The best things to do in Jönköping: history

Ranked by the Sweden Herald newsroom and our readers, with the practical details you need.

1

Attraction

Bottnaryd's church

Go to see Anders Falck’s biblical paintings made directly on the church’s timber walls and ceiling.

Bottnaryd

2

Attraction

Gränna kyrka

See medieval objects saved from the 1889 fire inside a church built over the foundations of its 12th-century predecessor.

Gränna

3

Attraction

Hakarps church

See a 1694 church that incorporates parts of a stave church and a wood church built centuries earlier.

Huskvarna

4

Attraction

Huskvarna Church

Its Old Norse-style timber design, by the Husqvarna factory’s architect, is the reason to visit.

561 31 Huskvarna

5

Attraction

Rumlaborg

See the surviving earthworks of a fortress that once guarded an important route between Sweden and Denmark.

Huskvarna

6

Activity

Boxholm II

Take a two-hour trip on a wood-fired steamboat across Lake Sommen.

Tranås

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How this list is made

Ranked by the Herald score: recognition (guides, heritage, visitor numbers, the tourism boards), interest from abroad (English Wikipedia), what Sweden Herald readers rate and read, how recently the facts were checked, and the editors. Nothing a place pays changes its place in the list.

Updated 3 November 2026

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