List of World Heritage Sites in Sweden facts for kids

There are fourteen official UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Sweden. There are twelve cultural sites, one natural site and one mixed site.

Inscribed sites

Name: name as listed by the World Heritage Committee

Coordinates: geographic coordinates of the site's location

County: County of Sweden where the site is at

Year: year the site was added to the World Heritage List

UNESCO ref: the site's reference number

UNESCO criteria: the criteria it was listed under (criteria i through vi are cultural, while vii through x are natural)

Description: brief description of the site

Name	Image	Coordinates	County	Year	UNESCO ref	UNESCO criteria	Description	Ref
Agricultural Landscape of Southern Öland		56°19′30″N 16°29′00″E / 56.32500°N 16.48333°E / 56.32500; 16.48333	Kalmar	2000	968	iv, v (cultural)
Birka and Hovgården		59°20′6.5″N 17°32′33.5″E / 59.335139°N 17.542639°E / 59.335139; 17.542639	Stockholm	1993	555	iii, iv (cultural)
Church Village of Gammelstad, Luleå		65°38′46″N 22°1′43″E / 65.64611°N 22.02861°E / 65.64611; 22.02861	Norrbotten	1996	762	ii, iv, v (cultural)
Engelsberg Ironworks		59°58′00″N 16°00′30″E / 59.96667°N 16.00833°E / 59.96667; 16.00833	Västmanland	1993	556	iv (cultural)
Hanseatic Town of Visby		57°38′30″N 18°17′45″E / 57.64167°N 18.29583°E / 57.64167; 18.29583	Gotland	1995	731	iv, v (cultural)
High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago		63°18′00″N 21°18′00″E / 63.30000°N 21.30000°E / 63.30000; 21.30000	Västernorrland	2000 (extended 2006)	898	viii (natural)	Shared with Finland
Laponian Area		67°20′00″N 17°35′00″E / 67.33333°N 17.58333°E / 67.33333; 17.58333	Norrbotten	1996	774	iii, v, vii, viii, ix (mixed)
Mining Area of the Great Copper Mountain in Falun		60°36′17″N 15°37′51″E / 60.60472°N 15.63083°E / 60.60472; 15.63083	Dalarna	2001	1027	ii, iii, v (cultural)
Naval Port of Karlskrona		56°10′00″N 15°35′00″E / 56.16667°N 15.58333°E / 56.16667; 15.58333	Blekinge	1998	871	ii, iv (cultural)
Rock Carvings in Tanum		58°42′04″N 11°20′28″E / 58.70111°N 11.34111°E / 58.70111; 11.34111	Västra Götaland	1994	557	i, iii, iv (cultural)
Royal Domain of Drottningholm		59°19′23″N 17°53′00″E / 59.32306°N 17.88333°E / 59.32306; 17.88333	Stockholm	1991	559	iv (cultural)
Skogskyrkogården		59°16′32″N 18°05′58″E / 59.27556°N 18.09944°E / 59.27556; 18.09944	Stockholm	1994	558	ii, iv (cultural)
Struve Geodetic Arc			Norbotten	2005	1187	ii, iii, vi (cultural)	Shared with Belarus, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Norway, Russia and Ukraine
Varberg Radio Station		57°06′00″N 12°23′00″E / 57.10000°N 12.38333°E / 57.10000; 12.38333	Halland	2004	1134	ii, iv (cultural)

See also

In Spanish: Anexo:Patrimonio de la Humanidad en Suecia para niños