Biskopsön (Bishop Island) is an island in the archipelago of Stockholm, Sweden. Nearby islands in the same region of the archipelago include Kastön and Svärtskär.

History

According to August Strindberg, the Swedish author, the local people at his time told him that the island had been given its name because a bishop (Swedish: Biskop) had been murdered there.

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{Sweden-geo-stub Islands of the Stockholm archipelago