The nation 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 covers lighthouses of the southeastern part of Stockholms Län (Stockholm County), from Sandhamn due east of Stockholm to Landsort in the south including the municipalities of Värmdö, Haninge, and Nynäshamn. This area is part of the maze of islands and waterways known as the Stockholm Archipelago. The many channels and passages require a large number of lighthouses but nearly all of them are located offshore or on isolated islands; only a few are easily accessible to the public. Lighthouses of the northern portions of the Stockholm Archipelago are described on the Stockholm Area page. 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), grund is a shoal or shallow, sund is a strait (often between an island and the mainland), vik is a bay, hav is a sea, udde is a headland, flod is a river, and hamn is a port or 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 (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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Värmdö Lighthouses
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Haninge Lighthouses
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Nynäshamn Lighthouses
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![]() Sankhällan Light, Nynäshamn, September 2018 SFA Creative Commons photo by Lasse Karlsson |
Information available on lost lighthouses:
Notable faux lighthouses:
Adjoining pages: North: Stockholm Area | South: Norrköping Area
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Posted July 16, 2007. Checked and revised February 6, 2025. Lighthouses: 47. Site copyright 2025 Russ Rowlett and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.