About Sweden

Exhibitions on three floor. On three floor of the building, the visitors will start go on a pilgrimage through Swedish history, the Viking era, the Middle Ages, the Thirty Years War, Sweden's "Age of Greatness", Swedish Carolinians and the 19th century . The second floor is devoted to the 20th century and e.g. the Swedish neutrality. On the ground floor Exhibit of the history and development of artillery through the ages.

'Junibacken is a world for children. The building is full of tales and mischief in Villekulla cottage and children’s stories where Sweden’s best-loved children’s characters come to life. The first place is the Storybook square, home to many of the best-loved figures in Swedish storybooks, elves and trolls, the children of Frostmofjället mountain, the famed detective, Ture Sventon and little Alfie Atkins. There is a Story train, bookshop and also a café and restaurant.'

Information bout the Royal Palace, The Royal Apartments, The Tre Kronor Museum, The Treasury and Gustav III's Museum of Antiquities.

Exhibitions of cultural history, food, textiles and interior furnishings.

Danish & Swedish Tourist Boards. The site contains following categories: Heritage & History, The Regions, Traditions, Culture, Events, Absolute Hot, Restaurants & City Life, Activities & Tours, Where to Book, Accommodations, Transportation & Cruises, Travel Facts, Brochures, Map

This site contains following categories: Introduction, Geography, People, Government, Economy, Communications, Transportation, Military and Transnational Issues

General facts and information about Holiday Traditions, Date/Time, Swedish National Anthem, Sweden History, Ice hotel in Sweden and Official Public Holidays.

Sweden.se is an official gateway for information about Sweden

Fact pages from Usenet newsgroup soc.culture.nordic. The site contain following items: Fact Sheet, General information, Economy, Geography, climate, vegetation, Government & its spending, Population, the Swedish language, Culture, Democratic traditions, Free access to official documents, The school system, History, A chronology of important dates, A list of Swedish monarchs, the medieval time, the consolidation of the state, toward democracy, War all around Sweden, social security, history of the Sweden-Finns, the native minorities, Main tourist attractions, Stockholm, Uppsala, Malmö, Göteborg, Gotland, The rest of Sweden, Swedish literature, Romanticism and Modernism, Scania, Skåne and Skåneland, Miscellaneous facts, Some marks in Scania's history, The Scania flag, Scania literature, Scania Culture, Scania Language, Membership in the European Union, Cooperation with Sjælland and the bridge over Öresund, A politically united region, International status, Books for learning Swedish

This site is running by Hans Högman. His site contains information about Swedish History and especially Swedish Military History. You will find information in English about Some facts about Swedish History (Swedish history, Old Swedish measurements and weights, The history of the Swedish monetary system, Swedish names of diseases in earlier times, Agricultural yields and years of famine, The great redistribution of land holdings, History and organization of the Church of Sweden, A civil Allotment System, The change of calendars, Swedish naming practices in earlier times, The Swedish Citizen's Codes, The Swedish Parliament, the Riksdag, The witch trial in Torsåker, Sweden 1675 and the clergyman Hornaues, Land ownership in earlier times - Farmers and Crofters, 'Statare'(Agricultural labourer receiving allowance), Swedish inventions, Map, Swedish counties, Map, Swedish provinces, Swedish Military History (A Summary of the Allotment System, Swedish Regiments during the days of the Allotment System, Rotas in the Allotment System, The many Swedish wars, Naval battles, Rota numbers in Närke-Värmland regiment 1812, The Navy, The Galley fleet, The History of the Karlberg War Academy, Swedish Military Research, Military ranks, Military terms). This site also contains information in English about e.g. some facts about Sweden, Genealogy in Sweden, Swedish/English dictionary - genealogy terms, Hans' genealogy research of his family and lot of more.

The Map of Kartbolaget is an interactive map. If you drag the mouse pointer over the map the county name will be displayed above the map. The site also contains two search boxes where you will be able to search for companies or maps, e.g. you will be able to search for a municipaltiy. There is also an interactive world map.

Search for places in Sweden. More than 57 000 searchable places exist in the gazetteer from the PC-atlases GIS.

In Swedish only. The Map of the Sweden Guide is an interactive map. Either you will click on the overview map or you start at start one of the Province locations or click on the headings ‘Reliefkartor över Sverige’ (Relief map of Sweden), Nationalparker (National Parks), Landskapskartor (Map of Provinces),

The SNA Map of Sweden is a map at scale 1:700,000 that is an interactive map where you can easily pan around by using the arrows on the map. Just click on the overview map.

A site of the University of Texas at Austin. Contains Country Maps (Political, Shaded Relief and Small Map) and Historical Maps.

An official cite of the municipality (local authority). Oops! This municipality obviously like to play hide and seek with the visitors, but you will find information in English under the heading ‘Turistinformation’. Here is information about Bengtfors in brief, Tourist Information, Brochures, Accommodation, Activities, Cottages, Events, Dining, Sights, Fishing guide and Right of public asses.

In Swedish only. Fröderyd was Lina Sandell’s childhood home which was the parsonage of her father, Jonas Sandell, pastor of the parish. Each room in the home spoke of piety and simplicity. As a young woman Lina accompanied her father on a boat trip to Gothenburg. In that voyage Jonas fell overboard and drowned before Lina's eyes. Two years later her mother also died. These tragedies inspired Lina Sandell to write her well loved hymns as Blott en dag (Day by Day) and Tryggare kan ingen vara (Children of the Heavenly Father). Lina Sandell vrote over 2,500 hymns.

This site is running by Dalarna Tourist Board Region Dalarna and EU structure fond. Dalarna.se/tourism comprises the municipalities of Avesta, Borlänge, Falun, Gagnef, Hedemora, Leksand, Ludvika, Malung, Mora, Orsa, Rättvik, Smedjebacken, Säter, Vansbro and Älvdalen. This site contains information in English about Activities, Places of interest, Events, Recommended excursions, Accommodation, Midsummer, Winter, Tourist information, Booking, Travel and Links.

The official Stockholm Guide. Contain following items: About Stockholm, Activities, Accommodation, Culture & Attractions, Dining & Nightlife, Surroundings, Shopping and Archipelago, Map, Events, Book Hotel online, The Stockholm Card and Stockholm Shop Online

The website is running by the Swedish Travel and Tourism Council. The site consists of information about Sweden as a travel destination. Contains of following topics: Where to go? What to do? Where to stay? Getting around, Map, Facts and figures, Swedish soul, Press, Travel Trade, Meeting Planner.