Sculptures of Swedish rulers

Sculptures of Swedish rulers have been created since the 17th century. Most of the Swedish royal sculptures are located in Stockholm. Many of these can be seen in the city center around Stockholm Palace, in Gamla stan, Riddarholmen, Kungsträdgården and Stadshusterassen. Uppsala and Rottneros Park have three sculptures each. Gothenburg, Karlskrona, Örebro and Halmstad have two sculptures each.

## List of sculptures

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Ruler

(incl. de facto rulers)

| Year  | Sculptor  | City  | Place  | Notes  | Coordinates

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Birger Jarl | 1854  | Bengt Erland Fogelberg | Stockholm | Birger Jarls Torg,
Riddarholmen |  | 59°19′30.38″N 18°3′49.87″E﻿ / ﻿59.3251056°N 18.0638528°E﻿ / 59.3251056; 18.0638528
Magnus Ladulås | 1984  | Rune Karlzon | Jönköping | Skolgatan  |  |
Torkel Knutsson | c. 1907
| Ville Vallgren | Vyborg, Russia  |  |  | 60°42′33″N 28°44′39″E﻿ / ﻿60.70917°N 28.74417°E﻿ / 60.70917; 28.74417
Margaret | 2006  | Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen | Roskilde, Denmark  | in front of ROV Center  | equestrian statue  |
Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson | 1865  | Carl Gustaf Qvarnström | Örebro | Stortorget |  | 59°16′19.3″N 15°12′45″E﻿ / ﻿59.272028°N 15.21250°E﻿ / 59.272028; 15.21250
Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson | 1916  | Christian Eriksson | Stockholm
Sunne kommun | Kornhamnstorg in Gamla stan
Rottneros Sculpture Park | See: sv:Bågspännaren | 59°19′22″N 18°04′17″E﻿ / ﻿59.32278°N 18.07139°E﻿ / 59.32278; 18.07139

59°48′06.31″N 13°07′19.52″E﻿ / ﻿59.8017528°N 13.1220889°E﻿ / 59.8017528; 13.1220889

Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson | 1932  | Christian Eriksson | Stockholm
Sunne kommun | outside Stockholm City Hall
Rottneros Sculpture Park |  |
Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson | 1919  | Karl Hultström | Falun | Kristine kyrka |  | 60°36′28″N 15°37′52″E﻿ / ﻿60.60778°N 15.63111°E﻿ / 60.60778; 15.63111
Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson | 1935  | Carl Eldh | Arboga | in front of Heliga Trefaldighetskyrka |  |
Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson | (1926)  | Carl Milles | Sunne kommun | Rottneros Sculpture Park |  | 59°48′06.31″N 13°07′19.52″E﻿ / ﻿59.8017528°N 13.1220889°E﻿ / 59.8017528; 13.1220889
Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson | 1936  | Stig Blomberg | Örebro | Armory in Örebro Castle |  | 59°16′26″N 15°12′55″E﻿ / ﻿59.27389°N 15.21528°E﻿ / 59.27389; 15.21528
Karl Knutsson | 1480s  | unknown artist  | Gripsholm Castle,
Mariefred | National Portrait Gallery | wood carving  | 59°15′22″N 17°13′09″E﻿ / ﻿59.25611°N 17.21917°E﻿ / 59.25611; 17.21917
Sten Sture the Elder | 1925  | Carl Milles | Uppsala | Kronåsen | See sv:Sten Sturemonumentet
equestrian statue  | 59°50′45.3″N 17°38′41.7″E﻿ / ﻿59.845917°N 17.644917°E﻿ / 59.845917; 17.644917
Sten Sture the Elder | 1489  | unknown artists  | Stockholm | in Storkyrkan | wood carving
See: sv:Sankt Göran och draken, Gamla stan | 59°19′33″N 18°04′13″E﻿ / ﻿59.32583°N 18.07028°E﻿ / 59.32583; 18.07028
Sten Sture the Elder | 1912  | unknown artists  | Stockholm | Köpmantorget, Österlånggatan  | bronze replica  | 59°19′30.39″N 18°4′24.87″E﻿ / ﻿59.3251083°N 18.0735750°E﻿ / 59.3251083; 18.0735750
Gustav Vasa | 1774  | Pierre Hubert L'Archevêque | Stockholm | in front of House of Nobility | First full-body statue of a ruler in Sweden  | 59°19′32.59″N 18°3′57.76″E﻿ / ﻿59.3257194°N 18.0660444°E﻿ / 59.3257194; 18.0660444
Gustav Vasa | 1864  | Carl Gustaf Qvarnström | Västerås | Vasa Park | bust
Västerås' first public sculpture  |
Gustav Vasa | 1827  | Bengt Erland Fogelberg | Uppsala | Courtyard, Uppsala Castle | bust  | 59°51′12″N 17°38′09″E﻿ / ﻿59.85333°N 17.63583°E﻿ / 59.85333; 17.63583
Gustav Vasa | 1903  | Anders Zorn | Mora | Morastrand |  |
Gustav Vasa | 1925  | Carl Milles | Stockholm | inside Nordic Museum |  | 59°19′44.8″N 18°5′37.2″E﻿ / ﻿59.329111°N 18.093667°E﻿ / 59.329111; 18.093667
Gustav Vasa | 1924  | Ida Matton | Gävle | Kvarnparken  |  |
Gustav Vasa | 1851  | Johan Tobias Sergel | Kalmar | Stadsparken at Kalmar Castle | bust  | 56°39′37.5″N 16°21′29.9″E﻿ / ﻿56.660417°N 16.358306°E﻿ / 56.660417; 16.358306
Eric XIV |  |  |  |  |  |
John III | 1982  | Per Nilsson-Öst | Hudiksvall | Harbor  |  |
Sigismund | 1644  | Clemente Molli | Warsaw | Castle Square  |  |
Charles IX | 1904  | John Börjeson | Gothenburg | Kungsportsplatsen | See sv:Karl IX:s ryttarstaty i Göteborg
equestrian statue  | 57°42′16.21″N 11°58′10.69″E﻿ / ﻿57.7045028°N 11.9696361°E﻿ / 57.7045028; 11.9696361
Charles IX | 1926  | Christian Eriksson | Karlstad |  |  |
Charles IX | 1998  | Anna Laaksonen | Nyköping | In front of Sörmland Museum | bust  |
Gustavus Adolphus | 1796  | Pierre Hubert L'Archevêque | Stockholm | Gustav Adolfs torg |  | 59°19′45.94″N 18°4′7.69″E﻿ / ﻿59.3294278°N 18.0688028°E﻿ / 59.3294278; 18.0688028
Gustavus Adolphus | end of 18th century  | Johan Tobias Sergel | Svartsjö Palace, Färingsö | Slottsparken  | marble  | 59°21′46″N 17°43′40″E﻿ / ﻿59.36278°N 17.72778°E﻿ / 59.36278; 17.72778
Gustavus Adolphus | 1856  | Bengt Erland Fogelberg | Bremen, Germany  | outside Bremen Cathedral | first casting
melted down c. 1942  | 53°04′31″N 8°48′32″E﻿ / ﻿53.07528°N 8.80889°E﻿ / 53.07528; 8.80889
Gustavus Adolphus | 1854  | Bengt Erland Fogelberg | Gothenburg | Gustav Adolfs torg | See sv:Gustav II Adolfs staty, Göteborg | 57°42′25.56″N 11°58′0.57″E﻿ / ﻿57.7071000°N 11.9668250°E﻿ / 57.7071000; 11.9668250
Gustavus Adolphus | 1992  | Bengt Erland Fogelberg | Turku, Finland | in front of Turku Hovrätt | only full-figure statue of a Swedish ruler in Finland  |
Gustavus Adolphus | 1992  | Bengt Erland Fogelberg | Tartu, Estonia | In front of main building of University of Tartu |  | 58°22′53.28″N 26°43′13.27″E﻿ / ﻿58.3814667°N 26.7203528°E﻿ / 58.3814667; 26.7203528
Gustavus Adolphus | 1928  | Otto Strandman | Tartu, Estonia | in front of main building of University of Tartu | replaced in 1992 by Fogelberg's statue  | 58°22′53.28″N 26°43′13.27″E﻿ / ﻿58.3814667°N 26.7203528°E﻿ / 58.3814667; 26.7203528
Gustavus Adolphus | 1911  | Harald Sörensen-Ringi | Sundsvall | Stora torget |  |
Gustavus Adolphus
and Christian IV of Denmark | 1952  | Edvin Öhrström | Halmstad | in front of Stadshuset  | Kungamötet (meeting of kings)  |
Gustavus Adolphus | 1952  | Axel Wallenberg | Borås | Stora Torget  | bust  |
Gustavus Adolphus | 1921  | Gösta Almgren | Luleå | Stadsparken | bust  |
Gustavus Adolphus | 1924  | Otto Strandman | Umeå | In front of Umeå rådhus | bust  |
Gustavus Adolphus | 1886  | Ludwig Brunow | Lützen, Germany  |  |  |
Gustavus Adolphus | 1932  |  | St. Peter, Minnesota, United States  | Gustavus Adolphus College | bust  | 44°19′25″N 93°58′18″W﻿ / ﻿44.3235555°N 93.971738°W﻿ / 44.3235555; -93.971738
Gustavus Adolphus
and Axel Oxenstierna | 1780s  | unknown  | Färingsö in Ekerö kommun | Park of Svartsjö Palace | Marble sculpture group, commissioned by Gustav III | 59°21′43.08″N 17°43′40.88″E﻿ / ﻿59.3619667°N 17.7280222°E﻿ / 59.3619667; 17.7280222
Christina | 1923  | Aron Sandberg | Stockholm |  |  |
Christina | 2000  | Thomas Frisk | Halmstad | Drottning Kristina-passagen  | bust  |
Charles X Gustav | 1896  | John Börjeson | Malmö | Stortorget |  | 55°36′22.08″N 13°0′0.88″E﻿ / ﻿55.6061333°N 13.0002444°E﻿ / 55.6061333; 13.0002444
Charles X Gustav | 1915  | Theodor Lundberg | Uddevalla | Kungstorget |  |
Charles X Gustav | 1917  | Gustaf Malmquist | Stockholm | in front of Nordic Museum |  | 59°19′45″N 18°05′37″E﻿ / ﻿59.32917°N 18.09361°E﻿ / 59.32917; 18.09361
Charles XI | c. 1700  | Bernard Foucquet | Stockholm | Courtyard of Stockholm Palace | unrealized project of Nicodemus Tessin the Younger | 59°19′37″N 18°04′18″E﻿ / ﻿59.32694°N 18.07167°E﻿ / 59.32694; 18.07167
Charles XI | 1897  | John Börjeson | Karlskrona | Stortorget |  | 56°9′38″N 15°35′9″E﻿ / ﻿56.16056°N 15.58583°E﻿ / 56.16056; 15.58583
Charles XI | 19th century  | John Börjeson | Stockholm | Courtyard of Stockholm Palace |  | 59°19′37″N 18°04′18″E﻿ / ﻿59.32694°N 18.07167°E﻿ / 59.32694; 18.07167
Charles XII | 1747, cast in 1749  | Jacques-Philippe Bouchardon | Stockholm | Stockholms Palace | bust  | 59°19′37″N 18°04′18″E﻿ / ﻿59.32694°N 18.07167°E﻿ / 59.32694; 18.07167
Charles XII | 1868  | Johan Peter Molin | Stockholm | Kungsträdgården |  | 59°19′48.08″N 18°4′19.93″E﻿ / ﻿59.3300222°N 18.0722028°E﻿ / 59.3300222; 18.0722028
Ulrika Eleonora |  |  |  |  |  |
Frederick I | 1767  | Jacques-Philippe Bouchardon (?)  | Stockholm | Kungsträdgården, since removed  | bust  |
Adolf Frederick |  |  |  |  |  |
Gustav III | 1808  | Johan Tobias Sergel | Stockholm | Skeppsbron | modeled 1793, cast 1799  | 59°19′36.29″N 18°4′29.9″E﻿ / ﻿59.3267472°N 18.074972°E﻿ / 59.3267472; 18.074972
Gustav III | 1923  | Johan Tobias Sergel | Gothenburg
Hällefors | Näckrosdammen, Göteborg
Mästarnas Park | bust  | 57°41′42.31″N 11°58′58.7″E﻿ / ﻿57.6950861°N 11.982972°E﻿ / 57.6950861; 11.982972
59°47′2.36″N 14°31′3.69″E﻿ / ﻿59.7839889°N 14.5176917°E﻿ / 59.7839889; 14.5176917
Gustav IV Adolf |  | Johan Tobias Sergel | Solna | Orangerimuseet | marble bust of Gustav IV Adolf as a child  |
Charles XIII | 1821  | Erik Gustaf Göthe | Stockholm | Kungsträdgården |  | 59°19′53″N 18°4′17″E﻿ / ﻿59.33139°N 18.07139°E﻿ / 59.33139; 18.07139
Charles XIII | 1902  | Johan Niklas Byström | Karlskrona | Hoglands park | marble  |
Charles XIV John | 1846  | Ludwig Schwanthaler | Norrköping | Karl Johans park |  | 58°35′40″N 16°11′4″E﻿ / ﻿58.59444°N 16.18444°E﻿ / 58.59444; 16.18444
Charles XIV John | 1854  | Bengt Erland Fogelberg | Stockholm | Slussplan |  | 59°19′19.01″N 18°4′23.89″E﻿ / ﻿59.3219472°N 18.0733028°E﻿ / 59.3219472; 18.0733028
Charles XIV John | 1875  | Brynjulf Bergslien | Oslo | in front of Royal Palace | equestrian statue  | 59°55′01″N 10°43′39″E﻿ / ﻿59.91694°N 10.72750°E﻿ / 59.91694; 10.72750
Charles XIV John | 1919  | Alfred Ohlsson | Örebro | Storgatan |  |
Charles XIV John | 1854  | Bengt Erland Fogelberg | Uppsala | Engelska parken | bust  | 59°51′16″N 17°37′44″E﻿ / ﻿59.85444°N 17.62889°E﻿ / 59.85444; 17.62889
Oscar I |  |  |  |  |  |
Charles XV | 1909  | Charles Friberg | Stockholm | Lejonslätten, Djurgården |  | 59°19′40″N 18°5′50″E﻿ / ﻿59.32778°N 18.09722°E﻿ / 59.32778; 18.09722
Oscar II | 1897  |  | Marstrand |  | bust  |

## Photo gallery

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* Folkungabrunnen in Linköping, by Carl Milles, 1927

* Birger Jarl in Stockholm, by Bengt Erland Fogelberg, 1854

* Torkel Knutsson in Vyborg, by Ville Vallgren, 1908

* Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson in Örebro, by Carl Gustaf Qvarnström, 1865, model

* Bågspännaren in Stockholm and Rottneros Sculpture Park, by Christian Eriksson, 1916

* St. George and the dragon in Stockholm, probably made in Burgundy, 1489

* Monument to Sten Sture the Elder in Uppsala, by Carl Milles, 1925

* Sten Sture the Elder, maquette for an unexecuted statue at Brunkebergstorg in Stockholm, by John Börjesson, 1870s

* Gustav Vasa in Stockholm, by Pierre Hubert L'Archevêque, 1774

* Gustav Vasa in Uppsala, by Bengt Erland Fogelberg, 1827

* Gustav Vasa, by Johan Tobias Sergel, 1851

* Sigismund column in Warsaw, by Clemente Molli, 1644

* Charles IX in Karlstad, by Christian Eriksson, 1926

* Charles IX in Nyköping, by Anna Laaksonen

* Charles IX in Gothenburg, by John Börjeson, 1904

* Gustavus Adolphus in Stockholm, by Pierre Hubert L'Archevêque, 1796

* Gustavus Adolphus in Gothenburg, by Bengt Erland Fogelberg, 1854

* Gustavus Adolphus in Tartu, by Bengt Erland Fogelberg, copy of the Gothenburg statue

* Gustavus Adolphus in Sundsvall, by Harald Sörensen-Ringi

* Gustavus Adolphus in Turku, by Bengt Erland Fogelberg, 1992

* Gustavus Adolphus in Lützen, by Ludwig Brunow, 1886

* Gustavus Adolphus in Stralsund town hall

* Gustavus Adolphus in St. Peter, Minnesota, 1932

* Charles X Gustav in Uddevalla, by Theodor Lundberg, 1915

* Charles XI in Karlskrona, by John Börjeson, 1897

* Charles XI by Bernard Foucquet, maquette, c. 1700

* Charles XIII in Stockholm, by Erik Gustaf Göthe, 1821

* Charles XIII in Karlskrona, by Johan Niclas Byström, 1902

* Charles XIV John in Stockholm, by Bengt Erland Fogelberg, 1854

* Charles XIV John in Oslo, by Brynjulf Bergslien, 1875

* Charles XV in Stockholm, by Charles Friberg, 1909

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