Built or owned by Swedes

Connected Sites: 6

Definition
Sites outside the current borders of Scandinavia that were built or owned by Swedish persons.

Map

Connected Sites

  • Riga
    Riga
    Latvia
    Inscribed: 1997
    3.54
    358
    15
    (1621-1710)
  • Stralsund and Wismar
    Stralsund and Wismar
    Germany
    Inscribed: 2002
    2.79
    222
    11
    Wismar (1632- 1803)and Stralsund (1653-1815)
  • Tallinn
    Tallinn
    Estonia
    Inscribed: 1997
    3.72
    372
    18

    "It was annexed by Sweden in 1561, and it was Swedish architects who were responsible for the reconstruction of the Toompea area after a disastrous fire in 1684 and for the addition of a system of bastions to the fortifications." (AB ev)
  • Rome
    Rome
    Holy See, Italy
    Inscribed: 1980
    4.58
    668
    13
    Santa Brigida is the Swedish national church in Rome - In 1513, Peder Månsson, later (1524) Bishop of Västerås in Sweden, erected a new church. It was officially granted to the Bishop of Uppsala by Pope Paul III (1534-1549). (Wiki)
  • Fortress of Suomenlinna
    Fortress of Suomenlinna
    Finland
    Inscribed: 1991
    2.91
    297
    7
    Second half of the 18th century
  • Forts and Castles Gold Coast
    Forts and Castles Gold Coast
    Ghana
    Inscribed: 1979
    2.87
    58
    8
    Cape Coast Castle (Carolusborg)