Number 1Attraction
Älvkarleby church
See the 1490 altar cabinet, with the Madonna at its centre, inside a late-medieval church.
Älvkarleby
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Number 1
Number 2Attraction
Marma church
The red-brown ceiling and Einar Forseth’s altarpiece are the church’s distinctive features.
Älvkarleby
Number 3Attraction
Skutskär church
See the church’s flower-painted interior and its neo-Gothic architecture.
Skutskär
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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