Hälsö () is an

island An island or isle is a piece of land, distinct from a continent, completely surrounded by water. There are continental islands, which were formed by being split from a continent by plate tectonics, and oceanic islands, which have never been ...

and a locality situated in

Öckerö Municipality Öckerö Municipality () is a municipalities of Sweden, municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Öckerö on the main island, which is also called Öckerö. The municipality consists of island ...

Västra Götaland County Västra Götaland County () is a county or '' län'' on the western coast of Sweden. The county is the second most populous of Sweden's counties and it comprises 49 municipalities (''kommuner''). Its population of 1,616,000 amounts to 17% of S ...

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 ...

with 611 inhabitants in 2010. Hälsö is situated in the northern part of the

archipelago An archipelago ( ), sometimes called an island group or island chain, is a chain, cluster, or collection of islands. An archipelago may be in an ocean, a sea, or a smaller body of water. Example archipelagos include the Aegean Islands (the o ...

and offers nice harbour walks along small and winding roads. There are also ancient remains on the

, mainly stone circles from temporary fishing camps. On the northern part of the

there are good fishing opportunities
Tjolmen beach
on the southern part of the island is the most popular for swimming.

References

https://www.goteborg.com/en/halso/ Populated places in Öckerö Municipality {{VästraGötaland-geo-stub