Värmdö is an island in the innermost region of the
Stockholm archipelago and covers an area of 181.40 km², making it the largest island in the
archipelago
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Examples of archipelagos include: the Indonesian Archi ...
. Värmdö is after
Gotland
Gotland (, ; ''Gutland'' in Gutnish), also historically spelled Gottland or Gothland (), is Sweden's largest island. It is also a province, county, municipality, and diocese. The province includes the islands of Fårö and Gotska Sandön to the ...
and
Öland
Öland (, ; ; sometimes written ''Øland'' in other Scandinavian languages, and often ''Oland'' internationally; la, Oelandia) is the second-largest Swedish island and the smallest of the traditional provinces of Sweden. Öland has an area ...
the third largest island on the eastern coast of
Sweden
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.
Värmdö lies in
Stockholm County
Stockholm County ( sv, Stockholms län, link=no ) is a county or '' län'' (in Swedish) on the Baltic Sea coast of Sweden. It borders Uppsala County and Södermanland County. It also borders Mälaren and the Baltic Sea. The city of Stockholm ...
. Most of it forms part of
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 population of 9,682 (2005), on the main island at an elevation of .
The municipality is na ...
along with other islands, but the western end is part of
Nacka Municipality
Nacka Municipality (''Nacka kommun'') is a municipality in Stockholm County in east-central Sweden. Its seat is located at Nacka. The municipality is situated just east of the capital Stockholm and the western parts are considered a suburban par ...
, which lies mostly on the mainland, to which Värmdö is connected by a road bridge.
The
UK-based Swedish television presenter
Ulrika Jonsson
Eva Ulrika Jonsson (born 16 August 1967) is a Swedish-British television presenter and model. She became known as a TV-am weather presenter, moved on to present the ITV show ''Gladiators'', and as a team captain of the BBC Two show '' Shooting S ...
has a home on the island.
No big deal for Ulrika Jonsson
Tribune. 10 August 2003
The famous tennis player Björn Borg also has a house on the island, in the part that is called Djurö.
Artipelag is an international venue for art, culture, design that is located in Värmdö.
See also
*Strömma Canal
The Strömma Canal ( sv, Strömma kanal) is a short canal located near Strömma, on Värmdö (island), Värmdö island, Stockholm County, part of Värmdö Municipality in Sweden.
Situation
This short canal runs parallel to the Svanvägen Road ...
*List of islands of Sweden
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References
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Islands of the Stockholm archipelago
Islands of Värmdö Municipality