Grinda is an island located in the
Stockholm archipelago,
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...
. It is located south of
Ljusterö
Ljusterö is an island in Sweden.
It is in the northern part of the Stockholm archipelago in Österåker Municipality, Stockholm County. It is approximately 65 kilometers north of central Stockholm.
With an area of 62.05 km², it is the ...
, east of
Vaxholm and west of
Svartsö
Svartsö is an island located in the Stockholm archipelago in Värmdö Municipality
Värmdö Municipality (''Värmdö kommun'') is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is in the town of Gustavsberg, with a po ...
and
Möja
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
Waxholms Ångfart ...
.
Grinda is a popular island especially during summer, for campers, tourists and people travelling the
Stockholm archipelago by boat.
Most of the island is owned by the non-profit organisation
Skärgårdsstiftelsen (Archipelago Foundation), whose purpose is keeping the island's nature and facilities in good condition for outside visitors. The island hosts a tavern, bar and grocery store, and is frequented daily during the summer season by the passenger ferries of
Waxholmsbolaget
Waxholms Ångfartygs AB, commonly referred to as Waxholmsbolaget, is a shipping company owned by Stockholm county council and is responsible for the seaborne public transport in the Stockholm archipelago and Stockholm harbour. The company, which i ...
.
References
External links
Grinda island home page(Swedish and English)
Grinda page at Skärgårdstiftelsen(Swedish and English)
Islands of the Stockholm archipelago
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