Sweden’s churches, open to all – and 3 in 10 online too
Walk around the church interior on your screen, at your own pace – at home, in hospital or far away. More and more churches are becoming available online, and we gather them all here in one place.
Look around
Churches to step inside
A selection of churches where you can move around inside. The tour opens directly on the church’s page.
Lunds domkyrka
Lund Municipality · Skåne CountySee inside the church
Gustav Adolfs kyrka
Borås Municipality · Västra Götaland CountyVirtual walk-through
Kimstads kyrka
Norrköping Municipality · Östergötland CountyVirtual walk-through
Kummelby kyrka
Sollentuna Municipality · Stockholm CountyVirtual walk-through
Hakarps kyrka
Jönköping Municipality · Jönköping CountyVirtual walk-through
Onsala kyrka
Kungsbacka Municipality · Halland CountyVirtual walk-through
Söraby kyrka
Växjö Municipality · Kronoberg CountyVirtual walk-through
Sankt Nicolai kyrka
Nyköping Municipality · Södermanland CountyVirtual walk-throughWhy the site exists
A church can mean a great deal
Revisit a church
The church where you were baptised, got married or said goodbye. See it again, on your own or with someone who can no longer get there.
Prepare for a visit
Before a wedding, christening or funeral. See the room, the pews and the light before the day comes.
Accessibility
For anyone who finds it hard to get around, lives far away or is in hospital. The church should still be within reach.
Heritage for the future
The churches hold a thousand years of art, craftsmanship and history. Virtual tours document the interiors as they look today.
The whole country
Which county leads?
The share of each county’s churches in the register that have a virtual tour. The list changes every time a parish adds a tour.
- 1Östergötland County63%123 of 196 churches
- 2Kronoberg County49%48 of 98 churches
- 3Västmanland County47%33 of 70 churches
- 4Halland County42%50 of 119 churches
- 5Skåne County41%186 of 453 churches
- 6Blekinge County41%20 of 49 churches
- 7Jönköping County35%58 of 165 churches
- 8Södermanland County32%34 of 107 churches
- 9Västra Götaland County29%199 of 681 churches
- 10Stockholm County29%64 of 219 churches
- 11Västernorrland County29%26 of 91 churches
- 12Dalarna County22%17 of 77 churches
- 13Gävleborg County21%18 of 84 churches
- 14Uppsala County14%19 of 140 churches
- 15Jämtland County14%12 of 88 churches
- 16Västerbotten County13%12 of 95 churches
- 17Kalmar County11%13 of 121 churches
- 18Örebro County11%9 of 81 churches
- 19Värmland County7%7 of 105 churches
- 20Norrbotten County6%5 of 85 churches
- 21Gotland County3%3 of 97 churches
Background
Why I am building Svenskakyrkor.se
My mother was not particularly religious. Even so, the church was a place she liked to go to. She enjoyed simply being there, and the peace she found meant a great deal when life was hard.
In her final months she was often anxious. I wish I had seen the possibility then of letting her visit the church virtually.
Daniel, founder · Read the whole story