Activity
Huseby Bruk
Visit to see an estate that Visit Sweden describes as a snapshot of life around its ironworks about a century ago.
Grimslöv
Historic sights in Kronoberg
Museum
Lilla Björka
Visit to connect Wägner’s former home with her work for peace, women's rights and the environment.
Museum
IKEA Museum
Go to trace how IKEA's products and business ideas developed from its beginnings in Älmhult.
Älmhult
Activity
Lessebo handpappersbruk- Hand Paper Mill
See how paper is made by hand from rags in a mill with a history of paper production dating back to 1719.
Lessebo
Activity
Linnés Råshult
Go to see Carl von Linné’s birthplace in a preserved 18th-century setting.
Älmhult
Museum
Kosta Glassworks
Go to explore glass design through KostaBoda’s named collections and pieces, including work by Bertil Vallien and Matti Klenell.
Museum
IKEA Museum
Go to follow how IKEA’s products and ideas developed, from furniture sales to the hot dog as a low-price model.
Museum
The Swedish Glass Museum
Go to see Swedish glass history alongside contemporary studio glass and current exhibitions.
Växjö
Museum
Funeral Museum in Ljungby
See how customs around death and funerals were practised in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Ljungby
Activity
Legendary places
Explore places in Småland where local folklore is linked to nature and cultural heritage.
Ljungby
Museum
Bergdala glastekniska museum
See and handle glassworking machines, including a semi-automatic bottle-blowing machine and four etching machines.
kr
Attraction
Glasblåsning
Try shaping glowing glass yourself with a master glassblower guiding you.
Kosta
Museum
Unnaryds Bonadsmuseum
See the world’s largest collection of southern Swedish bonad paintings.
kr
Museum
Miniworld
Go to drive a model train yourself among miniature versions of Småland and its railway past.
LJUNGBY
Museum
Bus and Technology Museum
Go to see veteran buses alongside a broad collection of vehicles, machinery and recreated 1950s settings.
Annerstad
Museum
Museum of Hunting and Humanity
Go to see how the story of Sweden’s history and the changing organisation of hunting are presented together.
Lagan
Museum
Sagomuseet i Ljungby
To hear Småland's oral storytelling tradition and find the marked places connected with its tales.
Ljungby
Museum
Totalförsvarsmuseum i Delary
The museum brings together exhibits on military history and a Cold War-era defence supply depot in southern Sweden.
Älmhultkr
Museum
Cliff Burton Museum
To see exhibits about Burton’s career and visit the fan memorial stone in Dörarp.
Lagan
Museum
Kulturparken Småland
Go to explore Småland’s glassmaking history and its collections, including a digital museum with more than 100,000 objects.
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.
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Updated 7 November 2026
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