The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has listed 35 World Heritage Sites in eight countries commonly called Northern Europe. These countries are Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.[1]
Greenland is not included in this list even though it is linked with Denmark. It is included in the List of World Heritage Sites in the Americas. The United Kingdom and Ireland are included in Western Europe even though they are sometimes listed in Northern Europe.[2]
Site | Image | Location | Criteria | Area ha (acre) |
Year | Description | Refs |
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Agricultural Landscape of Southern Öland | Kalmar, Sweden |
Cultural: (iv), (v) |
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2000 | [5] | ||
Birka and Hovgården | Stockholm, Sweden 59°20′6.5″N 17°32′33.5″E / 59.335139°N 17.542639°E |
Cultural: {iii}, (iv) |
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1993 | [6] | ||
Bronze Age Burial Site of Sammallahdenmäki | Rauma (Lappi), Satakunta, Finland |
Cultural: (iii), (iv) |
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1999 | [7] | ||
Bryggen | Bergen, Hordaland, Norway 60°23′50″N 5°19′23″E / 60.39722°N 5.32306°E |
Cultural: {iii} |
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1979 | [8] | ||
Church Village of Gammelstad, Luleå | Norrbotten, Sweden 65°38′46″N 22°1′43″E / 65.64611°N 22.02861°E |
Cultural: (ii), (iv), (v) |
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1996 | [9] | ||
Curonian Spit | Neringa and Klaipėda district, Klaipėda County, Lithuania* and Zelenogradsky District, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia* 55°16′28″N 20°57′45″E / 55.27444°N 20.96250°E |
Cultural: (v) |
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2000 | [10] | ||
Engelsberg Ironworks | Västmanland, Sweden 59°58′00″N 16°00′30″E / 59.96667°N 16.00833°E |
Cultural: (iv) |
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1993 | [11] | ||
Fortress of Suomenlinna | Helsinki, Finland |
Cultural: (iv) |
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1991 | [12] | ||
Hanseatic Town of Visby | Gotland, Sweden 57°38′30″N 18°17′45″E / 57.64167°N 18.29583°E |
Cultural: (iv), (v) |
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1995 | [13] | ||
High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago | Västernorrland, Sweden* and Finland* 63°18′00″N 21°18′00″E / 63.30000°N 21.30000°E |
Natural: (viii) |
194,400 (480,000) | 2000 | [14] | ||
Historic Centre of Riga | Riga, Latvia 56°57′15″N 24°7′0″E / 56.95417°N 24.11667°E |
Cultural: (i), (ii) |
438 (1,080); buffer zone 1,574 (3,890) | 1997 | [15] | ||
Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn | Tallinn, Harju County, Estonia 59°26′0″N 24°44′0″E / 59.43333°N 24.73333°E |
Cultural: (ii), (iv) |
113 (280); buffer zone 2,253 (5,570) | 1997[nb 1] | [16] | ||
Jelling Mounds, Runic Stones and Church | Jelling, Vejle Municipality, Southern Denmark, Denmark |
Cultural: (iii) |
4.96 (12.3) | 1994 | [17] | ||
Kernavė Archaeological Site (Cultural Reserve of Kernavė) | Kernavė, Širvintos district, Vilnius County, Lithuania 54°53′16″N 24°49′50″E / 54.88778°N 24.83056°E |
Cultural: (iii), (iv) |
194 (480); buffer zone 2,455 (6,070) | 2004 | [18] | ||
Kronborg Castle | Helsingør, Capital Region, Zealand, Denmark |
Cultural: (iv) |
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2000 | [19] | ||
Laponian Area | Norrbotten, Sweden 67°20′00″N 17°35′00″E / 67.33333°N 17.58333°E |
Mixed: (iii), (v), (vii), (viii), (ix) |
940,000 (2,300,000) | 1996 | [20] | ||
Mining Area of the Great Copper Mountain in Falun | Dalarna, Sweden 60°36′17″N 15°37′51″E / 60.60472°N 15.63083°E |
Cultural: (ii), (iii), (v) |
43 (110); buffer zone 3,500 (8,600) | 2001 | [21] | ||
Naval Port of Karlskrona | Blekinge, Sweden 56°10′00″N 15°35′00″E / 56.16667°N 15.58333°E |
Cultural: (ii), (iv) |
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1998 | [22] | ||
Old Rauma | Rauma, Satakunta, Finland |
Cultural: (iv), (v) |
29 (72); buffer zone 142 (350) | 1991[nb 2] | [23][24] | ||
Petäjävesi Old Church | Petäjävesi, Central Finland, Finland |
Cultural: (iv) |
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1994 | [25] | ||
Rock Art of Alta | Alta, Finnmark, Norway 69°57′0″N 23°11′0″E / 69.95000°N 23.18333°E |
Cultural: {iii} |
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1985 | [26] | ||
Rock Carvings in Tanum | Västra Götaland, Sweden 58°42′04″N 11°20′28″E / 58.70111°N 11.34111°E |
Cultural: (i), (iii), (iv) |
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1994 | [27] | ||
Røros Mining Town and the Circumference | Røros, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway 62°34′26″N 11°23′8″E / 62.57389°N 11.38556°E |
Cultural: (iii), (iv), {v} |
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1980[nb 3] | [28] | ||
Roskilde Cathedral | Roskilde, Region Zealand, Zealand, Denmark |
Cultural: (ii), (iv) |
0.40 (0.99); buffer zone 1.50 (3.7) | 1995 | [29] | ||
Royal Domain of Drottningholm | Stockholm, Sweden 59°19′23″N 17°53′00″E / 59.32306°N 17.88333°E |
Cultural: (iv) |
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1991 | [30] | ||
Skogskyrkogården | Stockholm, Sweden 59°16′32″N 18°05′58″E / 59.27556°N 18.09944°E |
Cultural: (ii), (iv) |
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1994 | [31] | ||
Struve Geodetic Arc | Belarus*, Estonia*, Finland*, Latvia*, Lithuania*, Moldova*, Norway*, Russia*, Sweden* and Ukraine* | Cultural: (ii), (iii), (vi) |
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2005 | [32] | ||
Surtsey | Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland 63°18′11″N 20°36′8″W / 63.30306°N 20.60222°W |
Natural: (ix) |
3,370 (8,300); buffer zone 3,190 (7,900) | 2008 | [33] | ||
Þingvellir National Park | Bláskógabyggð, Iceland 64°15′14″N 21°2′14″W / 64.25389°N 21.03722°W |
Cultural: (iii), (vi) |
9,270 (22,900) | 2004 | [34] | ||
Urnes Stave Church | Luster, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway 61°18′0″N 7°20′0″E / 61.30000°N 7.33333°E |
Cultural: (i), (ii), {iii} |
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1979 | [35] | ||
Varberg Radio Station | Halland, Sweden 57°06′00″N 12°23′00″E / 57.10000°N 12.38333°E |
Cultural: (ii), (iv) |
109 (270); buffer zone 3,854 (9,520) | 2004 | [36] | ||
Vegaøyan — The Vega Archipelago | Luster, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway 65°37′0″N 11°45′0″E / 65.61667°N 11.75000°E |
Cultural: (v) |
103,710 (256,300); buffer zone 28,040 (69,300) | 2004 | [37] | ||
Verla Groundwood and Board Mill | Kouvola (Jaala), Kymenlaakso, Finland |
Cultural: (iv) |
23 (57); buffer zone 80 (200) | 1996 | [38] | ||
Vilnius Historic Centre | Vilnius, Lithuania 54°41′12″N 25°17′35″E / 54.68667°N 25.29306°E |
Cultural: (ii), (iv) |
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1994 | [39] | ||
West Norwegian Fjords — Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord | Luster, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway 62°7′0″N 7°10′0″E / 62.11667°N 7.16667°E |
Natural: (vii), (viii) |
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2005 | [40] |