Monument "Swedes from Swedes' was built in 1909 near the village of Poltava Pobyvanka, close to the northern boundary of the field of the battle of Poltava.

For the first time the question of perpetuating the memory of the victims of the Swedish soldiers was raised in 1890 in the Swedish press, then major Claus Grill, published an article in a local newspaper with a request to raise money for the monument, which is planned to put on the Battle of Poltava.

Despite the fact that this idea was supported by the then Swedish King Oscar II, she literally split the society, thus prompting a debate in the press. Some believed the erection of the monument to the shameful confession of defeat, and others argued that while over the grave of the last of the deceased soldier will not be installed cross, war can not be considered finished.

For the whole country the money collected at the quarry Vaneviks (Småland) was ordered by a huge granite stone 6 meters high and weighing 20 tons. Payment Shipping monument in Poltava, as well as all other work for its installation, a Swedish businessman Emmanuel Nobel - the nephew of Alfred Nobel. The author of the monument - Theodor Lundberg.

According to legend, the Russian authorities had demanded - Swedish monument should not be any reliefs or sculptures, or other decorations. The Swedes have fulfilled the requirement, but every year on the day of the Battle of Poltava in the morning when the first rays of the sun fall on the pink granite, the monument appears the silhouette of a grieving woman.

On both sides of the huge monolith placed a commemorative inscription in Russian and Swedish languages, which reads: "In memory of Swedes who died here in 1709, established compatriots in 1909". Small bevel on the top of the monolith at the Scandinavian peoples symbolizes deep sorrow.