This page covers lighthouses of Svealand in eastern Sweden in the counties of Östergötland and Södermanland. These counties face eastward on the Baltic Sea just to the south of the Stockholm area. 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). Aids to navigation in Sweden are maintained by the Swedish Maritime Administration (Sjöfartsverket). Many of the major lighthouses have resident attendents, and guided tours can often be arranged. The Swedish Lighthouse Society (Svenska Fyrsällskapet) works for the preservation of the lighthouses. 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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Lighthouses of Östergötlands län (Östergötland county)
Lighthouses of Södermanlands län (Södermanland county)
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Information available on lost lighthouses:
Notable faux lighthouses:
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Posted July 16, 2007. Checked and revised November 13, 2008. Lighthouses: 43. Site copyright 2008 Russ Rowlett and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.