Spiritual sights in Sweden

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   Grave Mounds

   • Uppsala, Sweden
   • Sights › Spiritual

   The seat of Western culture, according to Olof Rudbeck’s 1679 book Atlantica, was Sweden: specifically, Gamla Uppsala. Rudbeck (1630–1702), a scientist, writer and all-around colourful character, amassed copious evidence proving that Gamla Uppsala was, in fact, the mythical lost city of Atlantis. In retrospect, this seems unlikely. But the spot, 4km north of the modern city, is a fascinating attraction nevertheless. One of Sweden’s largest and most important burial sites, Gamla Uppsala contains around 300 mounds from the 6th to 12th centuries. The earliest and most impressive are three huge grave mounds. Legend has it they contain the pre-Viking kings Aun, Egil and…

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   Riddarholmskyrkan

   • Stockholm, Sweden
   • Sights › Spiritual

   With its dramatic iron spire stabbing at the sky, Riddarholmskyrkan (on Riddarholmen) is a Stockholm icon. Built by Franciscan monks in the late 13th century and expanded in the mid-15th century, it has been the final resting place of Swedish monarchs since the burial of the mighty Gustav II Adolf in 1632; his marble sarcophagus lies in the Gustavian chapel.

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3. Frösöns Kyrka

   • Östersund, Sweden
   • Sights › Spiritual

   The restored, late-12th-century Frösöns kyrka features a distinctive separate bell tower.

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