Where was The Seventh Seal filmed?
1957 film by Ingmar Bergman
The Seventh Seal (1957) was filmed in Solna Municipality, Bjäre Peninsula, Filmstaden and Hovs Hallar, 4 places named in its Wikipedia article, in Sweden. Wikidata records no filming location for it at all, so the article is the only recorded source. Each place says where its claim comes from.
Places per Wikipedia's article
The Wikipedia article names 4 places. Each links to the sentence that says so.
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Studios & sets
Filmstaden
Sweden
Film studio in Solna, Sweden
“All scenes except two were shot in or around the Filmstaden studios in Solna.” Wikipedia
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Towns & cities
Solna Municipality
Sweden
Municipality in Stockholm County, Sweden
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Landscapes & nature
Hovs Hallar
Sweden
Nature reserve in Sweden
“The exceptions were the famous opening scene with Death and the Knight playing chess by the sea, and the ending with the dance of death, which were both shot at Hovs Hallar, a rocky, precipitous beach area in north-western Scania.” Wikipedia
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Landscapes & nature
Bjäre Peninsula
Sweden
Peninsula in the municipalities of Båstad and Ängelholm, Sweden; geonames ID = 2722403
Places whose own article says it was shot there
2 places say on their own Wikipedia pages that this film was shot there. Not on the map: each quote is linked so you can check it.
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Landscapes & nature
Hovs Hallar
Sweden
Nature reserve in Sweden
“Hovs Hallar is also famous as the filming location for the opening scenes of the classic Ingmar Bergman film The Seventh Seal, with the Knight challenging Death to a game of chess for his life on the shoreline, and the closing scene with the Dance Macabre against a stormy sky.” Wikipedia
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Towns & cities
Täby Municipality
Sweden
Municipality in Stockholm County, Sweden
“One of them, Death playing chess, portrays a man playing chess with the Grim Reaper and was the inspiration for the movie director Ingmar Bergman when he made the perhaps best known Swedish movie ever, The Seventh Seal.” Wikipedia
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