Regional sacred-site guide
Sacred sites in Västra Götaland
Explore 10 sacred places in Västra Götaland, Sweden, with a regional map and links to detailed site guides.
Traditions in Västra Götaland
Site types in Västra Götaland
Showing 1-10 of 10 sites in this regional guide
Ålleberg
Falköpings kommun, Västra Götaland, Sweden
Alleberg rises sharply from the Falbygden plain in western Sweden, a table mountain shaped by 150 million years of geology and inhabited, according to legend, by twelve...
Amundtorp Grave Field
Varnhem, Västra Götaland, Sweden
On the western slope of Billingen, overlooking Lake Hornborga, forty-two stone formations from the Iron Age Migration Period cluster across an open meadow....
Askeberga Stone Ship
Tidan, Västra Götaland, Sweden
Near the village of Tidan in Vastergotland, twenty-four boulders weighing up to thirty tonnes each stand arranged in an oval formation fifty-five metres long....
Ekornavallen
Falköpings kommun, Västra Götaland, Sweden
In the pastoral landscape between Falköping and Varnhem, a single burial ground holds monuments spanning four millennia....
Greby grave field
Grebbestad, Västra Götaland, Sweden
On a coastal hillside north of Grebbestad, more than two hundred Iron Age graves spread across the Bohuslan landscape, their burial mounds crowned by standing stones that...
Jättakullen Hällkista Dolmen
Vårgårda kommun, Västra Götaland, Sweden
Jattakullen rises from a hilltop between the Nossan river and the plains of Vastergotland, its fourteen-meter stone cist making it the largest hallkista in the entire...
Luttra passage grave
Falköpings kommun, Västra Götaland, Sweden
The Luttra passage grave sits in the Falbygden landscape of Vastergotland, where roughly two-thirds of all Sweden's passage graves are concentrated within a...
Styrdalen Valla Dolmen
Kållekärr, Västra Götaland, Sweden
The Valla Dos rises from a low hill on the island of Tjorn like a mushroom carved from granite, its capstone balanced on supporting stones for five millennia....
The rock carvings of Tanum
Sotenäs kommun, Västra Götaland, Sweden
Scattered across the Swedish landscape of Tanum are over 600 rock panels bearing tens of thousands of images carved between 1700 and 500 BCE....
Vrångstads Long Dolmen
Tanums kommun, Västra Götaland, Sweden
On a rocky hilltop near Bottna in Sweden's Tanum municipality, a twenty-three-meter-long dolmen with nine surrounding menhirs has anchored the landscape in ancestral...
Key questions
Västra Götaland sacred-site questions
- How many sacred sites are listed in Västra Götaland?
- This regional guide currently includes 10 sacred sites in Västra Götaland, Sweden.
- Which traditions are represented in Västra Götaland?
- The most represented traditions in the current guide include Celtic and Prehistoric, Indigenous.
- Can I view Västra Götaland sacred sites on a map?
- Yes. Switch to map view to compare the listed places, then open a site page for coordinates and visiting context.