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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. Most of the islands are in the Baltic Sea regions of the Bay of Bothnia and the Bothnian Sea. [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 ...
Swedish islands in the Baltic (3 C, 74 P) L. Lake islands of Sweden (1 C, 7 P) R. River islands of Sweden (1 C, 1 P) U. Uninhabited islands of Sweden (11 P) W.
The Kalix archipelago (Swedish: Kalix skärgård) is a group of 792 Swedish islands in the north part of the Bay of Bothnia. The largest island in the Kalix archipelago is Rånön. A few of the islands have small permanent populations, but most are used only for recreation in the summer months. They are icebound during the winter.
The islands in the Swedish sector make up the Norrbotten archipelago. [2] They are divided into the Piteå, Luleå, Kalix and Haparanda archipelagos. [3] The Luleå archipelago lies in the Luleå Municipality, part of the Norrbotten county. The port of Luleå is one of the largest in Sweden in terms of tonnage, shipping iron ore and steel. [2]
The Fjäderholmarna (English: Feather Islands) are a group of small islands in the Stockholm archipelago close to downtown Stockholm, Sweden. The Fjäderholmarna consist of the four named islands of Stora Fjäderholmen , Ängsholmen , Libertas and Rövarns holme , together with a number of smaller islets.
Lovön is an island in the Swedish Lake Mälaren in Ekerö Municipality of Stockholm County. It was a municipality of its own until 1952, when it was joined with Ekerö Municipality. Lovön's greatest attraction is Drottningholm Palace and its many public gardens, which were built on the island in 1580.
The island belongs to the National City park founded in 1995. Since the 15th century the Swedish monarch has owned or held the right of disposition of Royal Djurgården. Today, this right is exercised by the Royal Djurgården Administration which is a part of the Royal Court of Sweden.