Stockholm Archipelago
Native name: Stockholms skärgård | |
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Map of the Stockholm Archipelago, covering the area from Arholma in the north to Landsort in the south | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Baltic Sea |
| Coordinates | 59°23′16″N 18°44′09″E / 59.38778°N 18.73581°E |
| Total islands | 34,316 |
| Major islands | Dalarö, Finnhamn, Nässlingen, Grinda, Husarö, Ingarö, Ljusterö, Möja, Nämdö, Rödlöga, Tynningö, Utö, Svartsö, Värmdö |
| Administration | |
| County | Stockholm County |
| Official name | Svenska Högarna-Nassa |
| Designated | 12 June 1989 |
| Reference no. | 435 |
The Stockholm Archipelago (Swedish: Stockholms skärgård) is the largest archipelago in Sweden, and the second-largest archipelago in the Baltic Sea (the largest being the Archipelago Sea across the Baltic in Finland). Part of the archipelago has been designated as a Ramsar site since 1989.
Stockholm Archipelago has been found to have slightly over 24,000 islands, islets and skerries and covers approximately 1,700 km² of which approximately 530 km² is land. There are around 10,000 permanent residences and 50,000 holiday homes in the archipelago. Residents are found on all the larger islands closest to the coast that have fixed bridges or ferry connections with road ferries, such as Vaxholm, Ingarö, Värmdö, Yxlan, Blidö, Ljusterö and Väddö, but also on many of the larger islands farther out from the coast, as Ingmarsö, Möja, Runmarö, Nämdö, Ornö and Utö, which are served by passenger ships with fixed itineraries.