Sigtunastiftelsen, Architectural ensemble in Sigtuna, Sweden

Sigtunastiftelsen is an architectural complex in Sigtuna comprising multiple buildings with stone walls, granite pillars, and tile roofs situated on elevated ground. The ensemble includes guest rooms, a chapel, and a library completed in 1935 for use by creative professionals and scholars.

Manfred Björkquist founded the institution in 1915 as a center for the youth church movement, with architect John Åkerlund designing the complex. The establishment emerged from efforts to create dedicated spaces for religious and cultural work.

The foundation runs a public cultural programme each term with author meetings, concerts, lectures, seminars and conversation evenings, and awards annual scholarships to researchers, writers, translators and female teachers. Its library holds Sweden's largest press archive. Manfred Björkquist, who founded it in 1915, described it at the 1917 inauguration as "a fortress, a home, a school and a sanctuary".

The foundation runs a hotel and conference centre on Tallhöjden just outside Sigtuna town centre, so the buildings are not a public sightseeing site. Its cultural programme of author meetings, concerts and lectures is open to guests and visitors; check the current term programme before travelling. The library holds Sweden's largest press archive.

The library holds Sweden's largest press archive, and the foundation awards annual scholarships to researchers, writers, translators and teachers. Manfred Björkquist described the foundation at its 1917 inauguration as "a fortress, a home, a school and a sanctuary".