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ID#6344 Alskog Labyrinth
- Categories:
- Historic Monument; Public Open Space
- Availability:
- Public
- Situation:
- Outdoor
- Portability:
- Permanent
Photo: Jeff Saward/Labyrinthos
- Address:
- Alskog, Gotland
Sweden view map - Directions/notes:
- Situated amongst trees on the south side of the road, c.375 metres NE of Alskog Church. Previously very overgrown, the labyrinth has recently (2015) been restored.
- Web:
- http://
- Schedule:
- Always open
- Type:
- Classical
15-circuit, 16-wall. - Material:
- Stones
- Builder:
- Mr. Lindren, a local schoolteacher
- Size:
- 18 metres diameter
- Date installed:
- 1860's
ID#5105 Parsifal
- Categories:
- Artistic Installation; Private Garden or Property; Tourist Attraction
- Availability:
- By appointment
- Situation:
- Outdoor
- Portability:
- Permanent
Tankegangen is a place for contemplation and soul searching.
- Address:
- Olastorpsvagen 97
Bastad 26995
Sweden view map - Directions/notes:
- Olastorps newly created Tankegang, or path for thoughts, lies near Angalag between Bastad and Torekov at the western point of Cape Bjore, about 140km north of Copenhagen.
- Contact:
- Peter Ekelund
Phone: 0046 704228111
Email: pekelund@bakercapital.com - Web:
- http://bakercapital.com
- Schedule:
- Call for availability
- Private owners:
- Peter Ekelund is the owner
- Type:
- Contemporary
- Material:
- Siberian larch wood
- Designer:
- Ia schildt
- Builder:
- Jack the builder
- Size:
- 500 meter long in about 1 ha of land
- Date installed:
- June 2012
ID#6351 Bungemuseet
- Categories:
- Public Open Space
- Availability:
- Public
- Situation:
- Outdoor
- Portability:
- Permanent
Photo: Jeff Saward/Labyrinthos
- Address:
- Bunge Hagur 119
Bunge, Gotland 624 64
Sweden view map - Directions/notes:
- On the roadside verge opposite Bunge Church and the Bungemuseet Outdoor Museum
- Web:
- http://www.bungemuseet.se/welcome-to-the-bunge-museum
- Type:
- Classical
11-circuit, 12-wall - Material:
- Stones
- Size:
- 16 metres diameter
- Date installed:
- late 1970's?
ID#2780 Trojeborg
- Categories:
- Public Open Space
- Availability:
- Public
- Situation:
- Outdoor
- Portability:
- Permanent
Photo: Jeff Saward/Labyrinthos
- Address:
- Vastra Asgaten
Enkoping, Uppland
Sweden view map - Directions/notes:
- Situated alongside a track (Vastra Asgaten) leading up from the junction of Drottninggatan and Bangardsgatan. The labyrinth is a replica of the example, destroyed in 1883, originally situated north of the old churchyard in the town.
- Type:
- Classical
7 circuit, 8 walls. - Material:
- Rocks
- Size:
- c.8 metres
- Date installed:
- 1993
- GPS:
- 59 38 27.69° Lat.; 17 05 08.7° Long.
ID#7788 Hjorthålans Camping
- Categories:
- Camp Grounds and Recreation Facilities
- Availability:
- Public
- Situation:
- Outdoor
- Portability:
- Permanent
- Address:
- Hjorthålan 57
Eringsboda 37298
Sweden view map - Directions/notes:
- Keep the fence closed for the sheep!
- Contact:
- Dieter Dinkel
Phone: 0046 457-455031
Email: info@hjorthalan.se - Web:
- http://hjorthalan.se
- Schedule:
- Always open
- Type:
- Classical
7-circuit Trojaborg - Material:
- Outdoor Grass
- Designer:
- DD
- Builder:
- DD
- Size:
- 13.5 x 12 metres
- Date installed:
- May 2015
- GPS:
- 56.415972° Lat.; 15.209700° Long.
ID#6349 Bergmancentre
- Categories:
- Artistic Installation; Museum, Gallery or Visitor Centre
- Availability:
- Public
- Situation:
- Outdoor
- Portability:
- Permanent
Photo: Jeff Saward/Labyrinthos
- Address:
- Svens 1118
Faro, Gotland 624 66
Sweden view map - Directions/notes:
- Located behind the visitor centre at the Bergmancentre Museum on the island of Faro. The labyrinth was originally built by Harald Ahlman on the beach nearby c.1975, and was relaid in the ground of the Bergmancentre in 2012.
- Contact:
- Email: info@bergmancenter.se
- Web:
- http://bergmancenter.se/in-english
- Schedule:
- See website for schedule
- Admission:
- see website
- Type:
- Contemporary
Unusual double labyrinth design - Material:
- Stones
- Date installed:
- Originally created c. 1975, recreated 2012
ID#6345 Folhammar Labyrinths
- Categories:
- Public Open Space; Tourist Attraction
- Availability:
- Public
- Situation:
- Outdoor
- Portability:
- Permanent
Photo: Jeff Saward/Labyrinthos
- Address:
- Folhammar, Gotland
Sweden view map - Directions/notes:
- Situated beside the footpath, north of the limestone rock formations (rauks), approx. 450 metres NE of the car parking. Another overgrown labyrinth, visible c.50 metres further north, is possibly a little older.
- Web:
- http://
- Schedule:
- Always open
- Type:
- Other
Spirals with meandering extensions - large and complicated, a labyrinth in all senses! - Material:
- Stones
- Builder:
- Tourists and visitors
- Size:
- Currently covers an area more than 40 metres long
- Date installed:
- Started in the 1960's or 70's (?) and still growing!
ID#6352 Frojel Churchyard Labyrinth
- Categories:
- Church or Place of Worship; Historic Monument
- Availability:
- Public
- Situation:
- Outdoor
- Portability:
- Permanent
Photo: Jeff Saward/Labyrinthos
ID#2785 Troyenborgs Slott
- Categories:
- Historic Monument; Public Open Space
- Availability:
- Public
- Situation:
- Outdoor
- Portability:
- Permanent
Photo: Jeff Saward/Labyrinthos 2007
- Address:
- Storeborg, Gamlestaden
Goteborg, Vastergotland
Sweden view map - Directions/notes:
- Situated on the top of the Storeborg hill, overlooking Gamlestaden, east of Gamlestadsvagen, on the NE edge of Goteborg. NOTE: This labyrinth was obscured by fallen trees in 2007 - current situation uncertain.
- Type:
- Classical
7 circuit, 8 walls. - Material:
- Rocks
- Size:
- 11.7 metres
- Date installed:
- Unknown, but considered to be prehistoric or medieval
- GPS:
- 57 44 16.04° Lat.; 12 00 41.7° Long.
ID#2781 Trinneborgs Slott
- Categories:
- Historic Monument
- Availability:
- Public
- Situation:
- Outdoor
- Portability:
- Permanent
Photo: Jeff Saward/Labyrinthos
- Address:
- Ulmekarr
Grebbestad, Bohuslan
Sweden view map - Directions/notes:
- 600 m. N of Grebbestad, beside the Havstenssund road.
- Type:
- Classical
11 circuit, 12 walls. - Material:
- Rocks
- Size:
- c.13 metres diameter
- Date installed:
- Uncertain, but considered prehistoric or medieval
- GPS:
- 58 42 17.60° Lat.; 11 14 36.6° Long.
ID#2796 Grinstad Church
- Categories:
- Church or Place of Worship; Historic Monument
- Availability:
- Public
- Situation:
- Indoor
- Portability:
- Permanent
Photo: Jeff Saward/Labyrinthos
- Address:
- Grinstad, Dalsland
Sweden view map - Directions/notes:
- Fresco situated on a wall inside the church - one of the very few medieval type labyrinths to be found in Scandinavia.
- Web:
- http://www.labyrinthos.net/nordchurch1.htm
- Schedule:
- The church is usually locked, but a key is sometimes available at a nearby house to allow viewing of the church.
- Type:
- Medieval
11 circuit medieval type, but with various connection errors - Material:
- Wall fresco
- Size:
- c.1.0 metre diameter
- Date installed:
- Uncertain, but probably early 13th century.
- GPS:
- 58 37 24.60° Lat.; 12 30 38.0° Long.
ID#6354 Hablingbo Church
- Categories:
- Church or Place of Worship; Historic Monument
- Availability:
- Public
- Situation:
- Indoor
- Portability:
- Permanent
Photo: Jeff Saward/Labyrinthos
- Address:
- Hablingbo Kyrka
Hablingbo, Gotland
Sweden view map - Directions/notes:
- The large labyrinth fresco is on the internal west wall of the church tower and very obvious. A small graffito of a labyrinth 'seed pattern' on the adjacent south wall is more difficult to find.
- Web:
- http://
- Schedule:
- The church is usually open during daylight hours, especially during the summer months.
- Type:
- Classical
An unusual 19-wall design with an overlying figure on the right side of the design - Material:
- Fresco
- Size:
- 1 metre wide
- Date installed:
- late 14th to early 16th centuries.
ID#6340 Hallshuk Labyrinth
- Categories:
- Historic Monument; Public Open Space
- Availability:
- Public
- Situation:
- Outdoor
- Portability:
- Permanent
Photo: Jeff Saward/Labyrinthos
- Address:
- Hallshuk, Gotland
Sweden view map - Directions/notes:
- Situated amongst bushes and small trees on the cliff-top, NE of the track between Hallshuk harbour and the lighthouse.
- Web:
- http://
- Type:
- Classical
15-circuit, 16 wall - Material:
- Stone Labyrinth
- Builder:
- Lighthouse keepers
- Size:
- 16 metres diameter
- Date installed:
- Late 1800's
ID#6350 Holmudden Lighthouse
- Categories:
- Historic Monument; Public Open Space
- Availability:
- Public
- Situation:
- Outdoor
- Portability:
- Permanent
Photo: Jeff Saward/Labyrinthos
- Address:
- Holmudden, Faro, Gotland
Sweden view map - Directions/notes:
- Amongst the trees beside the track leading by the lighthouse down to the beach. Sometimes a little overgrown, but visitors keep it in reasonable condition
- Web:
- http://
- Type:
- Classical
15-circuit, 16-wall - Material:
- Stones
- Builder:
- Sten Sandelin and other local children
- Size:
- 14 metres diameter
- Date installed:
- 1917
ID#6877 Trojaborg
- Categories:
- Historic Monument; Public Open Space
- Availability:
- Public
- Situation:
- Outdoor
- Portability:
- Permanent
Photo: Kimberly Saward/Labyrinthos
ID#2779 Rosaring Stone Labyrinth
- Categories:
- Historic Monument
- Availability:
- Public
- Situation:
- Outdoor
- Portability:
- Permanent
Photo: Jeff Saward/Labyrinthos
- Address:
- Lassa parish, Uppland
Sweden view map - Directions/notes:
- The Rosaring labyrinth is situated in forest in Lassa parish, to the west of Bro. Located next to a number of stone burial mounds at the end of a ceremonial road, 540 metres long, the labyrinth is rather overgrown and difficult to see. Nearby are further two stone labyrinths, actually simple spirals, constructed by modern visitors.
- Type:
- Classical
15 circuit, 16 walls. - Material:
- Rocks
- Size:
- 15.9 x 14.6 metres
- Date installed:
- Unknown, first documented in 1746, but considered prehistoric or medieval
- GPS:
- 59 30 26.54° Lat.; 17 32 42.6° Long.
ID#2889 Ren Form
- Categories:
- Travelling Labyrinth
- Availability:
- By appointment
- Situation:
- Indoor
- Portability:
- Portable
Part of a pilgrimage in the labyrinth
- Address:
- Idrottsv 20
Lomma 23432
Sweden view map - Directions/notes:
- A travelling replica made on canvas, half-size, of the labyrinth in the cathedral of Chartres, France
- Contact:
- Maria Hamed Collinder
Phone: +46 704 615393
Email: maria@renform.com - Web:
- http://www.renform.com
- Schedule:
- Call for availability
- Admission:
- 100 SEK
- Type:
- Medieval
Chartres replica - Material:
- Canvas
- Builder:
- Ren Form
- Size:
- 7 x 7 m
- Date installed:
- 2002
ID#6878 Trojaborg
- Categories:
- Historic Monument; Public Open Space
- Availability:
- Public
- Situation:
- Outdoor
- Portability:
- Permanent
Photo: Kimberly Saward/Labyrinthos
ID#4953 Lund Cathedral
- Categories:
- Public Open Space
- Availability:
- Public
- Situation:
- Outdoor
- Portability:
- Permanent
- Address:
- Kyrkogatan 6
Lund 22222
Sweden view map - Directions/notes:
- Outside the Cathedral in Lund
- Contact:
- Phone: 046 35 88 63
Email: agneta.stenermark-nyberg@svenskakyrkan.se - Web:
- http://www.lundsdomkyrka.se/lunds-domkyrka/
- Schedule:
- Always open
- Type:
- Medieval
- Material:
- Brick/Paver
ID#6346 Trojborg Labyrinth
- Categories:
- Historic Monument; Public Open Space
- Availability:
- Public
- Situation:
- Outdoor
- Portability:
- Permanent
Photo: Jeff Saward/Labyrinthos
- Address:
- Majbacken, Gotland
Sweden view map - Directions/notes:
- Difficult to find, situated in a field in an area known as Majbacken, beside a dirt road between Garde and Alskog. The labyrinth is adjacent to a large Bronze Age mound. There is usually livestock in the field, but a marked track and stile provide access to the field.
- Web:
- http://
- Schedule:
- Always open
- Type:
- Classical
7-circuit, 8-wall - Material:
- Stones
- Size:
- 14.5 x 13.3 metres
- Date installed:
- c.1860?