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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 ...

* Marinmuseum *

Ropewalk (Karlskrona) The Ropewalk ( sv, Repslagarbanan) is a building on the island of Lindholmen in southeastern Sweden. It is located within the naval base in Karlskrona. Dating from 1692, the rope factory terminated production in 1960 but in 2006, after renovatio ...

Dalarna

Great Copper Mountain Falun Mine (Swedish: ''Falu Gruva'') was a mine in Falun, Sweden, that operated for a millennium from the 10th century to 1992. It produced as much as two-thirds of Europe's copper needs and helped fund many of Sweden's wars in the 17th century. ...

Zorn Collections The Zorn Collections, or ''Zornsamlingarna'', is a Swedish state museum, located in Mora, dedicated to preserving the works by painter Anders Zorn. Anders Zorn was one of Sweden's internationally best known artists. His fame abroad was founded ...

Gävleborg

* Swedish Railway Museum

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 the ...

Gotland Museum The Gotland Museum ( sv, Gotlands museum) (previously known as ''Länsmuseet på Gotland'' or ''Gotlands Fornsal'') in Visby, Sweden, is the county museum of Gotland. It was founded by the Friends of Gotland's Antiquity society in 1875, at the in ...

Halland

Bexell Cottage The Bexell Cottage (Swedish: ''Bexellska stugan'') is a small cottage in Varberg, Sweden. It has been turned into a historical heritage mini-museum. In Bexell Cottage there are furnitures and painted wall tapestry from the 19th century. The tapes ...

* Ekomuseum nedre Ätradalen *

Göran Karlsson's Motor Museum Göran Karlsson's Motor Museum is a museum of classic cars and motorcycles, opened in Sweden in . Göran Karlsson started Gekås in Ullared, Sweden in 1963 which today is the largest big-box store in Scandinavia. He was a dedicated collector. Th ...

* Halland Museum of Cultural History * HSwMS Najaden (1897) *

Mjellby Art Museum Mjellby Art Museum (''Mjellby konstmuseum'') is situated outside Halmstad, Sweden. There is an art gallery featuring exhibitions of diverse content – everything from 1900s modernists to current contemporary art. Mjellby Art Museum, also know ...

Tjolöholm Castle Tjolöholm Castle ( sv, Tjolöholms slott) is a country house in Halland, Sweden. It is located on a peninsula in the Kungsbacka Fjord on the Kattegat coast. The manor house was designed by architect Lars Israel Wahlman (1870–1952) in a styl ...

Jämtland Jämtland (; no, Jemtland or , ; Jamtish: ''Jamtlann''; la, Iemptia) is a historical province () in the centre of Sweden in northern Europe. It borders Härjedalen and Medelpad to the south, Ångermanland to the east, Lapland to the north a ...

Jamtli Jamtli is the name of the regional open air museum of Jämtland and Härjedalen in Östersund, Sweden. It consists of an open-air museum with historical buildings, and an indoor museum with both permanent and temporary exhibitions. “Jamtli� ...

* Optand Teknikland

Jönköping Jönköping (, ) is a city in southern Sweden with 112,766 inhabitants (2022). Jönköping is situated on the southern shore of Sweden's second largest lake, Vättern, in the province of Småland. The city is the seat of Jönköping Municipali ...

* Match Museum * Gladiators – Heroes of the Colosseum * Jönköpings läns museum * Husqvarna Factory Museum

Kalmar

Borgholm Castle Borgholm Castle ( sv, Borgholms slott) in Borgholm, Sweden, is today only a ruin of the fortress that was first built in the second half of the 13th century and rebuilt many times in later centuries. It is linked to Halltorp estate, to the sou ...

* Döderhultarn Museum *

Eketorp Eketorp is an Iron Age fort, located on southeastern Öland, Sweden, and extensively reconstructed and enlarged in the Middle Ages. Throughout the ages the fortification has served a variety of somewhat differing uses: from defensive ringfort, to m ...

* Kalmar Castle *

Kingdom of Crystal The Kingdom of Crystal (Swedish: ''Glasriket'', ''The glass realm'') is a geographical area today containing a total of 14 glassworks in the municipalities of Emmaboda, Nybro, Uppvidinge, and Lessebo in southern Sweden. (in Swedish) The two muni ...

Kronoberg

IKEA Museum The IKEA Museum is a museum located in Älmhult, Sweden, that opened to the public on June 30, 2016. It presents the history of the Swedish furnishing company IKEA IKEA (; ) is a Dutch multinational conglomerate based in the Netherlands tha ...

Swedish Emigrant Institute Swedish Emigrant Institute (Swedish: ''Svenska Emigrantinstitutet'') was a research center and museum designed to preserve records and memorabilia relating to Swedish-American migration. Background The Swedish Emigrant Institute was founded on ...

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 Swede ...

Gammelstad Church Town Gammelstad Church Town ( sv, Gammelstads kyrkstad) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site situated in Gammelstaden near the city of Luleå, Sweden, at the northern end of the Gulf of Bothnia. It is the best preserved example of a type of town that was on ...

* Norrbottens Museum *

Piteå Wall of Fame The Piteå Wall of Fame is a wall of fame at Kvarnvallen Icestadium in the Swedish town of Piteå. Here, the players who started their career in an ice hockey club in Piteå and played in the Tre kronor are honored with a plate on the wall with a p ...

Teknikens Hus Teknikens Hus or The Technology House is a Swedish science center in Porsön, Luleå, Sweden. Supported by Luleå University of Technology Luleå University of Technology is a Public Research University in Norrbotten County, Sweden. The uni ...

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 C ...

* Galerie St. Petri *

Glimmingehus Glimmingehus is a medieval era castle located at Simrishamn Municipality, Scania in southern Sweden. It is the best preserved medieval stronghold in Scandinavia. It was built 1499–1506, during an era when Scania formed a vital part of Denmark, ...

Kulturen Kulturen () is an open air museum in Lund in Lund, Sweden. Occupying two blocks in central Lund, Kulturen is Sweden's and the world's second oldest open-air museum after Skansen in Stockholm. It contains historic buildings, dating from the Midd ...

* Landskrona Citadel *

Malmö Konsthall Malmö Konsthall is an exhibition hall located in the center of Malmö, Sweden. It is one of the largest exhibition halls for contemporary art in Europe. Building The hall was designed by architect Klas Anshelm (1914-1980), who was inspir ...

Malmö Castle Malmö Castle ( sv, Malmöhus, da, Malmøhus) is a fortress located in Malmö, Scania, Sweden. It is owned by the Swedish state and is managed by the State Property Agency. Malmöhus is part of Malmö Museums. History The first castle was ...

Museum of Failure The Museum of Failure is a museum that features a collection of failed products and services. The touring exhibition provides visitors with a learning experience about the critical role of failure in innovation and encourages organizations to beco ...

Museum of Sketches for Public Art The Museum of Sketches for Public Art (Swedish ''Skissernas museum - Arkiv för dekorativ konst'', also known in English as the ''Archive of Decorative Art'') is an art museum at Lund University in Sweden, dedicated to the collection and displa ...

Rooseum The Rooseum Center for Contemporary Art was a formally private-owned (though publicly funded) centre for contemporary art located in Malmö, Sweden. Founded in 1988 by the Swedish art collector and financier Fredrik Roos (1951-1991), Rooseum beg ...

Sofiero Castle Sofiero Palace or just Sofiero ( sv, "Sofiero slott" or just "Sofiero") in Helsingborg Municipality, Scania was one of the Swedish royal family's country mansions, located north of Helsingborg. It was originally a Scanian farm called Skabelycke, ...

* Sövdeborg Castle *

Svaneholm Castle Svaneholm Castle ( sv, Svaneholms slott) is located on the shore of Lake Svaneholmssjön in Skurup Municipality, Scania, Sweden. It has been used as a filming location including for the TV series ''Wallander''. History During the Middle Ages t ...

* Teknik på farfars tid *

Wanås Castle Wanås Castle (; sv, Wanås slott) is an estate in Östra Göinge Municipality, Scania, in southern Sweden. It is situated to the west of Knislinge, approximately north of Kristianstad. Wanås exhibitions Since 1987, contemporary art with a fo ...

Stockholm Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...

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, Västmanla ...

Femöre battery Femöre battery (''Femörefortet'') is a facility previously operated by the Swedish Coastal Artillery arm of Swedish Armed Forces. Also known as "Battery OD", it is located only a short trip south-east of Oxelösund on the Swedish east coast, a ...

* Gripsholm Castle *

Östra Södermanlands Järnväg Östra Södermanlands Järnväg (Ö.Sl.J.),'' Eastern Södermanland Railway'' is a narrow gauge railway in Mariefred, Sweden. Steam-hauled passenger traffic is provided all days of the week during the summer. Operations began on a small scale at ...

* Sörmland Museum * Tullgarn Palace

Uppsala Uppsala (, or all ending in , ; archaically spelled ''Upsala'') is the county seat of Uppsala County and the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, fourth-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö. It had 177,074 inha ...

Bror Hjorths Hus Bror Hjorths Hus is a museum located in Uppsala, Sweden. The museum is housed in the former studio of sculptor and painter Bror Hjorth (1894–1968). Hjorth's villa was designed by architect Sten Hummel-Gumaelius (1906-1986). The building wa ...

Geijersgården Geijersgården (The ''Geijer Farm'') is located in Uppsala, Sweden, north of ''Carolina Rediviva'', the main building of Uppsala University Library. The name of the farm comes from Erik Gustaf Geijer who lived here 1837–46. The main building ...

Gustavianum Gustavianum is the oldest standing building of Uppsala University. It was built between 1622 and 1625, and used as the main building of the university between 1778 and 1887. Since 1997 it is used as the university museum of Uppsala University. H ...

* Paleontological Museum of Uppsala University *

Upplandsmuseet ''Upplandsmuseet'' is the county museum of Uppsala County, Sweden. The institution is responsible for preservation and conducting research in the area of the cultural history and archaeology of the county, including the city of Uppsala (parts o ...

* Uppsala Castle *

Uppsala University Coin Cabinet The Uppsala University Coin Cabinet (''Uppsala universitets myntkabinett'') is one of Sweden's most important public coin and medal collections. It is housed in the main building of Uppsala University. History The history of the collection goe ...

Upsala-Lenna Jernväg Upsala-Lenna Järnväg (ULJ) (literally: ''Upsala-Lenna Railway'', also nicknamed ''Lennakatten'') is a Narrow gauge railway, narrow-gauge heritage railway in Uppsala County, Sweden. It is long and is a part of the once extensive Roslagen networ ...

Värmland

Mårbacka Mårbacka is a manor house in Sunne Municipality in Värmland, Sweden. The first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, Selma Lagerlöf, was born and raised at Mårbacka. Today, the manor building and the surrounding area is kept as a memo ...

* Ransäters bruksherrgård

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 provi ...

* Bildmuseet

Västernorrland

Gene fornby Gene Fornby is a reconstructed Iron Age settlement just outside Örnsköldsvik, in Västernorrland County, Sweden. The earliest traces of human activity found in the area date back to the Nordic Bronze Age, but the settlement itself dated back t ...

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" (''västerm ...

* Engelsberg * Engelsberg-Norberg Railway *

Strömsholm Palace Strömsholm Palace, sometimes called Strömsholm Castle ( sv, Strömsholms slott), is a Swedish royal palace. The baroque palace is built on the site of a fortress from the 1550s, located on an island in the Kolbäcksån river at the west end of ...

Tidö Castle Tidö Castle ( sv, Tidö slott) is a castle located 17 km (11 mi) south of Västerås in Västmanland, Sweden. History The former castle The first building on the site was a medieval house built by the Gren family in the fifteenth century. ...

Västra Götaland

Gothenburg Museum of Art Gothenburg Museum of Art ( sv, Göteborgs konstmuseum) is located at Götaplatsen in Gothenburg, Sweden. It claims to be the third largest art museum in Sweden by size of its collection. Collections The museum holds the world's finest collect ...

* Bohus Fortress * City Museum of Gothenburg * Ekomuseum nedre Ätradalen *

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 ...

Göteborgs Konsthall Göteborgs Konsthall is a museum of contemporary art in Gothenburg, Sweden. Description Göteborgs Konsthall features both Swedish and international art. It is situated in a classicistic building from 1923 at Götaplatsen in the center of ...

Gunnebo House Gunnebo House (Swedish: Gunnebo slott) is a mansion located outside Gothenburg, in Mölndal Municipality, Sweden. History The estate consists of a main building from the end of the 18th century, built by merchant John Hall, and drawn by city ...

* Karlsborg Fortress *

Läckö Castle Läckö Castle (Swedish language, Swedish: '':sv:Läckö slott, Läckö Slott'' ) is a medieval castle in Sweden, located on Kållandsö island on Lake Vänern, 25 kilometers north of Lidköping in Västergötland, Sweden. History Brynolf Algo ...

Nordic Watercolour Museum The Nordic Watercolour Museum ( sv, Nordiska Akvarellmuseet) is a museum, artist workshop and research facility in Skärhamn on the island of Tjörn in Sweden, opened in 2000. The architects behind the museum, painted in the typical Swedish Falu r ...

Röhsska Museum The Röhsska Museum ( sv, Röhsska museet, earlier named ''Röhsska konstslöjdsmuseet'', also known as Design Museum), is located in Gothenburg, Sweden. It is a museum focused on design, fashion and applied arts. The museum collection consists ...

Skansen Kronan Skansen Kronan ("the Crown Sconce") is a redoubt on the hill Risåsberget, in the Haga district of Gothenburg, Sweden. The fortress and its twin, Skansen Lejonet, were built to protect the city of Gothenburg against possible Danish attack, a ...

HSwMS Småland (J19) HSwMS ''Småland'' (J19) is a Swedish . She and were the only ones built of their class. Two more ships were ordered but they were never completed. She was decommissioned in 1979, and since 1987 has been a museum ship at Maritiman in Gothenbur ...

HSwMS Sölve HSwMS ''Sölve'' is one of seven s built for the Swedish Navy in the mid-1870s. The ship had an uneventful career and was sold in 1919 for conversion into a barge. She became a museum ship in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 1992. Design and description ...

Textile Museum of Borås The Textile Museum of Borås ( sv, Textilmuseet i Borås) is a museum of textile history in Borås, Sweden. History Historically a textile and fashion industry was centered at Borås and the area of Sjuhäradsbygden in southern Västergötland ...

Torpa stenhus Torpa stenhus (translated ''Torpa stone house'') is a well-preserved medieval castle near lake Åsunden, in the county of Västra Götaland, southern Sweden. History The first stone house was built around 1470 by Privy Council Arvid Knutss ...

Universeum Universeum is a public science centre and museum in Gothenburg, Sweden that opened in 2001. It is a part of ''Evenemangsstråket'', the ''thoroughfare of events'' – close to Korsvägen and Skånegatan – which includes sights of interest like S ...

Viking (barque) ''Viking'' (also known by the ship type as a prefix, Barken Viking) is a four-masted steel barque, built in 1906 by Burmeister & Wain in Copenhagen, Denmark. She is reported to be the biggest sailing ship ever built in Scandinavia. In the 21st cen ...

* Volvo Museum * Museum of World Culture

Örebro Örebro ( , ) is the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, sixth-largest city in Sweden, the seat of Örebro Municipality, and capital of the Örebro County. It is situated by the Närke Plain, near the lake Hjälmaren, a few kilometers in ...

* Cookbook museum

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 li ...

* Charlottenborg Castle * Ekenäs Castle * Löfstad Castle * Motala longwave transmitter *

Motala Motor Museum Motala Motor Museum is a museum in Motala harbour, Sweden. The museum opened in and could be described as a "nostalgic museum". Over 200 vehicles; cars, mopeds, bicycles and 300 radio Radio is the technology of signaling and communicating ...

Övralid Övralid is a manor house located north of Motala in Östergötland County, Sweden. History Övralid was erected between 1923 and 1925 by poet, writer, and Nobel Prize laureate Verner von Heidenstam (1859–1940). He was awarded the Nobel P ...

Swedish Air Force Museum The Swedish Air Force Museum ( sv, Flygvapenmuseum) is located at Malmen Airbase in Malmslätt, just outside Linköping, Sweden. Malmen is where Baron Carl Cederström, nicknamed the "Flyer Baron" founded his flying school in 1912. Malmen Airba ...

* Vadstena Castle *

Museum of Work The Museum of Work (''Arbetets museum'') is a museum located in Norrköping, Sweden. The museum is located in the ''Strykjärn'' (Clothes iron), a former weaving mill in the old industrial area on the Motala ström river in the city centre of No ...

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Internetmuseum Internetmuseum is a Swedish digital museum opened in 2014. In June 2016 Internetmuseum was inducted to The Association of Swedish Museums (Riksförbundet Sveriges museer) as the first entirely digital museum. Internetmuseum is run by the independ ...

, an online museum