Lighthouses in Sweden

lighthouse and working life museum in Mörbylånga Municipality, Baltic coast, Sweden

Landsort () is a Swedish village with a lighthouse on the island of Öja. The village has around 30 permanent residents.

lighthouse in Borgholm Municipality, Baltic coast, Sweden

lighthouse and museum in Höganäs Municipality, Sweden

group of islets in Stockholm archipelago, Sweden

nature reserve in Skåne, Sweden

Örskär, is a Swedish island and lighthouse station located north of Gräsö on the Uppland coastline. A large part of the island is a nature reserve and it is rich of unusual flowers such as wild orchids. The island is also noted to be a good place for birding. A very small hostel exists on the island.

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. In 1800 a chapel was built for the fishermen and it survives to this day.

lighthouse in Tjörn Municipality, west coast, Sweden

lighthouse in Gotland Municipality, Sweden

lighthouse in archipelago of Gothenburg, west coast, Sweden

Utklippan is a Swedish island group including Södraskär (South Skerry), Norraskär (North Skerry), and Degerhuvudet. It has been home to a lighthouse since 1789.

Huvudskär is a Swedish archipelago, consisting of about 200 rocks and islands, and a lighthouse. It is located in the Baltic Sea, in the southern part of the Stockholm archipelago. For many hundred years this area was very important for fishermen. Huvudskär is a very popular destination for sea travellers and tourists.

Väderöbod is a lighthouse and an island in the southern part of Väderöarna archipelago located in Bohuslän, Sweden.

lighthouse in Gotland Municipality, Sweden

Ursholmen is a Swedish island and lighthouse located west of Strömstad town. It is the westernmost lighthouse in Sweden.

Tjärven is the name of a small island and light station surrounded by deep water and located in the sea of Åland, north of the Söderarm archipelago of the coast of Sweden. The lighthouse functions as the entrance to the shipping route for the ports of Kapellskär, Norrtälje and Stockholm.

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 service from Bönhamn to Högbonden. The whole island is a nature reserve.

Grönskär (eng: The Green skerry) is a Swedish island and lighthouse station located in the south Stockholm archipelago, east of Sandhamn. The island is rocky and the nature sparse. The herb cloudberry has been found on the island. The whole island is owned by the Swedish foundation "Skärgårdsstiftelsen" (eng: The Archipelago foundation). since 1964. The foundation also owns the lighthouse since 1984.

Skagsudde, is a Swedish lighthouse. It was built to replace to old light station Skag located on the island Gråklubben nearby.

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.

Swedish ship built in 1934

lighthouse in Borgholm Municipality, Baltic coast, Sweden

Svartklubben is a Swedish lighthouse located on a small island east of the island Singö in the province of Uppland.

Nidingen is a Swedish Kattegat sea area skerry with a lighthouse station. It is located in Onsala parish in Kungsbacka Municipality in the province (landskap) of Halland. The island has with its surrounding reefs always posed a danger to shipping. The three lighthouses on the island, one of which is active, are today protected as heritage buildings. The island is also a nature reserve with a birding station and hostel, famous for large populations of different bird species.

lighthouse at Falsterbo, Vellinge Municipality, Sweden

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 first ran on colza oil. Later on (1891), one of the lighthouses was put out of service and moved to Pite-Rönnskär in Norrland, at the same time the lamp was transformed to a paraffin lamp. The lighthouse was electrified in 1952.

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