0.012 E15 34 59.988

Date of Inscription: 1998

Criteria: (ii)(iv)

Ref: 871

Source: http://whc.unesco.org

Engelsberg Ironworks

Brief Description

Sweden's production of superior grades of iron made it a leader in this field in the 17th and 18th centuries. This site is the best-preserved and most complete example of this type of Swedish ironworks.

Sweden

Västmanland

N59 58 0.012 E16 0 29.988

Date of Inscription: 1993

Criteria: (iv)

Ref: 556rev

Source: http://whc.unesco.org

Skogskyrkogården

Brief Description

This Stockholm cemetery was created between 1917 and 1920 by two young architects, Asplund and Lewerentz, on the site of former gravel pits overgrown with pine trees. The design blends vegetation and architectural elements, taking advantage of irregularities in the site to create a landscape that is finely adapted to its function. It has had a profound influence in many countries of the world.

Sweden

Stockholm County

N59 16 32.016 E18 5 57.984

Date of Inscription: 1994

Criteria: (ii)(iv)

Ref: 558rev

Source: http://whc.unesco.org

 

Mining Area of the Great Copper Mountain in Falun

Brief Description

The enormous mining excavation known as the Great Pit at Falun is the most striking feature of a landscape that illustrates the activity of copper production in this region since at least the 13th century. The 17th-century planned town of Falun with its many fine historic buildings, together with the industrial and domestic remains of a number of settlements spread over a wide area of the Dalarna region, provide a vivid picture of what was for centuries one of the world's most important mining areas.

Sweden

Town of Falun, Dalarna Province

N60 36 16.992 E15 37 50.988

Date of Inscription: 2001

Criteria: (ii)(iii)(v)

Property : 43 ha

Buffer zone: 3,500 ha

Ref: 1027

Source: http://whc.unesco.org

 

Agricultural Landscape of Southern Öland

Brief Description

The southern part of the island of Öland in the Baltic Sea is dominated by a vast limestone plateau. Human beings have lived here for some five thousand years and adapted their way of life to the physical constraints of the island. As a consequence, the landscape is unique, with abundant evidence of continuous human settlement from prehistoric times to the present day.

Sweden

Kalmar County, Island of Öland

N56 19 30 E16 28 59.988

Date of Inscription: 2000

Criteria: (iv)(v)

Property : 56,323 ha

Buffer zone: 6,069 ha

Ref: 968

Source:  http://whc.unesco.org