Malmö Castle (Malmöhus) was founded in 1434 by King Eric of Pomerania. This structure was demolished in early 16th century. ...
Kärnan is a medieval tower, the only part remaining of a larger Danish fortress which controlled the entrance to the Baltic ...
Gripsholm Castle is regarded as one of Sweden's finest historical monuments. A fortress was built at the location around 1380 ...
For over 700 years Örebro Castle has kept a watchful eye on everyone crossing the bridge on the River Svartån. The oldest p ...
Uppsala Castle is a 16th century royal castle in the historical city of Uppsala. Throughout much of its early history, the ca ...
Kastellet is a small citadel located on the islet Kastellholmen. The first fortification on the location was built in 1667 de ...
The so-called Powder Tower (Kruttornet) is the oldest monument in Visby. It was built in the 12th century to protect the harb ...
Bohus Fortress construction began in 1308 under King Haakon V Magnuson, king of Norway from 1299 until 1319. At the time Bohu ...
Skansen Kronan is a redoubt built in the later half of the 17th century according to the plans of Erik Dahlberg. Skansen Kron ...
Borgholm Castle is today only a ruin of the fortress that was first built in the second half of the 12th century and many tim ...
The City wall of Visby (Swedish: Visby ringmur) is an old medieval defensive wall surrounding the city. The building of rin ...
Linköping Castle is Sweden"s oldest profane building. The oldest part, west wing, dates from the 12th century. Curr ...
The first defensive construction, a round tower, was built on Kalmarsund in the 12th century concurrently with the harbour. A ...
Carlsten is a stone fortress built on the orders of King Carl X of Sweden following the Treaty of Roskilde, 1658 to protect t ...
Vadstena Castle was originally built by King Gustav I in 1545 as a fortress to protect Stockholm from enemies from the south. ...
Vaxholm Castle was originally constructed by Gustav Vasa in 1544 to defend Stockholm against shipborne attacks from the east, ...
Varberg Fortress was built in 1287-1300 by count Jacob Nielsen as protection against his Danish king, who had declared him an ...
Västerås Castle was built in the 13th century. The castle taken over by Gustav Vasa was in poor condition after battles and ...
Brynolf Algotsson, Bishop of Skara, laid the foundations for a fortified castle in Läckö in 1298 originally as a fo ...
Alnarp Castle was originally built in the 12th century. In 1325 Alnarp came into the possession of a knight named Anders Pede ...