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860 – Sala Silvergruva — Knektschaktet
Museum site - reconstructed headframe
Sala Silvergruva's oldest surviving shaft, now serving as the visitor lift entrance to the historic mine complex.
861 – Lovisagruvan
Operational mine
Active underground zinc and lead mine near Stråssa in Lindesbergs Municipality, operating since the mid-1990s.
851 – Norberg — Mimerlaven
Repurposed site - headframe and associated buildings
Sixty-four-metre concrete ore-processing headframe of 1960 in Norberg, closed in 1981 and now a landmark venue for an annual electronic music festival.
859 – Norberg — Mossgruvans lave
Mine core
Surviving headframe above a historic iron-ore shaft in Mossgruveparken, Norberg, within a preserved medieval mining landscape.
850 – Falu Gruva — Oscarslaven
Museum site - headframe and associated buildings
Forty-metre concrete headframe of 1970 standing over Falun's former main copper mine shaft, now part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
865 – Skottvångs Gruva
Museum site - headframe and associated buildings
Historic iron ore mine in Södermanland, now a heritage site with a museum, restored headframe, and summer visitor programme.
864 – Ställbergs gruva
Repurposed site - headframe and associated buildings
Former deep iron ore mine at Ställberg, now an active art and cultural centre in a well-preserved industrial complex.
868 – Kristinebergsgruvan
Operational mine
Active deep underground polymetallic mine at Kristineberg, Malå Municipality, with ore production since 1940; now reaching depths of 1,350 metres.
867 – Renstromsgruvan
Operational mine
Active underground polymetallic mine in the Boliden area, Skellefteå Municipality; Sweden's deepest mine, reaching 1,500 metres depth.
866 – Zinkgruvan
Operational mine
Active underground zinc, lead, copper and silver mine in continuous production since 1857, now operated by Boliden AB.