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. Sweden is divided into 21 counties (län) and the counties are subdivided into townships and municipalities (kommuner). This page lists lighthouses of the greater Göteborg area in southwestern Sweden, including three municipalities in the southern part of the county of Västra Götaland: Göteborg, Öckerö, and Kungälv. This coast faces west on the Kattegat, the sound separating Sweden and Denmark. Göteborg (often known in English as Gothenburg) is the capital of the county, Sweden's second-largest city, and a major port; for centuries it has been Sweden's gateway to the Atlantic and a point of contact with the rest of Western Europe. 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). I'm indebted to Michel Forand for providing excellent information for this page, including information from one of the books in his collection: Viktoria Ask and Maria Sidén, Fyrguide från Kattholmen till Smygehuk (2000). ARLHS numbers are from the ARLHS World List of Lights. SV numbers are from the Sjöfarsverket light list (Fyrlista) as reported by the Swedish Lighthouse Society. Admiralty numbers are from volume C of the Admiralty List of Lights & Fog Signals. U.S. NGA List numbers are from Publication 116.
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Göteborg Municipality Lighthouses
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Öckerö Municipality Lighthouses
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Kungälv Municipality Lighthouses
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Information available on lost lighthouses:
Notable faux lighthouses:
Adjoining pages: North: Uddevalla Area | East: Lake Vänern | South: Halland | West: Jylland Northeast
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Posted April 9, 2007. Checked and revised April 20, 2025. Lighthouses: 40. Lightships: 1. Site copyright 2025 Russ Rowlett and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.