Rock Art in Sweden
Europe · 2 sites · ✦ 1 UNESCO
Sweden holds 2 documented rock art sites in this atlas. The oldest, Nämforsen Rock Carvings, dates back ~4,000–7,000 yrs. 1 is a UNESCO World Heritage site. 2 welcome visitors today.
Sites
Nämforsen Rock Carvings — Where the Ångerman river narrows into the Nämforsen rapids, Stone Age hunters pecked around 2,600 figures into the smoothed rocks of its islands and shores — elk above all, with boats, fish and human figures, accumulating from about 5000 to 1800 BC.
Rock Carvings in Tanum — Around the Swedish village of Tanumshede, thousands of Bronze-Age petroglyphs cover ice-polished granite outcrops.