This is a list of lighthouses and

lightvessel A lightvessel, or lightship, is a ship that acts as a lighthouse. They are used in waters that are too deep or otherwise unsuitable for lighthouse construction. Although some records exist of fire beacons being placed on ships in Roman times, ...

s in Sweden.

Lightvessels

* Almagrundet * Old Finngrundet lightvessel, now a

museum ship A museum ship, also called a memorial ship, is a ship that has been preserved and converted into a museum open to the public for educational or memorial purposes. Some are also used for training and recruitment purposes, mostly for the small num ...

Fladen Lightship No. 29 FLADEN is a former lightvessel which is now a museum ship moored at the Maritiman maritime museum on Göta Älv in Gothenburg, Sweden. Fladen was built in 1929 at Bergsunds Mekaniska Verkstad in Stockholm. She was employed at ...

Lighthouses

* Agö,

Hälsingland Hälsingland (), sometimes referred to as Helsingia in English, is a historical province or ''landskap'' in central Sweden. It borders Gästrikland, Dalarna, Härjedalen, Medelpad and the Gulf of Bothnia. It is part of the land of Norrland. ...

* Bergudden,

Västerbotten Västerbotten (), known in English as West Bothnia or Westrobothnia, is a province (''landskap'') in the north of Sweden, bordering Ångermanland, Lapland, North Bothnia, and the Gulf of Bothnia. It is known for the cheese named after the pro ...

Bjuröklubb Bjuröklubb is a peninsula hosting a lighthouse and a nature reserve on the Bothnian Bay in Skellefteå Municipality in Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. Climate Bjuröklubb hosts an Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, SMHI ...

, Västerbotten *

Brämön Brämön () is an island in Sundsvall Municipality, Västernorrland County Västernorrland County ( sv, Västernorrlands län) is a county ('' län'') in the north of Sweden. It is bordered by the counties of Gävleborg, Jämtland, Västerbo ...

Ångermanland Ångermanland ( or ) is a historical province (''landskap'') in the northern part of Sweden. It is bordered (clockwise from the north) by Swedish Lapland, Västerbotten, the Gulf of Bothnia, Medelpad and Jämtland. The name is derived from ...

* Bönan,

Gästrikland Gästrikland () is a historical province or ''landskap'' on the eastern coast of Sweden. It borders Uppland, Västmanland, Dalarna, Hälsingland and the Gulf of Bothnia. Gästrikland is the southernmost of the Norrland provinces. Other forms ...

Djursten Djursten is a Swedish lighthouse located at Västerbyn on the west side of the island of Gräsö in the northern Roslagens archipelago. The nearest community is Öregrund. History The location has had a lighthouse since 1767. The first lighth ...

Uppland Uppland () is a historical province or ' on the eastern coast of Sweden, just north of Stockholm, the capital. It borders Södermanland, Västmanland and Gästrikland. It is also bounded by lake Mälaren and the Baltic Sea. On the small un ...

* Eggegrund, Gästrikland * Falsterbo Lighthouse,

Skåne Scania, also known by its native name of Skåne (, ), is the southernmost of the historical provinces (''landskap'') of Sweden. Located in the south tip of the geographical region of Götaland, the province is roughly conterminous with Skåne ...

* Falsterborev, Skåne * Faludden,

Gotland Gotland (, ; ''Gutland'' in Gutnish), also historically spelled Gottland or Gothland (), is Sweden's largest island. It is also a province, county, municipality, and diocese. The province includes the islands of Fårö and Gotska Sandön to th ...

* Finngrundet, Uppland *

Fårö Lighthouse Fårö Lighthouse ( sv, Fårö fyr) is a Swedish lighthouse located on the easternmost tip of Fårö. History In the 19th century there had been many complaints from sea authorities that the coastlines on Gotland had very few lighthouses. So the ...

, Gotland * Garpen,

Småland Småland () is a historical province () in southern Sweden. Småland borders Blekinge, Scania, Halland, Västergötland, Östergötland and the island Öland in the Baltic Sea. The name Småland literally means ''Small Lands''. The Latinized ...

* Gotska Sandön, Gotland *

Grundkallen Grundkallen is a Swedish lighthouse on a shallow of the same name in the southern part of the Gulf of Bothnia, some northeast of Öregrund. The current lighthouse was built in 1961 to replace a lightship in the same location. It is a round conc ...

, Uppland * Grönskär,

Södermanland Södermanland ( or ), locally Sörmland, sometimes referred to under its Latin form ''Sudermannia'' or ''Sudermania'', is a historical province or ''landskap'' on the south eastern coast of Sweden. It borders Östergötland, Närke, Västman ...

* Gåsören, Västerbotten *

Hallands Väderö Hallands Väderö (en: ''Halland's Weather Island'') is a Swedish island located in the northwest corner of the Scania province, but it is named after the province above; Halland. Since 1958 it has been a nature reserve due to its valuable ecologic ...

Hanö Hanö is an island off Listerlandet peninsula, western Blekinge, Sweden. From 1810 to 1812, during the Napoleonic Wars the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom used the island as its base during its operations in the Baltic Sea. The "English cemet ...

Blekinge Blekinge (, old da, Bleking) is one of the traditional Swedish provinces (), situated in the southern coast of the geographic region of Götaland, in southern Sweden. It borders Småland, Scania and the Baltic Sea. It is the country's second- ...

* Hoburgen, Gotland * Holmögadd,

* Huvudskär, Södermanland * Hållö, Bohuslän * Häradskär,

Östergötland Östergötland (; English exonym: East Gothland) is one of the traditional provinces of Sweden (''landskap'' in Swedish) in the south of Sweden. It borders Småland, Västergötland, Närke, Södermanland and the Baltic Sea. In older English ...

Hätteberget Hätteberget is the name of a Swedish docking lighthouse situated in the sea west of Marstrand and south of Tjörn. It was built in 1977 as a replacement for the old Pater Noster Lighthouse. The lighthouse is a concrete tower with helicopter lan ...

, Bohuslän *

Högbonden Högbonden is a Swedish island and lighthouse located in the World Heritage Site Höga kusten. From springtime in May through October a hostel is open to visitors in the old lightkeeper's house. In the summer season there is regular daily boat s ...

, Ångermanland *

Högby Lighthouse Högby Lighthouse is a Swedish lightstation. The lighthouse is built of iron and painted white. The design by architect Johan Höjer is unique to Sweden. The tower was exhibited at the Stockholm Exposition in 1897 before being located in Högby on ...

, Öland * Kapelludden, Öland *

Kullen Lighthouse The Kullen Lighthouse ( sv, Kullens fyr) is an operational lighthouse in Scania, located by the mouth of Öresund, at the point of Kullaberg peninsula, in Höganäs, on the south-west coast of Sweden. Kullen is one of the most prominent landmark ...

, Kullaberg,

* Landsort, Södermanland * Lungö, Ångermanland *

Långe Erik Långe Erik ("Tall Erik"), official name Ölands norra udde, is a Swedish lighthouse built in 1845 and located on a little island, Stora Grundet (in Böda socken, Borgholm Municipality), in Grankullaviken bay at the north point of Öland, the sec ...

Öland Öland (, ; ; sometimes written ''Øland'' in other Scandinavian languages, and often ''Oland'' internationally; la, Oelandia) is the second-largest Swedish island and the smallest of the traditional provinces of Sweden. Öland has an area ...

Långe Jan Långe Jan ("Tall John") is a Swedish lighthouse located at the south cape of Öland in the Baltic Sea, Sweden's second largest island. It is one of Sweden's most famous lighthouses along with Kullen, Vinga and Landsort, and also the tallest ligh ...

, Öland * Malören,

Norrbotten Norrbotten (), known in English as North Bothnia, is a Swedish province (''landskap'') in northernmost Sweden. It borders south to Västerbotten, west to Swedish Lapland, and east to Finland. Administration The traditional provinces of Swe ...

* Morups Tånge, Halland *

Måseskär Måseskär (en: ''The Gull Skerry'') is a rocky island and a lighthouse station located in the sea of Skagerrak on the west coast of Sweden. History Since the year 1829, a daymark had been constructed on the island, but it proved not to be enough ...

, Bohuslän * Naven,

Vänern Vänern ( , also , ) is the largest lake in Sweden, the largest lake in the European Union and the third-largest lake of all Europe after Ladoga and Onega in Russia. It is located in the provinces of Västergötland, Dalsland, and Värmland ...

* Nidingen, Halland * När Lighthouse, Gotland *

Pater Noster Lighthouse Pater Noster is a Swedish lighthouse and the name of a small archipelago in Bohuslän on the Swedish west coast. History There were plans to build a lighthouse on the island in the 1750s but a light was instead placed on the fortification of Carl ...

, Bohuslän *

Pite-Rönnskär Pite-Rönnskär is a Swedish island with lighthouse station located in the Bothnian Bay. The island is located at the border between the provinces of Västerbotten and Norrbotten but belongs to Skellefteå Municipality. The island was a well kno ...

, Västerbotten * Rataskär, Västerbotten * Revengegrundet, Södermanland *

Rödkallen Rödkallen is a small uninhabited (summer cabins are in use) Swedish island and lighthouse station located in the Bothnian Bay in the south part of Luleå archipelago. The island was used by fishermen a long time before the lighthouse was built. ...

Sandhammaren Sandhammaren is a Swedish lighthouse, and the name of both a beach and a point east of Ystad in Scania. At first two identical lighthouses were constructed, because it was a risk to mistake this lighthouse with the one on Ertholmene. The flame ...

, Skåne *

Skagsudde Skagsudde, is a Swedish lighthouse. It was built to replace to old light station Skag located on the island Gråklubben nearby. History Skag lighthouse was designed by engineer Nils Gustaf von Heidenstam and lit in 1877 and is now relocated comp ...

, Ångermanland *

Smygehuk Lighthouse Smygehuk Lighthouse ( sv, Smygehuks fyr) is a lighthouse in Trelleborg Municipality in Sweden. It is situated approximately west of Smygehamn, and is high and constructed of iron. It was completed in 1883, and taken out of service in 1975 in fa ...

, Skåne * Stenkyrkehuk, Gotland *

Stora Fjäderägg Stora Enso Oyj (from sv, Stora and fi, Enso ) is a manufacturer of pulp, paper and other forest products, headquartered in Helsinki, Finland. The majority of sales takes place in Europe, but there are also significant operations in Asia and S ...

, Ångermanland * Stora Karlsö, Gotland *

Storjungfrun Storjungfrun (formerly ''Stora Jungfrun''), is an island in the Bothnian Sea that was granted by the crown in 1620 to the city of Söderhamn "for pasture". The island forms a :sv:Storjungfruns naturreservat, nature reserve off the coast of Vallvi ...

, Hälsingland * Storkläppen, Östergötland *

Svartklubben Svartklubben is a Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, th ...

, Uppland *

Svenska Björn Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

Svenska Högarna Svenska Högarna ( en, Swedish Hillocks) is a small group of islands and a lighthouse located east of Möja in the Stockholm archipelago. History The lighthouse is located on the largest island ''Storön'', and is the only lighthouse in Stockho ...

* Sydostbrotten * Söderarm, Uppland * Tistlarna, Halland * Tjärven, Uppland * Ursholmen, Bohuslän *

Understen Understen is a Swedish island and lighthouse station located in South Kvarken, east of Öregrund at the northern tip of sea of Åland in Sweden. History The first day beacon on the island was built in the 18th century. The first lighthouse was ...

, Uppland *

Utklippan Utklippan is a Swedish island group including Södraskär (South skerry), Norraskär (North skerry), and Degerhuvudet. It has been home to a lighthouse since 1789. History Utklippan has been a light station since 1789 when a basket light was in u ...

, Blekinge *

Vinga Lighthouse Vinga Lighthouse ( sv, Vinga fyr), is a Swedish lighthouse on Vinga island. The present-day lighthouse was built in 1890, although Vinga has been a significant island for mariners long before that. This lighthouse is the third built on the islan ...

, Bohuslän * Väderöbod, Bohuslän * Örskär, Uppland * Östergarnsholm, Gotland

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