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Nyköping Castle
The tower brings together exhibitions on the castle’s history, including the Nyköping Banquet and its 19th-century prison.
Nyköpingshus, Vallgatan, Nyköpingkr kr
History museums in Södermanland
History museums in Södermanland: the 16 we have written up, ranked. Nyköping Castle, Swedish Tank Museum and Museispårvägen Malmköping top the list. One is free to visit. Updated November 2026.
History museums in Södermanland
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Swedish Tank Museum
See military vehicles that can travel on land and in deep water, with exhibits tracing their development from the early 20th century to today.
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Museispårvägen Malmköping
To see older trams used for museum traffic on a route between Malmköping and Hosjö.
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The Birka museum
See archaeological finds and models of Viking-age Birka alongside displays about people buried there.
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Östra Södermanlands Järnväg
Ride a roughly 100-year-old narrow-gauge steam train on the route linking Mariefred, Läggesta and Taxinge.
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F11 Museum
Visit to see how cameras and aircraft were used for Sweden’s Cold War reconnaissance missions.
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National Portrait Gallery of Sweden
See more than 800 portraits at Gripsholm Castle, including works spanning the collection’s history from the 16th century to the present.
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Julita skans
See Bäckström’s purpose-built open-air museum and the surviving period rooms that reflect his national-romantic vision of rural history.
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Museet Malmahed
The exhibition brings together the history of the regiment’s soldiers and the later gymnastics camps, with a register of conscripted soldiers and archival films.
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Dufweholms herrgård
Go to see the Åström family’s museums, including a folk museum and a corkscrew collection the manor describes as Sweden’s largest.
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Hälleforsnäs bruk
The digital guide connects the ironworks’ history to a walk of about 1.5 kilometres around the site.
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Hedenstedts taktegelmuseum
Go to compare roof-tile types and try laying 18th-century tiles at the museum's practice roof.
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Hembygdsmuseet Uppgården
Go to see the former post station alongside displays of everyday objects from Adelsö’s farming and household history.
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Irons museum at Malmköping
See a collection of about 1,500 old irons from 26 countries.
Landsvägsgatan 13
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Oxelösunds Järnvägsmuseum
The museum brings together Oxelösund’s railway history and historic vehicles, including a Jenbach locomotive and TGOJ passenger coaches.
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Sparreholms bilmuseum
See a collection of around 60 classic cars, including vehicles once owned by members of Sweden’s royal family.
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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.
We do not have enough reader ratings for these places yet, so for now the order rests on the outside signs and on how much the world looks for each place. Ratings will count once readers have given them.
Updated 7 November 2026
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