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In 1719 the archipelago had an estimated population of 2,900, consisting mostly of fishermen. Today the archipelago is a popular holiday destination with some 50,000 holiday cottages (owned mainly by Stockholmers). The Stockholm Archipelago Foundation , dedicated to the preservation of the nature and culture of the archipelago, owns some 15% of ...
Bothnian Bay archipelago [1] Haparanda archipelago [2] Kalix archipelago [3] Luleå archipelago [4] Piteå archipelago [5] Skellefteå archipelago [6] Froan; Kvarken Archipelago; Norrbotten Archipelago; Oskarshamn archipelago; Pakri Islands; South Funen Archipelago; Swedish East Coast Archipelago Gräsö archipelago; Oskarshamn archipelago ...
Name of the archipelago Number of islands, islets, reefs, coral reefs and cays Location (total number of islands) Archipelago Sea (Åland Archipelago): 50,000 (Approx.)
A 1916 physical map of Asia by Tarr and McMurry ... (a.k.a. the Malay Archipelago). West Asia ... around 1 billion people in the cities of South and Southeast Asia ...
Map of Sweden Stockholm, capital of Sweden Gothenburg Malmö. This is a list of cities in modern Sweden that once enjoyed city privileges, thus were entitled to call themselves town (Swedish: stad, plural städer). The year indicates the year they were established or when they were granted a royal charter.
The island of Styrsö, in the archipelago of Gothenburg, as seen from the sea. Böttö, one of the smallest islands. The southern Gothenburg archipelago lies off the coast of Gothenburg, Sweden's second-largest city. It has 5,000 permanent and another 6,000 summer residents. The archipelago is completely car free. Transportations is carried out ...
Map of Sweden. Much of Sweden is heavily forested, with 69% [1] of the country being forest and woodland, while farmland constitutes only 8% of land use. [2] Sweden consists of 39,960 km 2 of water area, constituting around 95,700 lakes. [3] [A] The lakes are sometimes used for water power plants, especially the large northern rivers and lakes.
Sweden remained a neutral country during the First World War, the Korean War and the Cold War. In 1945, Norway, Denmark and Iceland were founding members of the United Nations. Sweden joined the U.N. soon after. Finland joined during the 1950s. The first Secretary General of the United Nations, Trygve Lie, was a Norwegian citizen.