List of World Heritage Sites in Northern Europe

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has listed 35 World Heritage Sites in eight countries commonly called Northern Europe.  These countries are Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. 

Greenland is not included in this list even though it is linked with Denmark.  It is included in the List of World Heritage Sites in the Americas. The United Kingdom and Ireland are included in Western Europe even though they are sometimes listed in Northern Europe.

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Site; named after the World Heritage Committee's official designation
Location; at city, regional, or provincial level and geocoordinates
Criteria; as defined by the World Heritage Committee
Area; in hectares and acres. If available, the size of the buffer zone has been noted as well. A value of zero implies that no data has been published by UNESCO
Year; during which the site was added to the World Heritage List
Description; brief information about the site, including reasons for qualifying as an endangered site, if applicable

Sites

 Site Image  Location Criteria Areaha (acre) Year Description RefsAgricultural Landscape of Southern Öland150x150px|alt=  Cultural: (iv), (v) 2000Birka and Hovgården150x150px|alt= Cultural: {iii}, (iv) 1993Bronze Age Burial Site of Sammallahdenmäki150x150px|alt=  Cultural:(iii), (iv) 1999Bryggen150x150px|alt= Cultural: {iii} 1979Church Village of Gammelstad, Luleå150x150px|alt= Cultural:(ii), (iv), (v) 1996Curonian Spit150x150px|alt= Cultural:(v) 2000Engelsberg Ironworks150x150px|alt= Cultural:(iv) 1993Fortress of Suomenlinna150x150px|alt=  Cultural:(iv) 1991Hanseatic Town of Visby150x150px|alt= Cultural:(iv), (v) 1995High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago150x150px|alt= Natural:(viii) 2000Historic Centre of Riga Cultural:(i), (ii) ; buffer zone 1997Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn Cultural:(ii), (iv) ; buffer zone 1997Minor modification of boundaries in 2008.Jelling Mounds, Runic Stones and Church150x150px|alt=  Cultural: (iii) 1994Kernavė Archaeological Site (Cultural Reserve of Kernavė)150x150px|alt= Cultural:(iii), (iv) ; buffer zone 2004Kronborg Castle150x150px|alt=  Cultural:(iv) 2000Laponian Area150x150px|alt= Mixed:(iii), (v), (vii), (viii), (ix) 1996Mining Area of the Great Copper Mountain in Falun150x150px|alt= Cultural:(ii), (iii), (v) ; buffer zone 2001Naval Port of Karlskrona150x150px|alt= Cultural:(ii), (iv) 1998Old Rauma150x150px|alt=  Cultural:(iv), (v) ; buffer zone 1991Addition of the buffer zone in 2009 which had been established on a national level in 2003.Petäjävesi Old Church150x150px|alt=  Cultural:(iv) 1994Rock Art of Alta150x150px|alt= Cultural:{iii} 1985Rock Carvings in Tanum150x150px|alt= Cultural:(i), (iii), (iv) 1994150x150px|alt= Cultural:(iii), (iv), {v} 1980Extended in 2010 to include the circumference and name change from Røros Mining Town to the present name.Roskilde Cathedral150x150px|alt=  Cultural:(ii), (iv) ; buffer zone 1995Royal Domain of Drottningholm150x150px|alt= Cultural:(iv) 1991Skogskyrkogården150x150px|alt= Cultural:(ii), (iv) 1994Struve Geodetic Arc  Cultural:(ii), (iii), (vi) 2005Surtsey150x150px|alt= Natural:(ix) ; buffer zone 2008150x150px|alt= Cultural:(iii), (vi) 2004Urnes Stave Church150x150px|alt= Cultural:(i), (ii), {iii} 1979Varberg Radio Station150x150px|alt= Cultural:(ii), (iv) ; buffer zone 2004Vegaøyan — The Vega Archipelago150x150px|alt= Cultural:(v) ; buffer zone 2004Verla Groundwood and Board Mill150x150px|alt=  Cultural:(iv) ; buffer zone 1996Vilnius Historic Centre150x150px|alt= Cultural:(ii), (iv) 1994West Norwegian Fjords — Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord150x150px|alt= Natural:(vii), (viii) 2005

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References

*Northern
*Northern Europe
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