UNESCO World Heritage sites in Sweden

The World Heritage Committee has inscribed the following properties on the World Heritage List:

• 1991 Royal Domain of Drottningholm
• 1993 Birka and Hovgården
• 1993 Engelsberg Ironworks
• 1994 Rock Carvings in Tanum
• 1994 Skogskyrkogården
• 1995 Hanseatic Town of Visby
• 1996 Church Village of Gammelstad, Luleå
• 1996 Laponian Area
• 1998 Naval Port of Karlskrona
• 2000 / 2006 2006 High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago (jointly with Finland)
• 2000 Agricultural Landscape of Southern Öland
• 2001 Mining Area of the Great Copper Mountain in Falun
• 2004 Varberg Radio Station (Grimeton)

The Convention states that a World Heritage Committee "will establish, keep up-to-date and publish" a World Heritage List of cultural and natural properties, submitted by the States Parties and considered to be of outstanding universal value.

One of the main responsibilities of this Committee is to provide technical co-operation under the World Heritage Fund for the safeguarding of World Heritage properties to States Parties whose resources are insufficient.

States Parties can request international assistance under the Fund for the preparation of tentative lists and nomination forms, expert missions, training of specialized staff, and supply of equipment when appropriate; they can also apply for long-term loans and, in special cases, non-repayable grants. Requests must concern work necessary for the preservation of cultural or natural sites included in the World Heritage List or assistance to national or regional training centres.

Emergency assistance is also available under the Fund in the case of properties severely damaged by specific natural or man-made disasters or threatened with imminent destruction.

source: www.unesco.org