List of Catholic monasteries and convents in Sweden

This is a list of Catholic religious houses, both extant and dissolved, in Sweden, for both men and women.

A

B

D

E

F

  • Falun Abbey (extant): Bridgettines
  • Fogdö, see Vårfruberga

G

  • Grey Friar's Abbey, Stockholm (1270-1527): Franciscan monks
  • Gudhem Abbey (1052/1152 - 1529): nuns of unknown order; later Cistercian nuns
  • Gudsberga Abbey (1486–1527): Cistercian monks

H

J

  • Julita Abbey (aka Säby Abbey) (c. 1160 - 1527):[3] Cistercian monks
  • Jönköping Abbey

K

  • Kalmar Nunnery (1299-1505), Dominikan nuns, moved to Skänninge Abbey
  • Kastelle Abbey, Bohuslän:[2] Augustinian Canons
  • Kungahålla, formerly Konghelle, Bohuslän:[2] Franciscan friars
  • Krokek (not later than 1440 - not later than 1538): Franciscan friars
  • Kronobäck Hospital: hospital from 1292, at Kronobäck; under Knights Hospitallers from 1482 to 1529, when monastic parts demolished, and continued as secular hospital; date of closure nk

L

M

N

O

  • Örebro Priory: Carmelite friars
  • Öved Abbey, Skåne:[1] Premonstratensian canons

R

S

T

V

  • Vadstena Abbey (extant) (1384–1595; the mother house of the Bridgettine Order; renewed Bridgettine presence from 1935; first abbess appointed 1991): Bridgettines
  • Vårfruberga Abbey, previously known as Fogdö Abbey (12th century - 1527): Benedictine nuns until 1289, thereafter Cistercian nuns
  • Varnhem Abbey (c. 1150 - 1527): Cistercian monks
  • Vreta Abbey (c. 1099/1105 - 1582): Benedictine nuns until 1162, thereafter Cistercian nuns

Y

Notes

  1. part of Denmark until 1658
  2. under its Norwegian name, Båhuslen, part of Norway until 1658
  3. founded at Viby near Sigtuna; moved to Julita temp. Knut Eriksson (1167-95)
  4. Mariefred is Swedish for "Peace of Mary", or Pax Mariae in Latin
  5. daughter house of Vreta

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