| This page lists lighthouses of the greater Göteborg area in southwestern Sweden, including four municipalities in the southern part of the county of Västra Götaland: Tjörn, Stenungsund, Kungälv, and Göteborg. This coast faces west on the Kattegat and the Oresund, sounds separating Sweden and Denmark. Scania, the southernmost county of Sweden, also faces south and southeast on the Baltic Sea. The Swedish word for a lighthouse is fyr. The front light of a range is the nedrefyr (lower light) and the rear light is the övrefyr (upper light). Aids to navigation in Sweden are maintained by the Swedish Maritime Administration (Sjöfartsverket). Many of the major lighthouses have resident attendents, and guided tours can often be arranged. The Swedish Lighthouse Society (Svenska Fyrsällskapet) works for the preservation of the lighthouses. I'm indebted to Michel Forand for providing excellent information for this page, including information from one of the books in his collection: Viktoria Ask and Maria Sidén, Fyrguide från Kattholmen till Smygehuk (2000). ARLHS numbers are from the ARLHS World List of Lights. SV numbers are from the Sjöfarsverket light list (Fyrlista) as reported by the Swedish Lighthouse Society. Admiralty numbers are from volume C of the Admiralty List of Lights & Fog Signals. U.S. NGA List numbers are from Publication 116. What's Hot: |
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![]() Pater Noster Fyr Bohusläns Museum photo by Börje Andersson |
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![]() Gäveskär Fyr; U. S. Navy photo |
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Posted April 9, 2007. Lighthouses: 54. Lightships: 1. Site copyright 2007 Russ Rowlett and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.