Östergötland Archipelago
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The Östergötland archipelago is the collective name of three
archipelago An archipelago ( ), sometimes called an island group or island chain, is a chain, cluster, or collection of islands. An archipelago may be in an ocean, a sea, or a smaller body of water. Example archipelagos include the Aegean Islands (the o ...
es located to the east of the shore of
Östergötland Östergötland (; English exonym: East Gothland) is one of the traditional provinces of Sweden (''landskap'' in Swedish) in the south of Sweden. It borders Småland, Västergötland, Närke, Södermanland and the Baltic Sea. In older English li ...
,
Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...
, spanning three
municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...
. It consists of 8,888 islands. It measures more than from north to south and west to east. The archipelago's northern end adjoins the bay of
Bråviken Bråviken is a bay of the Baltic Sea that is located near Norrköping in Östergötland, Sweden. It is an example of a fjard A fjard (, ) is a large open space of water between groups of islands or mainland in archipelagos. Fjards can be found ...
and is centered on
Arkösund Arkösund is a small village on the Swedish East Coast, on Vikbolandet peninsula, Norrköping Municipality with 172 inhabitants in 2015. Its population swells in the summer, when the yacht people arrive to anchor up in the marina to shop for food ...
, off the
Vikbolandet Vikbolandet is a large peninsula east of Norrköping city in Östergötland, Sweden. The area is limited by Bråviken to the north, Slätbaken to the south and the Baltic Sea to the east. The biggest population center is Östra Husby with a pop ...
peninsula and forms part of
Norrköping Municipality Norrköping Municipality () is a municipality in Östergötland County in southeast Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Norrköping, with some 90,000 inhabitants. It is the largest municipality in Östergötland. By the time of the local g ...
. The central part is called Sankt Anna's archipelago and is part of
Söderköping Municipality Söderköping Municipality () is a municipality in Östergötland County in southeast Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Söderköping. The present municipality was created in 1971-1973 when the former ''City of Söderköping'' in two ste ...
. The southernmost part is the Gryt archipelago in
Valdemarsvik Municipality Valdemarsvik Municipality () is a Municipalities of Sweden, municipality in Östergötland County in southeast Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Valdemarsvik. Valdemarsvik was originally a market town (''köping'') under the city of Söd ...
, and adjoins the
Tjust archipelago Tjust () was one of the small lands of Småland, Sweden. It was divided into the hundreds of Tjust Northern Hundred and Tjust Southern Hundred. It corresponds to Västervik Municipality and the southern part of Valdemarsvik Municipality. Ea ...
in
Småland Småland () is a historical Provinces of Sweden, province () in southern Sweden. Småland borders Blekinge, Scania, Halland, Västergötland, Östergötland and the island Öland in the Baltic Sea. The name ''Småland'' literally means "small la ...
.


Communications

The three municipalities run the tour boat operation "Skärgårdslinjen" in the summer months, with regular scheduled boat travels along the coast. The county's Östgötatrafiken is responsible for the landbound mass transit in the area.


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Östgötaskärgården
Archipelagoes of the Baltic Sea Östergötland Landforms of Östergötland County Archipelagoes of Sweden Norrköping Municipality Söderköping Municipality Valdemarsvik Municipality {{Östergötland-geo-stub