The monument to the Swedes from the Swedes" was built in 1909 at Poltava near the village Polyanka, near the Northern border of the Poltava battle field.

For the first time the question of perpetuating the memory of the dead Swedish soldiers was raised in 1890 in the Swedish media, when major General Klaus Grill published an article in a local newspaper with a request to collect funds for the monument, which is planned to put on the field of Poltava battle.

Despite the fact that this idea was supported by the then king of Sweden Oscar II, it literally split the society, thus, sparking debate in the press. Some believed the erection of the monument shameful admitting defeat, and others have argued that while over the grave of the last of the fallen soldier will not be installed the cross, the war will not be over.

Collected for the whole country money at the quarry Banewicz (småland) was ordered huge granite stone with a height of 6 meters and a weight of 20 tons. Paid for delivery of the monument to Poltava, and the rest of its installation, the Swedish businessman Emmanuel Nobel, nephew of Alfred Nobel. The author of the monument - Theodor Lundberg.

According to legend, the Russian authorities had demanded - in the Swedish monument should be no reliefs or sculptures or other ornaments. The Swedes met the requirement, but every year on the day of the battle of Poltava in the morning when the first rays of the sun falling on the pink granite, the monument appears the silhouette of a grieving woman.

Two sides of a huge monolith placed a commemorative inscription in Russian and Swedish, which reads: "In memory of the Swedes, who died here in 1709, established compatriots in 1909". A small chamfer on the top of the monolith, the Scandinavian people symbolizes deep sorrow.