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Skogskyrkogården

Also known as Forest cemetery

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Location

Where it sits, and what is around it

Skogskyrkogården is about 8 km south of Stockholm. The nearest other World Heritage site is Royal Domain of Drottningholm, about 13 km away.

Nearest towns and cities

  • Stockholm · about 1,264,000 peopleabout 8 km north
  • Uppsala · about 133,000 peopleabout 70 km north
  • Nyköping · about 28,000 peopleabout 85 km south-west
  • Västerås · about 107,000 peopleabout 95 km north-west
  • Norrköping · about 89,000 peopleabout 130 km south-west
  • Gävle · about 69,000 peopleabout 160 km north
SkogskyrkogårdenRoyal Domain of Drottningholm5 km
The site is ringed; towns and other World Heritage sites are shown for context, and the dashed circle is the size of the site's area.

Nearby World Heritage sites

The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies

Map of Skogskyrkogården and the 5 nearest World Heritage sitesRoyal Domain of Drottningholm1Birka and Hovgården2Engelsberg Ironworks3Hanseatic town of Visby4Falun Copper Mountain5Skogskyrkogården
Markers: square cultural, circle natural, diamond mixed.

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