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Historic sights in Sweden

Places where the past is the point: palaces, churches, ruins and open-air museums.

Historic sights in Sweden

The Vasa Museum, StockholmNumber 1
Museum

The Vasa Museum

1.2 million visitors a year

Galärvarvsvägen 14kr kr

Nordiska museet, StockholmNumber 4
Museum

Nordiska museet

Swedish heritage listed building since 1971, 238,000 visitors a year

Djurgårdsvägen 6-16kr kr

Falun Mine, GävleborgNumber 6
Museum

Falun Mine

A Unesco World Heritage site

Skoklosters slott, UppsalaNumber 7
Attraction

Skoklosters slott

86,000 visitors a year, A listed heritage building

Skokloster

Kulturen, LundNumber 8
Activity

Kulturen

234,000 visitors a year

Arbetets museum, NorrköpingNumber 12
Activity

Arbetets museum

200,000 visitors a year

Laxholmen, 60221kr

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How this list is made

The historic sights and museums with a page in our Travel section, across all of Sweden, ranked by the Herald score: recognition, what visitors around the world look for, what our readers rate and what our editors know. At most 4 from one city or region, so the list covers the country. Nobody can pay to be on it.

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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