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The Stockholm Archipelago Foundation , dedicated to the preservation of the nature and culture of the archipelago, owns some 15% of its total area. The inhabitants in the archipelago, from around the mid-1400s to the end of the second world war, were combined farmers and fishermen. Spring and autumn fishing was quite intensive in the outer ...
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.)
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.
ESA satellite photo of Stockholm. The City of Stockholm is situated on fourteen islands and on the banks to the archipelago where Lake Mälaren meets the Baltic Sea. The city centre is virtually situated on the water. The area of Stockholm is one of several places in Sweden with a joint valley terrain. [1]
As of 2020, there are fifteen World Heritage Sites in Sweden, including thirteen cultural sites, one natural site and one mixed site. [3] The first Swedish site added to the list was the Royal Domain of Drottningholm , inscribed at the 15th session of the World Heritage Committee, held in Carthage , Tunisia, in 1991. [ 4 ]
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 ...
Granholmen, or Västra Granholmen, is an island in the Stockholm archipelago in Sweden. It is situated in the Höggarnsfjärden waterway to the south of Vaxholm and Karlsudd and north of Stora and Lilla Höggarn . Administratively, it is in Vaxholm Municipality and Stockholm County. [1]
Hästholmen is an island in the Stockholm archipelago in Sweden. Skogsön island lies to its north-west, Tynningö island to its south-west, and the Oxdjupet strait to its east. Administratively, it is in Vaxholm Municipality and Stockholm County. [1] Hästholmen has no road connection to the mainland or other islands.