Geology of Sweden

Sweden is part of the Fennoscandian Shield, an area of old crystalline and metamorphic rocks, consolidated during hundreds of millions of years. Common rocks are gneiss, granite, granodiorite, sandstone and marble. The overburden is mainly formed by numerous periods of glaciation and deglaciation. The most common soil type is till, covering about 75 % of the landscape.

Landscape with granite rocks at the swedish west coast - Ramsvik

Lamprophyre intrusions, Newry Igneous Complex, Late Palaeozoic

Nathalie Brandes - There Once Was a Goat Named Kåre—Over a

Swedish mines

The Alnö Carbonatite Complex, Central Sweden: Kresten, Peter

Geology trip Sweden, landscapes formed by natures force

Isotope values of the bioavailable strontium in inland

Maps and descriptions

Sweden's geological history