Ransvik, Bathing site in Höganäs Municipality, Sweden

Ransvik is a bathing site along the Swedish coast in Höganäs featuring a small bay with clear water and a pebble beach. Rock formations and small caves dot the shoreline, creating natural interest in the landscape.

Ransvik was long a loading harbour for coal shipped to the Kullen lighthouse. In the early 1900s it became the first place in Sweden where men and women bathed together, a practice dubbed "the sin of Mölle". Court photographer Peter P. Lundh sold his bathing photographs from 1907 to 1917, until photographing bathers was banned after 1914.

The name Ransvik comes from the Danish "ravn", meaning raven, so it translates as "raven's bay". Bathers were photographed here by court photographer Peter P. Lundh between 1907 and 1917, and the pictures were on sale in his tourist shop in Mölle the same evening; photographing bathers was banned after 1914. The stone terrace laid out in the 1910s still makes entry into the water easier.

The site is accessible on foot with nearby parking offering direct beach access. A beachside cafe called Havsveranda serves refreshments and meals during the day.

Court photographer Peter P Lundh held sole rights to photograph the mixed bathers; prints of the pictures taken between 1907 and 1917 were on sale in his tourist shop in Mölle the same evening. Photography of bathers was banned after 1914.