The Kingdom of Sweden (Sverige in Swedish) is the largest country of northern Europe, occupying the entire west coast of the Baltic Sea. Along with its lengthy coast Sweden has a distinguished lighthouse history and a good record of preserving its historic lights. The Swedish Lighthouse Society (Svenska Fyrsällskapet) works actively for the preservation of the lighthouses. Lake Vänern, in southern Sweden, is Europe's third largest lake (after Russia's Lakes Ladoga and Onega). The lake has the form of two large basins connected by a narrower passage. The larger eastern basin is called the Värmlandsjön and the smaller western basin is called the Dalbosjön. Overall the lake has a length of about 144 km (90 mi) and a maximum width of about 65 km (40 mi). The lake level is maintained at 44 m (144 ft) above sea level. Lake Vänern and its smaller neighbor Lake Vättern are linked by canals to form an inland waterway that connects Göteborg on the Kattegat to Mem on the Baltic Sea. Lake Vänern is connected to the Kattegat by the Göta Alv river and the Trollhätte Canal and to the Baltic (via Lake Vättern) by the Göta Canal. The listing on this page is counterclockwise around the lake starting at Kristinehamn at the northeast corner. The Swedish word for a lighthouse is fyr. The front light of a range is the nedrefyr (lower light) and the rear light is the övrefyr (upper light). Ö is an island, holme is an islet, skär is a skerry (a tiny island or rocky reef), sund is a strait (often between an island and the mainland), vik is a bay, hav is a sea, udde is a headland, and hamn is a harbor. Aids to navigation in Sweden are maintained by the Swedish Maritime Administration (Sjöfartsverket). ARLHS numbers are from the ARLHS World List of Lights; SV numbers are from the Sjöfarsverket light list (Svenska Fyrlista) as reported by the Swedish Lighthouse Society. Former Admiralty numbers are from volume C of the Admiralty List of Lights & Fog Signals (the Admiralty decided in 2014 to drop these lights from its listings). The lighthouses of the lake are not included on the NGA List. Special thanks to Alexander Trabas. He formerly had a page for the lake's lighthouses in his invaluable Online List of Lights. Because the Admiralty no longer lists the lights that page has been removed, but he has continued to make the individual photos available.
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North Coast (Värmland County) Lighthouses
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![]() Staviken Light, Värmlandsnäs, August 2022 Google Maps photo by Per Chr. |
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![]() Stångudden Light, Lurö, September 2014 SFA Creative Commons photo by Esbjörn Hillberg |
South Coast (Västra Götaland County) Lighthouses
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![]() Viknäsudde Light, Mariestad, June 2006 ex-Panoramio photo copyright Mika Siitonen; used by permission |
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![]() Fällholmen Övre Light, Fågelö, November 2017 SFA Creative Commons photo by Esbjörn Hillberg |
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Information available on lost lighthouses:
Notable faux lighthouses:
Adjoining pages: East: Lake Vättern | Southwest: Göteborg Area
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Posted September 3, 2007. Listings expanded January 2, 2009. Checked and revised April 13, 2025. Lighthouses: 56. Site copyright 2025 Russ Rowlett and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.