Gustavsberg is a

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situated on the island of Värmdö in

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 ...

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. From an administrative perspective, it is in Stockholm County and is the seat of

Värmdö Municipality Värmdö Municipality () is a municipalities of Sweden, municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is in the town of Gustavsberg, Värmdö Municipality, Gustavsberg, with a population of 9,682 (2005), on the main island at a ...

. It has 24,000 inhabitants as of 2023. It is most known for its porcelain factory,

Gustavsberg porcelain Gustavsberg is a Swedish porcelain company that originated in 1826.Helena Dahlbäck Lutteman. ''Svenskt Porslin 1700-1900'' It broke up in the 1990s and was sold off in pieces, to the dismay of residents of the Gustavsberg area, but artisans con ...

, and toilet bowls distributed nationwide and internationally.

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article ''Gustafsberg''
from

Nordisk familjebok (, 'Nordic Family Book') is a Swedish language, Swedish encyclopedia that was published in print from between 1876 and 1993, and that is now fully available in digital form via Project Runeberg at Linköping University. The public domain edit ...

(1909) Coastal cities and towns in Sweden Municipal seats of Stockholm County Swedish municipal seats Populated places in Värmdö Municipality {{Stockholm-geo-stub