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Vikbolandet is a large peninsula east of Norrköping city in Östergötland, Sweden. The area is limited by
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 drowned shallow glacial valley U-shaped valleys, also called trough valleys or glacial troughs, are formed by ...
to the north, Slätbaken to the south and the
Baltic Sea The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden and the North and Central European Plain. The sea stretches from 53°N to 66°N latitude and ...
to the east. The biggest population center is Östra Husby with a population of 868, followed by Ljunga (pop 751) and Arkösund (pop 172) (pop figures as of 2015) on the Baltic Sea coast at the far east of the peninsula. The areas to the west (towards Norrköping city) is mostly flat farmland while the areas to the east is mostly wooded with intermixed farmland. Ferries run across Bråviken north to
Kolmården Kolmården () is a long and wide densely forested rocky ridge that separates the Swedish provinces of Södermanland and Östergötland, two of the country's main agricultural areas, from each other, and in historic times, along with Tylöskog and ...
and south across Slätbaken. According to the 2006 census, the whole area had a population of 6,751.


Famous residents

* Malin Baryard - Equestrianist *Andreas Vestesson - Farmer


References

Landforms of Östergötland County Peninsulas of the Baltic Sea Peninsulas of Sweden {{Östergötland-geo-stub