This is a list of Christian monasteries and religious houses, both extant and dissolved, in Sweden, for both men and women. __NOTOC__

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* Åhus Priory,

Åhus Åhus () is the second largest urban areas in Sweden, locality in Kristianstad Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 9,840 inhabitants in 2015, but the number triples during the summer due to tourists who come seeking the beaches and nature o ...

:part of Denmark until 1658 Dominican friars *

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(extant) (founded 1978): Protestant sisters, Order of the Holy Paraclete (''Helgeandssystrarna''

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Alvastra Abbey Alvastra Abbey (''Alvastra klosterruin'') was a Cistercian monastery located at Alvastra in Östergötland, Sweden. History Alvastra monastery was founded in 1143 by French monks who belonged to the Cistercian Order. A number of monks and lay br ...

(1143 - 1544): Cistercian monks * Ås Abbey,

Halland Halland () is one of the traditional provinces of Sweden (''landskap''), on the western coast of Götaland, southern Sweden. It borders Västergötland, Småland, Scania and the sea of Kattegat. Until 1645 and the Second Treaty of Brömseb ...

: Cistercian monks *

Askeby Abbey Askeby Abbey (Swedish: Askeby kloster) was a Cistercian nunnery in operation from the late 12th century until 1529. It was located in Askeby outside Linköping, Sweden. History Askeby Abbey was founded as a daughter convent of the Vreta Abbey ...

(c. 1100 x 1170 - 1529): Cistercian nun

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* Bäckaskog Castle, Bäckaskog Abbey, Skåne: Premonstratensian canons * Bosö Abbey, Skåne: Benedictine monks * Byarum Abbey (c. 1170 - 1230; moved to Sko): Cistercian nuns * Börringe Priory, Skåne

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* Dalby Priory, Skåne: Augustinian monks (12th–16th century) * Djusholm Abbey (extant): Bridgettines * Dragsmark Abbey (''Marieskog''), Bohuslän:under its Norwegian name, Båhuslen, part of Norway until 1658 Premonstratensian canons

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Enköping Enköping is a locality and the seat of Enköping Municipality, Uppsala County, Sweden with 30,000 inhabitants in 2018. Geography Enköping is situated near Lake Mälaren, about 78 km west of Stockholm. A comparably large number of S ...

: Franciscan friars

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* Falun Abbey (extant): Bridgettines * ''Fogdö, see Vårfruberga''

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* Grey Friar's Abbey, Stockholm (1270-1527): Franciscan monks * Gudhem Abbey (1052/1152 - 1529): nuns of unknown order; later Cistercian nun

* Gudsberga Abbey (1486–1527): Cistercian monks

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* Halmstad, Skåne: Franciscan friars *

Herrevad Abbey Herrevad Abbey ( sv, Herrevadskloster, da, Herrevads Kloster) was a Cistercian monastery near Ljungbyhed in Klippan Municipality, Scania, in the south of present-day Sweden, but formerly in Denmark until 1658. It is now a country house known as H ...

, Skåne: Cistercian monks

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* Julita Abbey (aka Säby Abbey) (c. 1160 - 1527): Cistercian monks * Jönköping Abbey

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* Kalmar Nunnery (1299-1505), Dominikan nuns, moved to

Skänninge Abbey Skänninge Abbey, also known as St. Ingrid's Priory, St. Martin's Priory or Skänninge Nunnery, was a Roman Catholic convent for females of the Dominican Order in Skänninge in Sweden, in operation from 1272 until 1544. It was founded by Saint I ...

* Kastelle Abbey, Bohuslän: Augustinian Canons * Kungahålla, formerly Konghelle, Bohuslän: Franciscan friars *

Krokek Krokek is a locality situated in Norrköping Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden with 4,285 inhabitants in 2010. It is the main settlement of Kolmården Kolmården () is a long and wide densely forested rocky ridge that separates the Swe ...

(not later than 1440 - not later than 1538): Franciscan friars * Kronobäck Hospital: hospital from 1292, at Kronobäck; under

Knights Hospitallers The Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem ( la, Ordo Fratrum Hospitalis Sancti Ioannis Hierosolymitani), commonly known as the Knights Hospitaller (), was a medieval and early modern Catholic military order. It was headq ...

from 1482 to 1529, when monastic parts demolished, and continued as secular hospital; date of closure nk

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Linköping Linköping () is a city in southern Sweden, with around 105,000 inhabitants as of 2021. It is the seat of Linköping Municipality and the capital of Östergötland County. Linköping is also the episcopal see of the Diocese of Linköping (Church ...

: Franciscan friars * Lund Abbey, Lund, Skåne: Benedictine monks

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Malmö Malmö (, ; da, Malmø ) is the largest city in the Swedish county (län) of Scania (Skåne). It is the third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the sixth-largest city in the Nordic region, with a municipal pop ...

, Skåne: Franciscan friars * Mariefred Charterhouse or Gripsholm Charterhouse (1493–1526) near

Gripsholm Castle Gripsholm Castle ( sv, Gripsholms slott) is a castle in Mariefred, Södermanland, Sweden. It is located by lake Mälaren in south central Sweden, in the municipality of Strängnäs, about 60 km west of Stockholm. Since Gustav Vasa, Gripsho ...

; later in the town of

Mariefred Mariefred is a locality situated in Strängnäs Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 3,726 inhabitants in 2010. The name is derived from that of the former Carthusian monastery here, Mariefred Charterhouse, and means "Peace of Mary" (t ...

, named after the monastery: Carthusian monks * Marstrand Friary,

Marstrand Marstrand () is a seaside locality situated in Kungälv Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 1,320 inhabitants in 2010. The town got its name from its location on the island of Marstrand. Despite its small population, for histori ...

, Bohuslän: Franciscan friars

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Nydala Abbey Nydala Abbey ( sv, Nydala kloster) was a Cistercian monastery in the province of Småland, Sweden, near the lake Rusken. Although the abbey ceased to operate in the 16th century, its church was renovated and converted into a Protestant church durin ...

(1143 - 1529): Cistercian monks

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* Örebro Priory: Carmelite friars *

Östanbäck Monastery Östanbäck Monastery is a Lutheran Benedictine monastery for men in the Church of Sweden, located outside Sala in Sweden. History The background of the monastery lies in the Lutheran High Church Movement. On 14 February 1960, four theological ...

(extant) (founded 1975) in Sala,

Västmanland Västmanland ( or ), is a historical Swedish province, or ''landskap'', in middle Sweden. It borders Södermanland, Närke, Värmland, Dalarna and Uppland. Västmanland means "(The) Land of the Western Men", where the "western men" (''väst ...

: Lutheran Benedictine monks (''Heliga korsets brödraskap'

* Öved Abbey, Skåne: Premonstratensian canons

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Riseberga Abbey Riseberga Abbey (Swedish: Riseberga kloster), was a Cistercian nunnery in Sweden, in operation from circa 1180 until 1534. It was located near Fjugesta in Närke. It had the right to appoint the vicar of the Edsberg parish, which was under the j ...

(12th century - 1500 x 1546):daughter house of Vreta Cistercian nuns *

Roma Abbey Roma Abbey ( sv, Roma kloster) is a ruined Cistercian abbey and a crown estate in Roma on the Swedish island of Gotland. The abbey was built in the 12th century. After the Reformation, its lands were confiscated by the Crown and subsequently turn ...

(1164 - not later than 1531): Cistercian monks

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* ''Säby, see Julita'' *

(1272-1544): Dominican nuns * Sko Abbey (1230 - 1588): Cistercian nuns *

Solberga Abbey Solberga Abbey (Swedish: Solberga kloster), was a Cistercian nunnery in Sweden, in operation from 1246 until at least 1469. It was located outside Visby on Gotland until 1404, and then in Visby. It was the only nunnery on the island of Gotland. ...

(1246 - 1404): Cistercian nuns * St. Clare's Priory, Stockholm (1289 - Reformation): Poor Clares * St Dominikus kloster, Rögle, Lund. (extant) (1956 - ): Dominikan sisters

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Trelleborg Trelleborg () is a town in Skåne County, Sweden, with 43,359 inhabitants as of December 31, 2015. It is the southernmost town in Sweden located some west from the southernmost point of Sweden and the Scandinavian peninsula. It is one of the ...

, Skåne: Franciscan friars

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Vadstena Abbey The Abbey Pax Mariae ( la, Monasterium sanctarum Mariæ Virgìnis et Brigidæ in Vatzstena), more commonly referred to as Vadstena Abbey, situated on Lake Vättern in the Diocese of Linköping, Sweden, was the motherhouse of the Bridgettine Ord ...

(extant) (1384–1595; the mother house of the

Bridgettine Order The Bridgettines, or Birgittines, formally known as the Order of the Most Holy Savior (; abbreviated OSsS), is a monastic religious order of the Catholic Church founded by Saint Birgitta or Bridget of Sweden in 1344, and approved by Pope Urban ...

; renewed Bridgettine presence from 1935; first abbess appointed 1991): Bridgettines * Vårfruberga Abbey, previously known as Fogdö Abbey (12th century - 1527): Benedictine nuns until 1289, thereafter Cistercian nuns *

Varnhem Abbey Varnhem Abbey ( sv, Varnhems kloster) in Varnhem, Västergötland, Sweden was founded around 1150 by monks of the Cistercian Order from Alvastra Abbey in Östergötland. The Cistercian Order used the same floor plan for all its abbeys, which ma ...

(c. 1150 - 1527): Cistercian monks *

Vreta Abbey Vreta Abbey ( sv, Vreta kloster), in operation from the beginning of the 12th century to 1582, was the first nunnery in Sweden, initially Benedictine and later Cistercian, and one of the oldest in Scandinavia. It was located in the present-day m ...

(c. 1099/1105 - 1582): Benedictine nuns until 1162, thereafter Cistercian nuns

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Greyfriars Abbey, Ystad The Greyfriars Abbey ( sv, Gråbrödraklostret), sometimes also simply Abbey in Ystad ( sv, Klostret i Ystad), is a medieval former friary in Ystad, Sweden. Together with Vadstena Abbey, it is one of the best-preserved medieval monasteries in Swe ...

, Skåne: Franciscan friars

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Askeby Abbey website: history page
{{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Christian Monasteries In Sweden Sweden

Monasteries A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities or alone (hermits). A monastery generally includes a place reserved for prayer which ...

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