The Lighthouses of Southern Sweden

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This page shows the documentation of the Lighthouses of Southern Sweden. You can always click on the photo of the light to go to a specific (larger resolution) copy. Each lighthouse name is linked to (in our editorial opinion) the best reference site for that light.

I would like to include directions on how to get to these lights. If you know such data, could you eMail me and I'll post it here (with your choice of attribution.)

This list was built based on the list maintained by the Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society. ^[w8] My thanks to them for providing this basis for understanding.

Blekinge Län

SW 204	Utlængen ARLHS(SWE 406)	The light is located at the southern tip of Utlængen island.
SW 205	Fløtjen ARLHS(SWE 139)	Located on an island about 3.5 miles SW of Torhamn, SE coast of Sweden.

SW 206

Utklippan
ARLHS(SWE 072)

Located on a small island about 10 miles SE of Karlskrona. As you can see, the tower is a red cast-iron skeletal and mounted on a fort.

Photo courtesy Esbjörn Hillberg (Swedish Lighthouse Society) [fyr]

SW 207

Utklippan II

ARLHS(SWE 073)

SW 208

Laboratorieholmen
ARLHS(SWE 228)

Located at the NE tip of island of Stumholmen, SE coast of Sweden.

Photo courtesy Alex Trabas [liteslist]

SW 209	Rønneskær ARLHS(SWE 328)	Located on a small island about ½ mile southeast of the waterfront of Kuggeboda.
SW 210	Gåsfeten ARLHS(SWE 146)	Located on Gåsfeten, an islet about 6 km southwest of the Rönneby Hamn waterfront.

SW 211

Viskær
ARLHS(SWE 324)

Photo courtesy Esbjörn Hillberg (Swedish Lighthouse Society) [fyr]

SW 212

Tärnö
ARLHS(SWE 389)

Tärnö is a small island about 3 km south of Matvik and 7 km southwest of Karlshamn. The light is located on the highest point of the island.

SW 214

Hanö
ARLHS(SWE 027)

A white cylindrical brick tower located on the island of Hanö, off SE tip of Listerlandet peninsula, south coast of Sweden.

Photo courtesy Esbjörn Hillberg (Swedish Lighthouse Society) [fyr]

SW 215

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ARLHS(SWE 380)

Karlskrona

Photos courtesy Esbjörn Hillberg (Swedish Lighthouse Society) [fyr]

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ARLHS(SWE 213)

SSW 216

Hællevik
ARLHS(SWE 171)

Hällevik is a village about 8 km east of Sölvesborg. Located on the east side of the town.

Photo courtesy Alex Trabas [liteslist]

SW 217

Sillnæsudde
ARLHS(SWE 339)

Located on the SW side of the Listerlandet peninsula.

Photo courtesy Alex Trabas [liteslist]

SW 218

Lægerholmen
ARLHS(SWE 229)

Located on a small island about 3 km offshore and about 6 km southwest of Tredenborg; the island is a nature reserve.

Skåne Län

SW 219

Simrishamn
ARLHS(SWE 341)

Located on the waterfront of Simrishamn

Photos courtesy Esbjörn Hillberg (Swedish Lighthouse Society) [fyr]

SW 220

Stenshuvud
ARLHS(SWE 369)

Located on a cape about 8 km northwest of Simrishamn.

Photo courtesy bjaglin [Flickr]

SW 221

Sandhammaren
ARLHS(SWE 055)

A red cast iron pyramidal skeletal tower located at the SE corner of the Skane province.

Photos courtesy Esbjörn Hillberg (Swedish Lighthouse Society) [fyr]

SW 222

Ystad
ARLHS(SWE 077)

Ystad is the terminal for ferries to the Danish island of Bornholm and to Swinoujscie, Poland. The lighthouse is located on the traditional waterfront near the ferry terminal.

Photos courtesy Esbjörn Hillberg (Swedish Lighthouse Society) [fyr]

SW 223

Smygehuk
latitude 55° 20' 18" N longitude 13° 21' 9.4" E
ARLHS(SWE 355)

Located on the coastal highway about 1.5 km west of Smygehamn.

Photos courtesy Esbjörn Hillberg (Swedish Lighthouse Society) [fyr]

SW 224

Kullagrundet
ARLHS(SWE 036)

This is the southernmost Swedish lighthouse. Located in the Baltic about 3 km offshore from Smygehuk and 12 km southeast of Trelleborg.

Photo courtesy Alex Trabas [liteslist]

SW 225

Trelleborg
ARLHS(SWE 069)

This the oldest of many caisson lighthouses built to replace lightship stations on Sweden's coast. Located about 1.6 km south of the entrance to Trelleborg harbor.

Photo courtesy Christoph Müller [Flickr]

SW 226

Malmø Vågbrytarbank
ARLHS(SWE 272)

Located on a notorious rocky shoal just off the entrance to Malmö harbor, about 300 m west of the north breakwater.

Photo courtesy Olof Adell [Flickr]

SW 230

Malmö (Inre Hamn)
latitude 55° 36' 32.4" N longitude 12° 59' 47.9" E
ARLHS(SWE 045)

The light is now located on the Citadellsvågen at the intersection of the Hjälmarekajen quay.

Photo courtesy Izaeus Argazk [Flickr]

SW 227

Limhamn

ARLHS(SWE 261)

Hallands Län

SW 228

Lernacken
ARLHS(SWE 474)

This lighthouse is located a short distance north of the eastern end of the Oresund Bridge-Tunnel (E-20); it became obsolete after that crossing was completed in 1999.

Photo courtesy P1r [Flickr]

SW 229

Pinhætten
ARLHS(SWE 314)

Located in the Oresund about 2.5 km west of Barsebäckshamn.

Photo courtesy Alex Trabas [liteslist]

SW 232

Lightship Almagrundet

ARLHS(SWE 239)

SW 233

Falsterbo
ARLHS(SWE 008)

This is the oldest light in Sweden and is located at the Southernmost point in Sweden. It currently is on a golf course in an area well known for bird watching.

Photos courtesy Esbjörn Hillberg (Swedish Lighthouse Society) [fyr]

SW 233R

Falsterborev

This light protects boats from the reef ("rev") just off Falsterbo. It is the tallest light in Sweden and is located in the middle of the southern entrance to the Oresund, about 12 km southwest of Falsterbo and the same distance east of Stevns Klint, Denmark.

Photo courtesy Alex Trabas [liteslist]

SW 234

Skanør
ARLHS(SWE 345)

Located on the north breakwater of Skanör, a small port about 2.5 km north of Falsterbo.

Photo courtesy Olga [Flickr]

SW 235

Høllviken
ARLHS(SWE 197)

Located in the Oresund about 3 km west of Höllviken, an artificial harbor south of Malmö.

Photo courtesy Alex Trabas [liteslist]

SW 236

Vens Södra Udde
ARLHS(SWE 334)

Located in an open field near the southeastern end of the island, about 1 km southwest of Bäckviken.

Photo courtesy Alex Trabas [liteslist]

SW 237

Haken (Ven Island)
latitude 55° 54' 33.8" N longitude 12° 43' 27.8" E
ARLHS(SWE 168)

Photos courtesy Esbjörn Hillberg (Swedish Lighthouse Society) [fyr]

SW 238

Ven Island
latitude 55° 54' 52.6" N longitude 12° 40' 6.3" E
ARLHS(SWE 034)

Located at the end of the Fyrvägen near the northwestern tip of the island about 600 m northwest of Kyrkbacken.

Photo courtesy Alex Trabas [liteslist]

SW 239

Helsingborg
ARLHS(SWE 029)

This lovely and historic lighthouse welcomes travelers arriving in Helsingborg on Scandlines ferries from Helsingør, Denmark. Located at the south end of the main north mole at Helsingborg.

Photo courtesy Gloria Stevenson [Flickr]

SW 240

Svinbådan Fyr
ARLHS(SWE 067)

A sibling of the Tylögrund lighthouse, this tower is located on a shoal in the Oresund about 1.5 km off the coast at Viken.

You can buy this photo from marinas.com

SW 241

Hoøganæs Pier
ARLHS(SWE 193)

Located at the end of the breakwater mole at Högenäs.

Photo courtesy Alex Trabas [liteslist]

SW 242

Kullen
ARLHS(SWE 037)

This is the most powerful light in Scandanavia. It is located at the mouth of Oresund River, Kullaberg Peninsula, west coast of Sweden.

Photos courtesy Esbjörn Hillberg (Swedish Lighthouse Society) [fyr]

SW 243

Hallands Väderö
ARLHS(SWE 170)

Hallands Väderö is an uninhabited island in the Kattegat about 2.5 km in length and about 2.5 km off the end of the Bjare Peninsula. Passenger ferry transportation is available from Torekov. Located at the western tip of the island; accessible by easy hiking trails.

Photo courtesy Esbjörn Hillberg (Swedish Lighthouse Society) [fyr]

SW 244

Tylön
ARLHS(SWE 399)

Tylön is an unoccupied island just off a cape at Tylösand, about 10 km west of Halmstad. It is now a bird sanctuary.

Photo courtesy Sofia Nilsson [Flickr]

SW 245

Halmstad
latitude 56° 38' 54.9" N longitude 12° 50' 10.2" E

Located at the end of the long breakwater of Halmstad.

Photo courtesy Esbjörn Hillberg (Swedish Lighthouse Society) [fyr]

SW 246

Falkenberg

Located at the end of the main breakwater at Flakenhamn.

Photo courtesy Alex Trabas [liteslist]

SW 248	Tyløgrund	ARLHS(SWE 398)
SW 249	Løvstaviken	ARLHS(SWE 269)

SW 250

Morups Tånge
ARLHS(SWE 048)

Morups Tånge is a low peninsula projecting into the Kattegat about 8 km west of Falkenberg.

Photo courtesy Sune Frack [Flickr]

SW 251

Subbeberget (Varberg)
ARLHS(SWE 381)

Located on a promontory at the south side of the entrance to Varberg.

Photo courtesy Esbjörn Hillberg (Swedish Lighthouse Society) [fyr]

SW 252	Varberg (Skrivareklippen)	Located on an island in the entrance to Varberg harbor, about 1.5 km northwest of the Subbeberget Fyr.
SW 253	Varberg West Pier	ARLHS(SWE 419) Data implies this is a lost lighthouse.
SW 254	Fladen ARLHS(SWE 135)	This tower, a sibling of the Trubaduren lighthouse off Göteborg, replaced the lightship Fladen now on display at Göteborg. Located on a shoal in the open Kattegat about 6 miles south southwest of Nidingen.

SW 255

Nidingen
ARLHS(SWE 288, 289, 428)

Transportation for both day and overnight visitors is available from Gottskär on the mainland. Located in the Kattegat about 6 miles southwest of Gottskär.

Photo courtesy Jonas Karlsson [Flickr]

SW 256

SW 257

SW 258

Nidingen (1946)
ARLHS(SWE 290)

Photo courtesy Jonas Karlsson [Flickr]