Sweden naturist beaches

Almö - Ronneby/Karlskrona is a nudist-friendly beach in Sweden. Nudity is optional.

Stora Amundön is a hilly island off Askim on the southern edge of Gothenburg, inside the Stora Amundö and Billdal archipelago nature reserve. Its trails cross grassy, rolling ground and heath before reaching bare granite cliffs and boulders along the sea, and the island has small sandy coves, rock bathing and a larger bathing place at Drottningviken on the west side. The naturist area is set apart on the south-western point of the island. Like most of the Gothenburg coast it is rock rather than sand: bathers lie on the rocks and swim from them. A hilly trail of about 4.5 km circles the reserve, so reaching the point takes a walk. Travel writers describe it as a well-visited spot used by both experienced and first-time nude bathers, and the west-facing cliffs are a good place to watch the sunset. There is a public toilet but no kiosk, so bring food and drink.

Ardre - Gotland is a nudist-friendly beach in Sweden. Nudity is optional.

Baskarpbadet is a nudist-friendly beach in Sweden. Nudity is optional.

Bjuggöbadet is a nudist-friendly beach in Sweden. Nudity is optional.

Björnö - Björkvik is a nudist-friendly beach in Sweden. Nudity is optional.

Breviksbadet is Österåker municipality's largest sea bathing place. It is on the Trälhavet bay in Brevik, just outside Åkersberga in the Stockholm archipelago, and is a monitored EU bathing water. The main bathing area has generous lawns, rocks and a sandy beach, with a small café, a mini-golf course, a playground and an outdoor gym that opened in 2020. Österåker municipality's own listing states that a separate beach in the area is set aside for naturist bathing. The naturist beach shares the access, parking and toilets of the main bathing place. Two toilets are available, one of them accessible, and a handrail leads into the water at the main beach for visitors with limited mobility. We found no published description of the naturist beach's exact position, size or surface. Ask locally or look for signs on arrival.

Brunnsvikens naturist beach is a nudist-friendly beach in Sweden. Nudity is optional.

Ribersborgsstranden is Malmö's city beach, a man-made strip of pale sand running south-west from the Ribersborgs Kallbadhus towards Limhamn, with a broad grassy park between the sand and the city. Sand was first brought in from the Öresund in the 1920s and topped up again in the 1990s. Numbered wooden jetties (bryggor) run out into the shallow sound, and the naturist area sits towards the far south-western end, around jetty 10. Malmö city's own heritage page for the beach notes that a naturist bath lies along this south-western part. Travel guides say the nude zone has been in use since the late 1990s and was moved further along the beach for more privacy. One listing says white-painted stones mark its edges and that the jetty gives straight access to deeper water, while the sand in front stays shallow for a long way. Expect a mix of locals from the city, from regulars sunbathing on the jetty to swimmers who come down after work. The open, unshaded setting faces west across the Öresund towards Copenhagen and the bridge, so evenings bring long sunsets but also wind.

Dragonudden is a small point on Stöcksjö, a lake in the village of the same name just south-west of Umeå, and its beach has been used as a naturist bathing spot for many years. It is not a sea beach. It is a quiet lakeside spot rather than a big beach. The local naturist association, Föreningen Umenaturist, looks after the site under a maintenance agreement with Umeå kommun, which covers cleaning and upkeep. Reports mention a barbecue site, benches and toilets, but nothing more. There are no kiosk, lifeguard or rental services. The bathing season is short and the water stays cool even in July, but the long northern summer evenings make late swims popular. New housing has been built near the point in recent years. In 2017, SVT reported a dispute between naturists and some new neighbours who wanted to use the beach clothed. The municipality said the rules were unclear and suggested that dividing the beach could be one solution. Visitors should expect that clothed bathers may also be present.

Fjällnora is a municipal outdoor recreation area and nature reserve about 15 km east of Uppsala. Its old-growth forest lies between two rift-valley lakes, Trehörningen and Ramsen. The main family beach sits below the friluftsgård (lodge), which has a café and reception and is open all year. It has jetties, a diving tower, barbecue areas and a ramp with handrails into the water. The naturist bath is a separate, much smaller spot. Uppsala kommun's visitor leaflet places it on Ramsen, the quieter and less built-up of the two lakes. Naturkartan describes it as on a small point reached by following signs from the main beach. Expect a small grassy and sandy lakeshore rather than a beach, in a forest setting. The lake water is fresh and warms up in July. The area also has a dog beach, a camping site, canoe and rowing-boat hire, a high-ropes adventure course and marked walking trails, so the reserve is busy on summer weekends even though the naturist spot itself stays small.

Fönebo at Norra Dellen is a nudist-friendly beach in Sweden. Nudity is optional.

Getterön is a nudist-friendly beach in Sweden. Nudity is optional.

Glasbruksudden is a nudist-friendly beach in Sweden. Nudity is optional.

Gränsö is a nudist-friendly beach in Sweden. Nudity is optional.

Gustavsberg Strand is a nudist-friendly beach in Sweden. Nudity is optional.

Heden is Halmstad's designated nude bathing area, at the far southern end of Östra stranden, the six-kilometre sandy beach that runs south from the city along Laholm Bay. The nude section lies where the small river Fylleån reaches the sea, beside Hagön campsite and inside the Hagön nature reserve, roughly 6 km south of the town centre. The setting is open and low: a long, pale sand beach backed by dunes up to about 10 m high, with heathland and wet meadows behind that are kept open by grazing and heather burning; only a small pine and birch wood in the north of the reserve gives any shade. The water is very shallow for a long way out, which means it warms up faster than at Halmstad's deeper beaches and suits waders and children, though on windy days the bay can still produce currents. The tourist board notes that Heden has appeared several times on lists of Sweden's best naturist beaches. Paths through the reserve are informal trampled tracks rather than marked trails, and there are no services on the nude stretch itself; the campsite is the nearest place for supplies.

Herrfallet is a 125-hectare nature reserve on a gravel ridge that juts into the north shore of Lake Hjälmaren in Eskilstuna municipality, about 15 km from Arboga. Naturistriksförbundet, the Swedish naturist federation, lists a naturist bathing place here on its national map, linked to the regional club NF Mälardalen, which holds summer bathing days at Herrfallet. The reserve itself is mostly birch woodland with old pines along the ridge crest, some ten metres above the water, and a stand of large oaks; bluebells flower in spring and beavers have felled aspens along the shore. Its shores are mainly long, gently shelving natural sand, broken by stony and reedy stretches, and Hjälmaren is shallow and nutrient-rich, so the water warms early but is not clear. The reserve also holds a campsite with a summer restaurant, canoe hire and grill places, and its ordinary bathing areas are marked with orange buoys where motorboats are banned. Neither the county board nor the club gives a public description of the exact naturist spot, so the pin from the federation map is the best guide.

Hidevikens Naturist Beach is a nudist-friendly beach in Sweden. Nudity is optional.

Hökafältet is the official nude beach at the northern end of Mellbystrand, the long sandy shore of Laholm Bay about 7 km west of Laholm. The beach is split: the main Mellbystrand stretch is for clothed bathers and the northern part, close to Mellbystrands Camping, is set aside for nude bathing. Behind it lies the Hökafältet nature reserve, 417 hectares of dunes and pine forest between Mellbystrand and the mouth of the river Lagan; the pines were planted in the 1800s to stop drifting sand and now cover much of the old open dunes. The beach is fine sand and the bay is shallow, which makes it well suited to children, but the county board warns that strong currents and sudden changes in the seabed can occur on windy days, and the soft sand at the shifting river mouth can behave like quicksand. There are bins and a toilet but no drinking water. The local club Naturistföreningen Gränsbygden uses the beach as a meeting point. The area has a history of complaints about public sex in the dunes, which led Laholm municipality to review the beach in 2015-16.

Hölick is a nudist-friendly beach in Sweden. Nudity is optional.

Kalven Särö is a nudist-friendly beach in Sweden. Nudity is optional.

Kattholmen is a nudist-friendly beach in Sweden. Nudity is optional.

Killingsand Naturistbad is a nudist-friendly beach in Robertsfors, Västerbotten, Sweden. Nudity is optional. On-site amenities include restrooms, parking.

Knähakenbadet is Helsingborg's only naturist beach, run by the city as one of its public bathing sites. It sits a short way south of the city centre on the Öresund coast, in a bay below a fairly steep slope, and looks straight across the strait towards Denmark. The beach is about 200 metres of sand, running from the pier at Högastensgatan in the south to the stone pier of the small Knähaken fishing harbour in the north, with the grassy Råå vallar area beyond its southern end. The city provides a jetty, an accessible toilet, drinking water and a kiosk, and signs mark the naturist bathing area. The sea off the beach is part of the Knähaken marine nature reserve, Sweden's first municipal marine reserve (2001), known for its rich seabed life, so anchoring boats and collecting animals or plants are not allowed. It is one of the best-known nude beaches in Skåne and is used by local naturists as well as visitors; the rocks around the piers are popular for sunbathing and swimming straight into deeper water.

Korsholmen is a nudist-friendly beach in Sweden. Nudity is optional.

Kråkviken is a nudist-friendly beach in Sweden. Nudity is optional.

Källtorp Nude Beach is an unofficial nude bathing spot at the south-eastern end of Källtorpssjön, a small forest lake in the Nacka nature reserve about 6 km south-east of central Stockholm. Sunbathers use the flat rocks along the shore, and the lake water warms up well in summer. It is rocky, so there is no sand, and there are no public toilets. Another nude spot, PGs Udde, lies at the northern end of the same lake.

Kärsön is a small wooded island in Lake Mälaren on the western edge of Stockholm, joined by bridges to Bromma on the mainland side and to Lovön, and administratively part of Ekerö municipality. The island is a popular nature area with a marked trail and granite boulders used by climbers. Its nude bathing spot is in the north-west corner of the island, well away from the bouldering area and the more frequented southern trail. It is not one of Stockholm's official naturist beaches (Ågesta is the official one), but it is regularly named alongside Brunnsviken and Lövnäsbadet as a place where people swim and sunbathe nude. Several sources describe the spot as having a reputation for cruising and adult behaviour, and one climbing guide explicitly calls it unsuitable for families and children, so it suits adults who know what to expect better than first-time naturists looking for a family atmosphere.

Lilla Älgsjön is a nudist-friendly beach in Sweden. Nudity is optional.

Lomma nude beach is a nudist-friendly beach in Sweden. Nudity is optional.

Lulviksbadet is a sea bathing place on the Gulf of Bothnia about 10 km from central Luleå, near the airport. The site is split into a textile bathing area and a naturist area, separated by a strip of woodland; the naturist part lies to the right as you come down from the car park. It has a large lawn, a sandy beach and a barbecue area with tables and benches. The water is shallow and shelves gently, which makes it suitable for children, and the beach is maintained by the local naturist association NF Nord together with Luleå municipality. Visit Luleå, the city's tourism office, describes Lulviksbadet as spacious and well kept with big lawns and barbecue facilities, and notes that part of the beach is designated for nude bathing. In summer the association sometimes holds barbecue evenings here and runs Saturday information mornings in July. The bathing season this far north is short, but the long daylight of June and July allows late-evening swims.

Lyckesand is a long, shallow sandy beach on the east coast of northern Öland, just north of the Böda Sand holiday area in Borgholm municipality. A 2018 German travel-media roundup of Swedish FKK beaches, drawn from a European FKK guidebook, includes it as a naturist beach. That roundup is the only source we found, and it does not say which part of the beach is used nude or how busy it is. The Sveriges Naturistförbund map does not include it. Treat it as an informal spot where naturists may use a quiet stretch, not a designated area. In Sweden, being nude while bathing is not banned in itself, so a remote section of a long beach like this one is usually workable if you keep clear of families and stay discreet.

Lynga havsbad is a nudist-friendly beach in Sweden. Nudity is optional.

Långaveka is a nudist-friendly beach in Sweden. Nudity is optional.

Långholmen is a wooded island in central Stockholm between Södermalm and Kungsholmen, best known for its former prison, now a hotel, and for Långholmsbadet, a small sandy beach with flat rocks and lawns that is one of the city's busiest summer swimming spots. Nude bathing is not part of that main beach. Wikipedia's list of European nude places records an unofficial, 'spontaneous' nude spot at the western end of the island. We found no other source describing who uses it, how many people go, or precisely where on the western rocks it is, so expect a small, informal spot rather than a recognised naturist beach. For a dedicated nude beach in the Stockholm area, Ågesta on Lake Magelungen is the designated option.

Lövnäsbadet is a bathing place on Lake Yngern, south-west of Stockholm, in the forested lake country between Södertälje, Nykvarn and Järna. The site has a textile (clothed) bathing area and a separate section used for nude bathing, and photo captions from visitors distinguish the two parts. Yngern is a large, clear-water lake, and the clarity of the water is what travel writers single out when recommending it to nude bathers. It is not one of the Stockholm region's officially designated naturist beaches, but English-language and Swedish travel guides regularly list it among the places where people bathe nude near the capital. SwimCheck classes it as a simple bathing place rather than a serviced beach; water quality is tested regularly in summer and recent results have been rated safe.

Malsjön is a nudist-friendly beach in Sweden. Nudity is optional.

Mollön is a nudist-friendly beach in Sweden. Nudity is optional.

Naturist beach in Gothenburg.

Yngsjö is a coastal village on Hanö Bay in Kristianstad municipality, just north of Åhus. Its sea bath sits on a long, shallow stretch of fine sand backed by pine woods, which runs south towards Åhus. Kristianstads kommun's beach information mentions a naturist bathing area at Yngsjö. The municipality also uses that spot as one of its two designated dog beaches, the other being at Vantmansvägen in Södra Äspet. The record is pinned about 2 km south of the main Yngsjö havsbad, on the same continuous beach. A 2018 German FKK-guide roundup also lists 'Yngsjöbadet' among Sweden's naturist beaches. Sources do not describe signs or the exact boundaries of the naturist section. Expect a quieter stretch away from the main access point, shared by naturists and dog owners. From 15 May to 15 September, dogs are banned from the municipality's other beaches, so this end can be busy with dogs in summer.

Norsta Auren is the long sand beach on the north-east tip of Fårö, the island off northern Gotland. It runs for roughly 4 km south-east from Fårö lighthouse (Holmudden) towards Skär. Big dunes and dune heath sit behind it, and nothing is built along it. It is one of the emptiest beaches on the island because nobody can drive to it: you have to walk or cycle. That keeps it quiet even in July, when Sudersand to the south is crowded. The beach has no designated nude area. Walkers and cyclists' reports from 2022 and 2024 describe it as nudist-friendly and mention seeing the odd nude bather. Nude use is spread out and informal, so pick a spot well away from other people. Next to the lighthouse is the separate bathing spot of Skalasand (Lilla Sudersand). The water here is open Baltic, and visitors report it as slightly cooler than at Fårö's sheltered beaches.

PGs Udde is a small point on the northern shore of Källtorpssjön, a forest lake in the Nacka nature reserve about 5 km south-east of central Stockholm. It is an unofficial, spontaneous nude bathing spot with smooth rocks for sunbathing and clean lake water. There are no facilities and the access is by forest paths from Björkhagen or Hellasgården. The better-known Källtorp nude beach is at the other end of the same lake. Expect a quiet, mixed crowd in summer.

Pite Havsbad, sometimes called the 'Riviera of the North', is a large resort on the Gulf of Bothnia about 10 km south-east of Piteå. It has a kilometre-long beach of fine sand with shallow water that warms quickly in summer. The main beach is lively, with restaurants, a hotel, camping and activities run by Pite Havsbad AB. The naturist beach is at the far end of the sand. Piteå kommun's beach guide calls it Sweden's very first official naturist beach, and SVT reported in 2018 that it had held that status for nearly fifty years. There is no buffer zone between the naturist section and the textile beach, which has led to friction. In 2018 the resort asked to expand its camping onto the green area above the beach and to end nude bathing there. The municipality rejected the camping plan because it conflicted with the zoning plan for recreation, but it asked officials to review the naturist area's location and size. We found no later report that it was moved or closed.

Malmö’s classic open-air cold-bath and beach culture includes naturist-friendly swimming; the kallbadhus is a local institution.

Rullsand is a long, shallow sand beach on the Uppland coast at Skutskär in Älvkarleby municipality, about 20 km south of Gävle. It is often called the 'Riviera of central Sweden', and it runs along the edge of the Billudden nature reserve. Travel media describe it as four long beaches, one of which is set aside for nude bathing. The main family beach by Rullsands Havsbad & Camping has shallow, child-friendly water. Next to it are a campsite, an ice-cream kiosk, a restaurant, toilets, minigolf, a playground and parking. Further out along the Billudden spit the shore turns stony, and the northernmost point is mostly cobbles. The sources we found do not say which of the four beaches is the naturist one. Ask locally or walk away from the camping area to find it. The water is the brackish, shallow Bothnian Sea, which warms up in sunny spells in July.

Sandarna is a nudist-friendly beach in Sweden. Nudity is optional.

Sandhammaren is a long, open white-sand beach and nature reserve in Österlen, in the far south-east of Skåne, between Kåseberga and Skillinge. It is one of Skåne's most popular beaches, with fine sand and dunes backed by pine forest, heath and grassland. A 19th-century lighthouse stands near the main car park. The sand keeps growing eastward as sea currents deposit it. The Local includes Sandhammaren in its roundup of Swedish beaches for swimming and sunbathing nude. There is no designated nude section. A visitor at Backåkra, the Dag Hammarskjöld property at the beach's western end by the Tygeå river, reports that many, though not all, people there sunbathe nude along the stretch towards Sandhammaren. A German FKK guide lists Backåkra as a naturist spot. Nude use is therefore concentrated on the quieter western part, away from the lighthouse car park. Currents can be strong and dangerous here. Do not swim in onshore wind or high waves.

Sandvikarna Vålön is a nudist-friendly beach in Sweden. Nudity is optional.

Sandviken at Önskasjön is a nudist-friendly beach in Sweden. Nudity is optional.

Skanör's nude beach is on Svanrevet, the sandy northern point of the Falsterbo peninsula at Sweden's far south-western tip, just north of the old town of Skanör. The Swedish naturist federation describes it as an official nudist beach belonging to Vellinge municipality. Once you are past the textile beach, about 5 km of fine white sand runs north along the shallow Öresund shore. The sea is shallow far out, which makes it good for children, and the federation's own description calls it very child-friendly. On a hot, sunny day the beach can draw around a thousand nude bathers, but it is long enough to find space. The landscape is low dunes and open shore with no trees, and the Skanör-Falsterbo area is known for birdlife. Members of NF Svanrevet use the beach a great deal; the club runs the Solhejdan naturist campsite nearby. Further south, Skanörs Havsbad on the west coast is the busy family beach with its rows of wooden bathing huts.

Skibbiken Nude Beach is a nudist-friendly beach in Sweden. Nudity is optional.

Skutberget is a nudist-friendly beach in Sweden. Nudity is optional.

Skälsnäs beach is a nudist-friendly beach in Sweden. Nudity is optional.

Smackgrundet is a nudist-friendly beach in Sweden. Nudity is optional.

Smithska udden, known locally as 'Smitten', is a rocky cape on the Askim shore of southern Gothenburg, looking out over the outer archipelago. It is one of the city's favourite bathing spots, with wide areas of smooth granite, small beaches, lawns, bathing jetties with ladders and a playground, so it draws everyone from families to older regulars. Nude bathers use the south-western part of the point, and the city's tourism office tells visitors who want to bathe nude to head there. The cape is mostly a large area of rock slabs, with bathing ladders for getting in and out of the sea and only small patches of sand. The main bathing area is shared with clothed visitors, so the nude rocks are a tolerated corner of a public bathing place rather than a fenced naturist beach. There is room for many people, and on warm days the cape is busy.

Stamsjöbadet is a nudist-friendly beach in Sweden. Nudity is optional.

Stora Hornsjön is a nudist-friendly beach in Sweden. Nudity is optional.

Storsand is a nature reserve and one of the best-known sea beaches on the Höga Kusten (High Coast), at the tip of the Mjällom peninsula just north of the fishing village of Norrfällsviken in Kramfors municipality. The reserve is small, about 11 hectares, but the beach itself is a broad sweep of fine, soft sand with low dunes behind it and sparse pine forest on the dunes. The water is shallow for a long way out over a sandy bottom, which makes it one of the warmer and gentler swimming spots on this otherwise rocky, cold Bothnian coast. The nude section is the western half of the beach: the county administrative board designates that half as a naturist bath and asks visitors to respect the split, so textile visitors tend to stay on the eastern half. The Världsarvsleden (World Heritage Trail), about 100 km long, runs through the reserve, so walkers pass along the beach. Dogs are not allowed anywhere in the reserve, and camping, caravans and fires outside marked places are banned. The season is short; this far north the sea is only pleasant from late June to mid-August.

Svärdsön is a nudist-friendly beach in Sweden. Nudity is optional.

Säby Träsk is a nudist-friendly beach in Sweden. Nudity is optional.

Tallparksbadet is the municipal bathing place inside Tallparken, a shoreline nature park of pines, cliffs and paths on the southern edge of Öregrund in Östhammar municipality, on the Roslagen coast north of Stockholm. The swimming area is mostly smooth granite rock with a small sandy beach. SVT Uppsala's county bathing guide, compiled from municipal websites, says a marked area within Tallparksbadet is set aside for naturist bathing; we could not see that marking on an official page ourselves, so treat the exact boundaries as something to check on the signs when you arrive. The rest of the park is used by ordinary clothed bathers, walkers and families, with barbecue spots and picnic tables among the pines. Paths run through the park between central Öregrund and Hummelfjärden to the south. Like other Uppsala-county coastal spots, the water here can be affected by algae blooms in high summer, and the municipality has in past seasons advised against swimming at Tallparksbadet during a bloom.

Tjuvahålan Naturistbad is a nudist-friendly beach in Sweden. Nudity is optional.

Torpesand Strandbad is a nudist-friendly beach in Sweden. Nudity is optional.

Toröbadet is a nudist-friendly beach in Sweden. Nudity is optional.

Trumöbadet (Naturistbad) is a nudist-friendly beach in Sweden. Nudity is optional.

Truvebadet is a lake beach on Vänern about 5 km east of Lidköping, set in leafy deciduous woodland with large grassy lawns behind a long, very shallow sandy shore. It is owned and run by Lidköping municipality as an ordinary family bathing place, and the naturist section is a separate stretch beyond the textile beach: the Swedish naturist federation's map describes Truvebadet as an official nude bath lying just west of a golf course and roughly 600 m east of Filsbäcks Camping. To find it, go down to the textile beach and keep right along the shore as far as you can. The local naturist club NF Skaraborg has long used the spot, but it is open to anyone. The sandy, gently shelving water suits small children, and the federation's description says it suits small children too. The textile area has a toilet, swings, picnic tables and bins, but there is no drinking water, and no jetty, changing cabins or grill area. Lidköping was one of the municipalities where complaints about sexual behaviour at nude beaches were reported in 2015.

Tullans Naturistbad is a nudist-friendly beach in Sweden. Nudity is optional.

Viggebybadet Naturistbad is a nudist-friendly beach in Sweden. Nudity is optional.

The Värsnäs naturist bath is on the north-eastern tip of the Värsnäs peninsula, about 8 km north of Kalmar city centre, inside the Horsö-Värsnäs nature reserve on Kalmarsund. The reserve has two bathing places, both on Värsnäs; the northern one, at Apelviken, is the naturist bath, while the other is used by clothed bathers. The setting is low coastal woodland that is easy to walk through, with many paths, facing the sound towards Öland. The Kalmarsundsleden trail crosses the reserve and a 2.5 km exercise loop starts at the municipal recreation centre in the middle of the peninsula, which also has showers, a sauna and toilets. At the naturist bath itself there are toilets and parking right beside the bathing area. Because it is a nature reserve, the right of public access does not fully apply: camping, unleashed dogs and fires outside fixed fireplaces are banned, and boats must keep below 5 knots in the reserve waters. Visitors arriving by boat can tie up at the jetty at Söröström.

Vätterviksbadets nakenbad is a nudist-friendly beach in Sweden. Nudity is optional.

Växjö's nude bath is at Stora Pene, on the shore of Lake Helgasjön on the northern edge of the city, north-west of the Hovshaga district. It sits within the Hovshaga nature reserve, where tall pines stand over small hidden coves and the islands of Helgasjön form the view; the city is not visible from the bathing spots. The municipality lists it as a naturist bath with a toilet, a barbecue area and a windbreak shelter, and the naturist federation's map also notes tables with benches. A jetty serves the naturist bath. It is a small lakeside bathing spot among the pines rather than a long sandy beach. Naturkartan dates the naturist bath in this area to 2015. Cattle graze the surrounding pastures, and in 2018 SVT reported that cows were wandering into the water among the naturists, prompting complaints that the municipality said it would look into. The bath is on the city's cycle network, a few hundred metres past Ryttaretorpet.

Ystad Strandskog Nakenbad is a nudist-friendly beach in Sweden. Nudity is optional.

Ältaren is a nudist-friendly beach in Sweden. Nudity is optional.

Ängelholm nakenbad is a nudist-friendly beach in Sweden. Nudity is optional.

Ängsö Nakenbad is a nudist-friendly beach in Sweden. Nudity is optional.

Ågesta naturistbad is a lakeside nude bathing place on the southern part of Lake Magelungen, just over the Stockholm city boundary in Huddinge, about 10 km south of the centre and close to the Ågesta outdoor recreation area and the Ågesta-Orlången nature reserve. It is run by volunteers from the naturist association EOS and promoted by Sveriges Naturistförbund, and is widely described as the only official nude beach in the Stockholm area. The shore is a mix of small sandy patches and a large grassy area for sunbathing, backed by forest, with a bathing pier into the lake. EOS runs a wood-fired lakeside sauna for about 14 people on several evenings a week in season, with a pier for cooling off between rounds; SNF reported 2025 sauna sessions drawing over 40 participants. Facilities are simple: tables, picnic and barbecue spots, play areas and toilets, but no changing rooms or showers. Bathing is nude, and clothed visitors are asked to undress or use another beach. The crowd ranges widely in age, and regulars know each other.

Ålabodarna is a nudist-friendly beach in Sweden. Nudity is optional.

Östabadet is a nudist-friendly beach in Sweden. Nudity is optional.

Östra Holmen is one of the most visited islands in the Västerås archipelago on Lake Mälaren, about 15 minutes by boat from Västerås harbour. Its public bathing area has a sandy beach and smooth rock slabs. Facilities include changing rooms, showers, toilets, drinking water and barbecue spots, and a café runs by the beach in summer. Sveriges Radio and the Arrivalguides city guide both say the island has nudist bathing alongside its family beaches. Neither source says exactly where on the island the nude area is. The record is pinned at the main bathing place, so look for the quieter rocks and coves away from the sandy family beach and café. Because the island is reached only by boat, it is calmer than mainland beaches, but it fills with day-trippers on hot summer weekends. The water is fresh, sheltered lake water, which warms up earlier in summer than the Baltic coast.