Monuments in Sweden

A confident and eccentric goat farmer boldly proclaimed his honor with an inscription on this woodland stone.

According to legend, this structure was inspired by the Tower of Babel and built in a 19th-century industrialist's yard so he could walk his dogs without leaving home.

Celebrating the Swedish ship used in the first Arctic expedition to navigate through the Northeast Passage.

The signatures of esteemed colleagues of the physicists who stopped by to attend lectures.

A concrete mushroom that divided Stockholm residents for nearly a century.

The indecision over what to place in this square was immortalized with a plaque.

This millstone commemorates a gruesome tale that may have been the source of the city's name.

The standard measure of Lagom, a measure of what is enough.

The composer known as the "Swedish Mozart" arranged to be buried in an unusual spot.

This mysterious runestone embedded in a church wall is linked to the medieval cult of Saint Erik.

A large collection of ancient runestones decorates this university courtyard.

Dedicated to a song so popular the request to "Play Shoreline" became part of Swedish culture.

This homeless brass fox tugs at your heartstrings from the foot of a Stockholm bridge.

A steel paper plane is all that remains of a crashed aircraft that caused an amazingly small amount of damage.

20-foot tall lamp mumbles Swedish to celebrate the holidays.

Iron Age grave stones and Viking burials, a short drive from Gothenburg.