Sweyn Holm
Ruin on Sweyn Holm | |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| OS grid reference | HY455227 |
| Coordinates | 59°05′N 2°57′W / 59.09°N 2.95°W |
| Physical geography | |
| Island group | Orkney |
| Administration | |
| Council area | Orkney Islands |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 |
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Note: There is also a "Sweyn Holm" off St Ninian's Isle, Shetland
Sweyn Holm is a small island in the Orkney Islands, next to Gairsay.
It is thought to be named for Sweyn Asleifsson (Sveinn), who was connected with Gairsay or possibly a corruption of "servant's island" in Norse.