Haunted Places in Östergötland (157)

Explore 157 haunted places in Östergötland. Read the stories, see their scare rating and find your next ghost trip.

• 👻Scare 5/5 Skänninge execution site (Tivoliängen) Östergötland One of Sweden's most-excavated execution sites — used for ~600 years, eleven graves and a gallows ditch.
• 👻Scare 5/5 Abbey Garden — the Black Nun Östergötland In the abbey garden the Black Nun is said to glide along the wall at night — a nun who killed her child and never found rest.
• 👻Scare 5/5 The Gallows Hill at Kvarnbacken Östergötland The town gallows, in use 1400–1650. A 2005 dig uncovered ~25 executed young men — one with an iron hook driven through the skull.
• 👻Scare 4/5 Alvastra abbey ruin Östergötland A Cistercian abbey from 1143 where the monks' treasure is said hidden in the mountain — and where dusk walkers think they glimpse cowled figures.
• 👻Scare 4/5 Lake Sommen — the primal cow Sommakoa Östergötland The lake was made by the primal cow kicking open the rock; caged in a cave she eats one hair each Christmas Eve — then she breaks free.
• ⛪Scare 4/5 Bjälbo church & Ingrid Ylva Östergötland Birger Jarl's 'sorcery-wise' mother is said to have been walled in standing in a pillar — while she held her head high the dynasty would be spared.
• 👻Scare 4/5 Kårarp / the Gallows Hill (Eriksgata) Östergötland The district execution ground on the medieval royal road itself — with an Iron Age grave field, a hollow way and three runestones.
• 👻Scare 4/5 Högby old churchyard & the Högby stone Östergötland An abandoned churchyard and Östergötland's second-greatest runestone, naming the freeholder Gulle's five sons — all dead.
• 👻Scare 4/5 Kungshöga grave field Östergötland One of Sweden's larger Iron Age grave fields — 125 graves, judge-rings and standing stones, in use a thousand years.
• 👻Scare 4/5 Mount Omberg & Queen Omma Östergötland The mountain's mist-queen weeps in the Rödgavel cave so fog settles over Vättern — giants dwell in the rock and hurl stones at the churches.
• 👻Scare 4/5 Sverkersgården & the 1156 regicide Östergötland Here King Sverker the Elder was murdered by his own stable-hand on the way to Christmas matins in the dark — a memorial stone remains.
• 👻Scare 4/5 Lake Vättern — the lake-wight & the scornful laugh Östergötland A mute old man was foretold to drown by the seer at Fjuk; when he was found dead in the ice-hole, witnesses heard 'a ringing scornful laugh from the lake'.
• 👻Scare 4/5 St Olof's friary & Petrus de Dacia Östergötland At the vanished friary of the Black Friars, Sweden's first author wrote of the devil beating a mystic's head against the wall.
• 👻Scare 4/5 The Great Madhouse / Hospital Museum Östergötland Sweden's first madhouse (1757), built for the "wretched, insane and raving". Of its forgotten dead, only a single gravestone remains.
• 🛎️Scare 4/5 Vadstena Monastery Hotel Östergötland In the medieval abbey buildings — once a hospital, plague house and asylum — guests wake to a kindly old woman on the edge of the bed. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻Scare 4/5 Svaneholm castle ruin & the giant Garpe Östergötland A 14th-century castle on an islet where the giant Garpe lived with his dwarf and hound — his copper bridge glints in moonlight.
• 👻Scare 3/5 The old gallows ground at Åtvid Östergötland A former place of public execution marks this spot near Åtvid parish in Åtvidaberg. Executions were deliberately staged at the margins of a community, on ground like this rocky moraine, so the memory would linger as a warning. Registered in Fornsök as L2009:3155.
• 👻Scare 3/5 Execution site — Fornåsa Östergötland On the edge of Fornåsa parish in Motala lies a former place of public execution, one of the places where death sentences were once carried out in public. Set in wooded ground, little is left to see today, yet the ground itself carries a heavy past. It is recorded in Sweden's…
• 👻Scare 3/5 Gammalkil: a place of execution Östergötland Here, in wooded ground on the outskirts of Gammalkil parish (Linköping), stood a former place of public execution. The visible traces are faint, but this was a place of death, and its history clings to it still. Heritage id L2008:4865.
• 👻Scare 3/5 Gallows hill of Gärdserum Östergötland On the edge of Gärdserum parish in Åtvidaberg lies a former place of public execution, one of the places where death sentences were once carried out in public. Set in the surrounding countryside, little is left to see today, yet the ground itself carries a heavy past. It is…
• 👻Scare 3/5 The old gallows ground at Grebo Östergötland On the edge of Grebo parish in Åtvidaberg lies a former place of public execution, one of the places where death sentences were once carried out in public. Set in wooded ground, little is left to see today, yet the ground itself carries a heavy past. It is recorded in Sweden's…
• 👻Scare 3/5 Execution site — Hogstad Östergötland Here, in the surrounding countryside on the outskirts of Hogstad parish (Mjölby), stood a former place of public execution. The visible traces are faint, but this was a place of death, and its history clings to it still. Heritage id L2012:8107.
• 👻Scare 3/5 Källstad: a place of execution Östergötland On the edge of Källstad parish in Vadstena lies a former place of public execution, one of the places where death sentences were once carried out in public. Set in open farmland, little is left to see today, yet the ground itself carries a heavy past. It is recorded in Sweden's…
• 👻Scare 3/5 The old gallows ground at Källstad Östergötland Avrättningsplats – Källstad socken
• 👻Scare 3/5 Execution site — Kuddby Östergötland Avrättningsplats – Kuddby socken
• 👻Scare 3/5 Execution site — Kvillinge Östergötland Here, in wooded ground on the outskirts of Kvillinge parish (Norrköping), stood a former place of public execution. The visible traces are faint, but this was a place of death, and its history clings to it still. Heritage id L2011:2855.
• 👻Scare 3/5 The old gallows ground at Linköping Östergötland On the edge of Linköping parish in Linköping lies a former place of public execution, one of the places where death sentences were once carried out in public. Set in wooded ground, little is left to see today, yet the ground itself carries a heavy past. It is recorded in…
• 👻Scare 3/5 Lönsås: a place of execution Östergötland Avrättningsplats – Lönsås socken
• 👻Scare 3/5 Gallows hill of Motala Östergötland On the edge of Motala parish in Motala lies a former place of public execution, one of the places where death sentences were once carried out in public. Set in rocky moraine, little is left to see today, yet the ground itself carries a heavy past. It is recorded in Sweden's…
• 👻Scare 3/5 Execution site — Ödeshög Östergötland Avrättningsplats – Ödeshög socken
• 👻Scare 3/5 The old gallows ground at Ödeshög Östergötland On the edge of Ödeshög parish in Ödeshög lies a former place of public execution, one of the places where death sentences were once carried out in public. Set in rocky moraine, little is left to see today, yet the ground itself carries a heavy past. It is recorded in Sweden's…
• 👻Scare 3/5 Execution site — Östra Harg Östergötland On the edge of Östra Harg parish in Linköping lies a former place of public execution, one of the places where death sentences were once carried out in public. Set in rocky moraine, little is left to see today, yet the ground itself carries a heavy past. It is recorded in…
• 👻Scare 3/5 Rystad: a place of execution Östergötland This is a former place of public execution in the parish of Rystad parish, Linköping. For generations such grounds — set apart from the living, here among wooded ground — were where the condemned met their end, and few places in the landscape feel as charged. Listed as ancient…
• 👻Scare 3/5 Gallows hill of Sankt Per Östergötland A former place of public execution marks this spot near Sankt Per parish in Vadstena. Executions were deliberately staged at the margins of a community, on ground like this open farmland, so the memory would linger as a warning. Registered in Fornsök as L2009:9801.
• 👻Scare 3/5 Execution site — Skänninge Östergötland Avrättningsplats – Skänninge socken
• 👻Scare 3/5 Gallows hill of Skänninge Östergötland On the edge of Skänninge parish in Mjölby lies a former place of public execution, one of the places where death sentences were once carried out in public. Set in rocky moraine, little is left to see today, yet the ground itself carries a heavy past. It is recorded in Sweden's…
• 👻Scare 3/5 Skärkind: a place of execution Östergötland This is a former place of public execution in the parish of Skärkind parish, Norrköping. For generations such grounds — set apart from the living, here among the surrounding countryside — were where the condemned met their end, and few places in the landscape feel as charged.…
• 👻Scare 3/5 Skönberga: a place of execution Östergötland On the edge of Skönberga parish in Söderköping lies a former place of public execution, one of the places where death sentences were once carried out in public. Set in open farmland, little is left to see today, yet the ground itself carries a heavy past. It is recorded in…
• 👻Scare 3/5 The old gallows ground at Slaka Östergötland Avrättningsplats – Slaka socken
• 👻Scare 3/5 The old gallows ground at Styrstad Östergötland Avrättningsplats – Styrstad socken
• 👻Scare 3/5 Sund: a place of execution Östergötland Here, in wooded ground on the outskirts of Sund parish (Ydre), stood a former place of public execution. The visible traces are faint, but this was a place of death, and its history clings to it still. Heritage id L2010:3639.
• 👻Scare 3/5 Sund: a place of execution Östergötland Here, in wooded ground on the outskirts of Sund parish (Ydre), stood a former place of public execution. The visible traces are faint, but this was a place of death, and its history clings to it still. Heritage id L2010:3660.
• 👻Scare 3/5 The old gallows ground at Svanshals Östergötland Avrättningsplats – Svanshals socken
• 👻Scare 3/5 Gallows hill of Tjärstad Östergötland Avrättningsplats – Tjärstad socken
• 👻Scare 3/5 Gallows hill of Vadstena Östergötland This is a former place of public execution in the parish of Vadstena parish, Vadstena. For generations such grounds — set apart from the living, here among the surrounding countryside — were where the condemned met their end, and few places in the landscape feel as charged.…
• 👻Scare 3/5 Gallows hill of Vånga Östergötland Avrättningsplats – Vånga socken
• 👻Scare 3/5 Gallows hill of Västra Harg Östergötland Here, in open farmland on the outskirts of Västra Harg parish (Mjölby), stood a former place of public execution. The visible traces are faint, but this was a place of death, and its history clings to it still. Heritage id L2008:4540.
• 👻Scare 3/5 Execution site — Vreta kloster Östergötland On the edge of Vreta kloster parish in Linköping lies a former place of public execution, one of the places where death sentences were once carried out in public. Set in open farmland, little is left to see today, yet the ground itself carries a heavy past. It is recorded in…
• 👻Scare 3/5 The Child Murderer's Cross – Ödeshög's Haunted Glade Östergötland Some places carry stories so dark they seem etched into the ground. The Child Murderer's Cross, deep in the forests of Östergötland, is one such place.
• 🏥Scare 3/5 Bona Reformatory and Mental Hospital Östergötland A journey back in time. In the heart of the Östergötland countryside lies Bona, a place where time has stood still, but whose history still whispers through the abandoned buildings.
• ⛪Scare 3/5 Ekeby church & the Igelbäcken Östergötland Four runestones in the churchyard — and the church's first great bell said to lie giant-stolen in the brook nearby.
• 👻Scare 3/5 The Malexander murders (memorial) Östergötland In 1999 two police officers were shot dead with their own weapons in the forest at Malexander — a respectful memorial, not ghost entertainment.
• ⛪Scare 3/5 Malexander church Östergötland Trolls tore down the building each night until twin heifers chose the spot — by the shore of Lake Sommen.
• ⛪Scare 3/5 Rinna church Östergötland A church-warden spirit invisibly tore down at night what was built by day — the same motif as at Malexander.
• 👻Scare 3/5 Boxholm brickworks — the Giant's Grave Östergötland Under a triangular stone setting a giant is said to lie buried — a place shunned after dark for its 'haunting'.
• 🏰Scare 3/5 Brokind Estate Östergötland A haunted manor with the frightening presence of Barbro Påle. Among the scenic landscapes of Östergötland lies Brokind Estate, a place with a historical legacy spanning centuries.
• 🏰Scare 3/5 Ekenäs Castle Östergötland Welcome to one of Sweden's most haunted castles. Ekenäs Castle, located in Örtomta parish in the Linköping municipality, carries a dark and mysterious history that makes it a place filled with legends and chilling stories... 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻Scare 3/5 The old gallows ground at Vadstena Östergötland On the edge of Vadstena parish in Vadstena lies a former place of public execution, one of the places where death sentences were once carried out in public. Set in ground near water, little is left to see today, yet the ground itself carries a heavy past. It is recorded in…
• 👻Scare 3/5 Gallows hill of Nässja Östergötland A old burial ground linked to execution lore marks this spot near Nässja parish in Vadstena. Executions were deliberately staged at the margins of a community, on ground like this ground near water, so the memory would linger as a warning. Registered in Fornsök as L2011:1369.
• 👻Scare 3/5 The old gallows ground at Drothem Östergötland On the edge of Drothem parish in Söderköping lies a old burial ground linked to execution lore, one of the places where death sentences were once carried out in public. Set in wooded ground, little is left to see today, yet the ground itself carries a heavy past. It is recorded…
• 👻Scare 3/5 The old gallows ground at Gistad Östergötland Gravfält – Gistad socken
• 👻Scare 3/5 Kullerstad: a place of execution Östergötland Gravfält – Kullerstad socken
• 👻Scare 3/5 Gallows hill of Ekebyborna Östergötland Hög – Ekebyborna socken
• 👻Scare 3/5 Väversunda: a place of execution Östergötland Hög – Väversunda socken
• 👻Scare 3/5 Lis Jon of Fivelstad Östergötland In Fivelstad, outside Motala, there was a man named Lis Jon who lived during the first half of the 20th century. He was known as the local eccentric, lived in a small house near road 206 and made his living selling moonshine.
• 🏰Scare 3/5 Löfstad Castle Östergötland Where history echoes in every hall. Located in the beautiful Östergötland landscape, just outside Norrköping, Löfstad Castle stands as a living monument to Swedish history and the bygone days of the aristocracy. 🛏 Book a night here
• ⛪Scare 3/5 Veta church — the leper's squint Östergötland A hole in the chancel wall let criminals and the contagious follow Mass from outside — those not allowed in among the living.
• 👻Scare 3/5 Lost churchyard at Å Östergötland In Å parish, Norrköping, lies an abandoned churchyard — a burial ground left behind when its church fell out of use. Set in the surrounding countryside, the graves have largely returned to nature, but the dead were never moved. Recorded in Fornsök as L2009:1994.
• 👻Scare 3/5 The deserted graves of Bjälbo Östergötland In Bjälbo parish, Mjölby, lies an abandoned churchyard — a burial ground left behind when its church fell out of use. Set in the surrounding countryside, the graves have largely returned to nature, but the dead were never moved. Recorded in Fornsök as L2012:2649.
• 👻Scare 3/5 The deserted graves of Brunneby Östergötland Ödekyrkogård – Brunneby socken
• 👻Scare 3/5 The deserted graves of Grebo Östergötland Ödekyrkogård – Grebo socken
• 👻Scare 3/5 The deserted graves of Hägerstad Östergötland Ödekyrkogård – Hägerstad socken
• 👻Scare 3/5 Abandoned churchyard — Högby Östergötland In Högby parish, Mjölby, lies an abandoned churchyard — a burial ground left behind when its church fell out of use. Set in the surrounding countryside, the graves have largely returned to nature, but the dead were never moved. Recorded in Fornsök as L2011:926.
• 👻Scare 3/5 Abandoned churchyard — Högby Östergötland In Högby parish, Mjölby, lies an abandoned churchyard — a burial ground left behind when its church fell out of use. Set in the surrounding countryside, the graves have largely returned to nature, but the dead were never moved. Recorded in Fornsök as L2012:9873.
• 👻Scare 3/5 Horn: a forgotten burial ground Östergötland Ödekyrkogård – Horn socken
• 👻Scare 3/5 Abandoned churchyard — Klockrike Östergötland In Klockrike parish, Motala, lies an abandoned churchyard — a burial ground left behind when its church fell out of use. Set in the surrounding countryside, the graves have largely returned to nature, but the dead were never moved. Recorded in Fornsök as L2012:6252.
• 👻Scare 3/5 Abandoned churchyard — Krokek Östergötland In Krokek parish, Norrköping, lies an abandoned churchyard — a burial ground left behind when its church fell out of use. Set in the surrounding countryside, the graves have largely returned to nature, but the dead were never moved. Recorded in Fornsök as L2012:6482.
• 👻Scare 3/5 Kvarsebo: a forgotten burial ground Östergötland Ödekyrkogård – Kvarsebo socken
• 👻Scare 3/5 Abandoned churchyard — Norrköping Östergötland In Norrköping parish, Norrköping, lies an abandoned churchyard — a burial ground left behind when its church fell out of use. Set in the surrounding countryside, the graves have largely returned to nature, but the dead were never moved. Recorded in Fornsök as L2009:5415.
• 👻Scare 3/5 The deserted graves of Norrköping Östergötland In Norrköping parish, Norrköping, lies an abandoned churchyard — a burial ground left behind when its church fell out of use. Set in the surrounding countryside, the graves have largely returned to nature, but the dead were never moved. Recorded in Fornsök as L2009:6812.
• 👻Scare 3/5 Abandoned churchyard — Östra Ed Östergötland In Östra Ed parish, Valdemarsvik, lies an abandoned churchyard — a burial ground left behind when its church fell out of use. Set in the surrounding countryside, the graves have largely returned to nature, but the dead were never moved. Recorded in Fornsök as L2009:3990.
• 👻Scare 3/5 Abandoned churchyard — Risinge Östergötland Ödekyrkogård – Risinge socken
• 👻Scare 3/5 Lost churchyard at Rogslösa Östergötland In Rogslösa parish, Vadstena, lies an abandoned churchyard — a burial ground left behind when its church fell out of use. Set in the surrounding countryside, the graves have largely returned to nature, but the dead were never moved. Recorded in Fornsök as L2011:8644.
• 👻Scare 3/5 Lost churchyard at Rystad Östergötland This deserted churchyard near Rystad (Linköping) once surrounded a church now long gone. Among the surrounding countryside, only faint mounds and the quiet remain — the kind of place where the past feels very close. Recorded in Fornsök as L2011:8429.
• 👻Scare 3/5 Abandoned churchyard — Skänninge Östergötland This deserted churchyard near Skänninge (Mjölby) once surrounded a church now long gone. Among the surrounding countryside, only faint mounds and the quiet remain — the kind of place where the past feels very close. Recorded in Fornsök as L2011:9511.
• 👻Scare 3/5 Abandoned churchyard — Skänninge Östergötland In Skänninge parish, Mjölby, lies an abandoned churchyard — a burial ground left behind when its church fell out of use. Set in the surrounding countryside, the graves have largely returned to nature, but the dead were never moved. Recorded in Fornsök as L2011:9978.
• 👻Scare 3/5 Styra: a forgotten burial ground Östergötland An old, forgotten burial ground in the parish of Styra, Motala. When the church was abandoned the living moved on, but the churchyard stayed, hidden now in the surrounding countryside. Recorded in Fornsök as L2010:2117.
• 👻Scare 3/5 Lost churchyard at Väderstad Östergötland In Väderstad parish, Mjölby, lies an abandoned churchyard — a burial ground left behind when its church fell out of use. Set in the surrounding countryside, the graves have largely returned to nature, but the dead were never moved. Recorded in Fornsök as L2010:9779.
• 👻Scare 3/5 The deserted graves of Väderstad Östergötland This deserted churchyard near Väderstad (Mjölby) once surrounded a church now long gone. Among the surrounding countryside, only faint mounds and the quiet remain — the kind of place where the past feels very close. Recorded in Fornsök as L2010:9991.
• 👻Scare 3/5 Abandoned churchyard — Varv Östergötland Ödekyrkogård – Varv socken
• 👻Scare 3/5 Abandoned churchyard — Västra Stenby Östergötland An old, forgotten burial ground in the parish of Västra Stenby, Motala. When the church was abandoned the living moved on, but the churchyard stayed, hidden now in the surrounding countryside. Recorded in Fornsök as L2009:1951.
• 👻Scare 3/5 The deserted graves of Västra Tollstad Östergötland This deserted churchyard near Västra Tollstad (Ödeshög) once surrounded a church now long gone. Among the surrounding countryside, only faint mounds and the quiet remain — the kind of place where the past feels very close. Recorded in Fornsök as L2009:2026.
• 👻Scare 3/5 Vikingstad: a forgotten burial ground Östergötland Ödekyrkogård – Vikingstad socken
• 👻Scare 3/5 Hästholmen & S/S Per Brahe Östergötland A medieval harbour where the steamer Per Brahe sank in 1918 — 24 dead, among them the artist John Bauer and his family.
• ⛪Scare 3/5 Heda church Östergötland A giant built the church for the farmer's blood — saved only when the giant's name ('Påvel'/'Finn') was cried. The Madonna has seen 'eight hundred Christmas nights'.
• 👻Scare 3/5 The Rök stone & Rök church Östergötland The world's longest runic inscription — the stone itself is 9th-century legend, raised by a father over his dead son Vämod.
• 🏯Scare 3/5 Övralid Östergötland Does Heidenstam's spirit still linger in the manor? In Västra Ny parish, on a hill overlooking Lake Vättern, stands Övralid. Built between 1923 and 1925 by the Swedish Nobel laureate Verner von Heidenstam, Övralid was his home until his death in 1940.
• 👻Scare 3/5 Gallows hill of Gärdserum Östergötland Plats med tradition – Gärdserum socken
• 👻Scare 3/5 Gallows hill of Malexander Östergötland Here, in wooded ground on the outskirts of Malexander parish (Boxholm), stood a site long associated with executions. The visible traces are faint, but this was a place of death, and its history clings to it still. Heritage id L2011:5104.
• 👻Scare 3/5 Gallows hill of Norrköping Östergötland Here, in rocky moraine on the outskirts of Norrköping parish (Norrköping), stood a site long associated with executions. The visible traces are faint, but this was a place of death, and its history clings to it still. Heritage id L2009:6165.
• 👻Scare 3/5 Sjögestad: a place of execution Östergötland On the edge of Sjögestad parish in Linköping lies a site long associated with executions, one of the places where death sentences were once carried out in public. Set in wooded ground, little is left to see today, yet the ground itself carries a heavy past. It is recorded in…
• 👻Scare 3/5 Execution site — Slaka Östergötland Plats med tradition – Slaka socken
• 👻Scare 3/5 The old gallows ground at Vånga Östergötland A site long associated with executions marks this spot near Vånga parish in Norrköping. Executions were deliberately staged at the margins of a community, on ground like this wooded ground, so the memory would linger as a warning. Registered in Fornsök as L2010:9134.
• ⛪Scare 3/5 The Devil and the Cobbler at Old Regna Church Östergötland At old Regna church, the Devil raced a cobbler to stitch shoes — and his thread stretched all the way down to the churchyard slope.
• 👻Scare 3/5 Sisle Gråmunne and the Merchant's Contract, Regna Östergötland The merchant had promised himself to the Evil One once his stock was sold out — but there was one thing the Devil would never buy back.
• 👻Scare 3/5 The Thieves in the Earth-Dugout at Horngärdet, Västra Stenby Östergötland A pair of convicted pickpockets dug themselves three ells into the earth to escape exile — and hid stolen silver beneath the hearth.
• ⛪Scare 3/5 When the Church Cracked in Västra Stenby Östergötland In the midst of the sermon at the old man's funeral, the ground shook — pots leapt on the hearths and Västra Stenby church split open.
• ⚰️Scare 3/5 Old Fejer and the Contract in Svaveltorp, Norra Vi Östergötland Fejer of Svanshals could stanch blood and sap the strength from horses — and his secret demanded hidden rituals in the churchyard.
• 👻Scare 3/5 Froste of Harketorp and the Immovable Horses Östergötland His horses were fatter than anyone's — but no one could move them from the spot except Froste himself, said to be in league with the devil.
• ⛪Scare 3/5 Site of All Saints' church Östergötland The erased church: Gustav Vasa demolished it in 1552 and carted the brick to Vadstena Castle. The dead remain under the grass.
• 👻Scare 3/5 St Ingrid's convent ruin Östergötland A pilgrimage site around a saint never canonised — one sister said to have levitated in prayer, another to have bled from Christ's wounds.
• ⛪Scare 3/5 Church of Our Lady (the 'Garp' church) Östergötland You walk a floor of grave slabs over the German merchants — a church built on church upon church.
• 👻Scare 3/5 Execution site — Skärkind Östergötland On the edge of Skärkind parish in Norrköping lies a old burial ground linked to execution lore, one of the places where death sentences were once carried out in public. Set in wooded ground, little is left to see today, yet the ground itself carries a heavy past. It is recorded…
• 🛎️Scare 3/5 Stenkullen Inn — Sweden's Most Haunted Hotel? Östergötland Stenkullen Inn, located just north of Norrköping, is a place that both fascinates and frightens. The venerable house from 1858 is today one of Sweden's most legendary haunted hotels, and those who have had the privilege — or misfortune — of staying overnight bear witness to unexplained phenomena. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏰Scare 3/5 The Black and White Ladies at Charlottenborg Castle Östergötland On the bank of the Motala River rises Charlottenborg Castle, a building whose stone façades bear traces of centuries of life, death and unspoken secrets. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🛎️Scare 3/5 Vadstena Klosterhotell Östergötland Vadstena Klosterhotell är inrymt i byggnader som tillhör Vadstena kloster, grundat på 1300-talet enligt ordensregler utformade av Heliga Birgitta. Klosterområdet [...] 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏰Scare 3/5 Vadstena Castle Östergötland The Renaissance fortress where Duke Magnus, Gustav Vasa's mentally ill son, is said to have thrown himself from a window toward a mermaid in the moat. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻Scare 3/5 The Harbour / Lake Vättern Östergötland At bottomless Lake Vättern dwell the Neck and the Lake Wife — and in 1897 a monster is said to have risen from the depths off Vadstena.
• ⛪Scare 2/5 Sya church & the grave fields Östergötland Runestones and four Iron Age grave fields around a church by the Svartån — 1500 years of burials in unbroken succession.
• 👻Scare 2/5 Mjölby mill village & the Svartån falls Östergötland At the mill wheels and rapids the Neck belonged — the fiddler who lured people into the deep.
• 👻Scare 2/5 Öjebro stone-arch bridge Östergötland One of Sweden's longest stone-arch bridges over dark water — war raids in 1567 and a 'misspelled' royal inscription.
• ⛪Scare 2/5 Stora Åby church Östergötland A giant on Omberg could not bear the bell's ringing and hurled stones at the church — they lie still in the churchyard wall.
• 🏯Scare 2/5 Åbylund säteri Östergötland Ej att förväxla med Åbylunds säteri i Romfartuna socken Åbylund säteri är ett frälsesäteri i Strå socken i Vadstena kommun i Östergötlands län.
• 🏯Scare 2/5 Ållonö Östergötland Ållonö är ett slott och säteri i Östra Stenby socken i Norrköpings kommun.
• 🏯Scare 2/5 Bjärka-Säby slott Östergötland Nya Slottet Bjärka-Säby är ett slott i Vists socken, Hanekinds härad i Östergötland. Det är beläget i den mindre orten med samma namn (Bjärka-Säby), 2 mil sydöst om Linköping, resp.
• 🏰Scare 2/5 Bjärkaholm Östergötland Bjärkaholm var en medeltida borg uppförd någon gång mellan 1367 och 1370 av Bo Jonsson (Grip) på Bosholme (eller Bos Holme) i Stångån, ungefär en kilometer norr om nuvarande Bjärka-Säby i Östergötland.
• 🏯Scare 2/5 Björnsnäs Östergötland Björnsnäs är en herrgård invid Bråvikens innersta del i Åby i Kvillinge socken i Östergötland.
• 🏯Scare 2/5 Boo gård Östergötland Denna artikel handlar om Boo gård på Värmdön. Se även Boo slott i Närke och Kylehov, även kallat Bo i Östergötland.
• 🏯Scare 2/5 Borkhult Östergötland Borkhult är en herrgård belägen mellan sjöarna Borken, Östergötland, Såken och Yxningen i Östergötland. Borkhult är beläget i Yxnerums socken och Skärkinds härad.
• 🏯Scare 2/5 Braxstad Östergötland Braxstad är en herrgård i Östra Tollstads socken i Mjölby kommun i Östergötland. Godset omtalas första gången 1286.
• 🏯Scare 2/5 Herrborum Östergötland Herrborum (tidigare benämnd Herrboholm eller Härbärgarum) är en herrgård i Söderköpings kommun som ligger söder om Trännöfjärden, vid Basteviken i inre Sankt Annas skärgård.
• 🏯Scare 2/5 Hylinge Östergötland Hylinge är en herrgård i Söderköpings kommun. Hylinge ligger mellan Söderköping och Linköping, i Västra Husby socken. Det är känt sedan 1300-talet.
• 🏯Scare 2/5 Kolfall Östergötland Kolfall är en herrgård i Stjärnorps socken i Linköpings kommun i Östergötland, belägen på en höjd strax norr om sjön Roxen Gården är känd sedan början av 1600-talet.
• 🏯Scare 2/5 Kvarns herrgård Östergötland Kvarns herrgård (skrevs tidigare Qvarn) är en herrgård vid Kvarnsån i Motala kommun, Östergötland. Abraham Nyström ritade och uppförde Qvarns Herrgård år 1831.
• 🏯Scare 2/5 Kylehov Östergötland Kylehov eller Bo är en herrgård i Västra Hargs socken, Mjölby kommun.
• 🏯Scare 2/5 Lagerlunda Östergötland Lagerlunda är en herrgård i Linköpings kommun och ligger åtta kilometer väster om staden Linköping. Den tillhörde på 1500-talet släkten Stålhandske.
• 🏯Scare 2/5 Mauritzberg Östergötland Mauritzberg är ett slott på Vikbolandet i Norrköpings kommun (Östra Husby socken), Östergötlands län. Det hette tidigare Björsätter och kan dateras till början av 1500-talet.
• 🏯Scare 2/5 Mems slott Östergötland Mem (uttal: [mem]) är ett slott i Tåby socken, Norrköpings kommun, Östergötlands län. Slottet är beläget vid Göta kanals utlopp i Slätbaken, strax utanför Söderköping.
• 🏯Scare 2/5 Näs säteri Östergötland Denna artikel handlar om säteriet i Norrköpings kommun. För andra gårdar med namnet Näs, se Näs (olika betydelser) Näs är en herrgård i Östra Stenby socken i Norrköpings kommun.
• 🏯Scare 2/5 Norsholms herrgård Östergötland Norsholms herrgård ligger intill samhället Norsholm vid Motala ströms utlopp ur Roxen, nära Norsholms kanalstation och Östra stambanan.
• 🏯Scare 2/5 Renstad Östergötland Renstad (Rehnstad) är en gård belägen mitt på den bördiga östgötaslätten i Svanshals socken. Gården har en lång historia och finns omnämnd i början av 1600-talet.
• 🏰Scare 2/5 Skällviks borgruin Östergötland Skällviks borgruin är lämningarna av en medeltida borg på en udde i Slätbaken, ungefär en kilometer rakt väster om Skällviks kyrka i Östergötland.
• 🏯Scare 2/5 Skedevid Östergötland Skedevid är en egendom och slott i Tjärstads socken, Kinda kommun, Östergötlands län. Egendomen är belägen strax söder om Rimforsa.
• 🏯Scare 2/5 Slattefors Östergötland Slattefors är en herrgård i Landeryds socken i Östergötlands län, söder om Linköping vid Stångån och Kinda kanal.
• 🏯Scare 2/5 Söderö Östergötland Söderö är en herrgård i Kinda kommun. Söderö ligger vid södra ändan av sjön Ämmern. Det är bebyggt med en större manbyggnad av trä i två våningar från 1806-1807.
• 🏰Scare 2/5 Stegeborg Östergötland Stegeborgs slottsruin, även Stäkeborg, i Skällviks församling, Söderköpings kommun, Östergötland, är belägen på en ö i ett trångt sund vid viken Slätbaken.
• 🏰Scare 2/5 Stensö borg Östergötland Stensö borg är lämningarna efter en medeltida kastal och borg på Vikbolandet i Östra Husby socken, Norrköpings kommun.
• 🏯Scare 2/5 Sturefors slott Östergötland Sturefors (tidigare Thurefors) är ett slott och före detta fideikommiss i Vists socken, Linköpings kommun, Östergötland (Östergötlands län).
• 🏯Scare 2/5 Swenneby Östergötland Swenneby säteri (även skrivet Svenneby) är en herrgård i Örtomta socken, Östergötlands län och ligger cirka två mil öster om Linköping.
• 🏯Scare 2/5 Torönsborg Östergötland Torönsborg (eller Thorönsborg) är ett större gods i Söderköpings kommun. Torönsborg ligger i Sankt Anna socken, 33 kilometer sydost om Söderköping, på fastlandsområdet Torön.
• 🏯Scare 2/5 Valby Östergötland Valby eller Stora Wahlby är en herrgård i Väderstads socken, Mjölby kommun, som ligger tre kilometer nordost om Väderstad på östgötaslätten.
• 🗡️Scare 2/5 Varpa skans Östergötland Varpa skans var en medeltida skans norr om Huskvarna, som var anknuten till fästningen Rumlaborg, som anlades efter ett beslut av Albrekt av Mecklenburg 1366.
• 🏯Scare 2/5 Ysunda herrgård Östergötland Ysunda herrgård i Finspångs kommun ligger vid strömmen där sjön Åmlången övergår i Glan. Här vid strömmen anlades redan 1640 ett järnbruk som kom att drivas fram till 1872.
• 👻Scare 2/5 Town Hall Square & the Red Tower Östergötland Sweden's oldest surviving town hall, with a medieval jail cell below — and the Red Tower, all that remains of a church that burned in 1423.
• ⛪Scare 2/5 Abbey Church (the Blue Church) Östergötland Saint Birgitta's church, where relics rest in a red shrine — and where 2010 research showed the displayed "skull of Birgitta" is probably not hers.
• 👻Scare 2/5 Mårten Skinnare's House Östergötland The medieval stone house where a merchant founded a hospital for the poor and for pilgrims in 1519 — the cradle of Swedish psychiatric care.
• ⛪Scare 2/5 Västra Harg church Östergötland The church whose archive burned in 1797 — so the parish's legends live only by word of mouth. The three giant's stones lie in the lake beside it.

FAQ

How many haunted places are there in Östergötland?

Haunted Places lists 157 verified haunted locations in Östergötland, each with its story, a 1–5 scare rating and GPS coordinates.

What are the most haunted places in Östergötland?

Among the most notable in Östergötland: Skänninge execution site (Tivoliängen), Abbey Garden — the Black Nun, The Gallows Hill at Kvarnbacken.

What is the scariest haunted place in Östergötland?

Skänninge execution site (Tivoliängen) ranks among the scariest in Östergötland, rated 5/5 on our scare scale.

Can you stay overnight at haunted places in Östergötland?

Yes — 6 of the haunted places in Östergötland are hotels or inns you can book for an overnight stay. The rest are public sites you can visit.

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