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The Stockholm Archipelago is a joint valley landscape that has been shaped – and is still being shaped – by post-glacial rebound. [4] [5] It was not until the Viking Age that the archipelago began to assume its present-day contours. The islands rise by about three millimeters each year. In 1719 the archipelago had an estimated population of ...
Map of Stockholm archipelago, with Utö in the southwest. The island of Rånö has a minimarket and a small restaurant with entertainment in the summer. There is also camping and cottage rental on Rånö. On the island of Ålö - connected to Utö via a bridge - there is a popular restaurant with entertainment during the summer. The Båtshaket ...
This is a list of islands of Sweden. A 2013 statistics report concluded that there are 267,570 islands in Sweden, though less than 1,000 of these are inhabited. [ 1 ] The total area of the islands is 1.2 million hectares, which corresponds to 3% percent of the total land area of Sweden.
Värmdö is an island in the innermost region of the Stockholm archipelago and covers an area of 181.40 km 2, making it the largest island in the archipelago. Värmdö is after Gotland and Öland the third largest island on the eastern coast of Sweden. Värmdö lies in Stockholm County.
Basic map of Bothnian Bay. A list of islands of Bothnian Bay would include 4,001 islands if an island is defined as an area of land more than 20 square metres (220 sq ft) that is surrounded by water. [1] Bothnian Bay (Swedish: Bottenviken, Finnish: Perämeri) is divided between northern Sweden and Finland. [1]
Map showing Möja's location in the Stockholm Archipelago. Möja is an island in the Stockholm archipelago in Sweden. Möja is one of the most popular islands in the archipelago for travelers and boaters, and is also fairly large. Möja is frequented by the ferries of Waxholmsbolaget and other companies, and is easily accessible from Stockholm ...
Map of Östergötland archipelago. The Östergötland archipelago is the collective name of three archipelagoes located to the east of the shore of Östergötland, Sweden, spanning three municipalities. It consists of 8,888 islands. [1] It measures more than 60 kilometres (37 miles) from north to south and five kilometres (3.1 mi) west to east.
Swedish interest in the archipelago began with Arctic expeditions led by geologists and explorers such as Otto Martin Torell and Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld. In the early 20th century, Sweden established mining operations, most notably in Sveagruva and Pyramiden , before selling its claims to Norway and the Soviet Union .