Ljusterö is an

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. It is in the northern part of the

Stockholm archipelago The Stockholm Archipelago () is the largest archipelago in Sweden, and the second-largest archipelago in the Baltic Sea (the largest being the Archipelago Sea across the Baltic in Finland). Part of the archipelago has been designated as a Rams ...

Österåker Municipality Österåker Municipality (, ) is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Åkersberga, with a population of 26,727 (2005). From 1974 to 1982 Österåker was part of Vaxholm Municipality. It ...

, Stockholm County. It is approximately 65 kilometers north of central Stockholm. With an area of 62.05 km², it is the 17th largest island in the country. The island is accessed from the mainland by regular

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from Östanå as well as by

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from central

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. It has approximately 1,500 permanent residents and 25,000-30,000 residents during the summer season due to the large number of summer houses.

Administrative history

Ljusterö was originally its own municipality until 1967, when it became part of

. In 1974, all of

became part of

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, but since 1983, Ljusterö has been part of the new

Ljusterö windfarm project

Ljusterö is the site of a proposed project to install a large number of

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s to generate

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. The project proposes 23 turbines, each with two

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power output. Two wind turbines, one 0.8 MW was built in 2006 and one additional with 2 MW has been approved and was installed during 2009, but the other turbines have not yet been approved by the

. The project has been heavily criticised by a large number of summer residents as well as permanent residents for affecting the archipelago's environment and views too much, making the island "look like an industrial power plant". Several other negative effects has been stated, such as generation of low frequency noise, drop of real estate values etc.

Photo gallery

File:Ljusterö_Kyrka_2008.jpg, Ljusterö Church. Photo: March 2008. File:Ljusterö_Bössarviken_01.jpg, Old oak at Bössarviken, North Ljusterö. Photo: May 2008. File:Swan Ljusterö 2008.jpg,

Mute swan The mute swan (''Cygnus olor'') is a species of swan and a member of the waterfowl family Anatidae. It is native to much of Eurasia, and (as a rare winter visitor) the far north of Africa. It is an introduced species in North America, home to ...

with cygnets. South edge of Ljusterö. Photo: July 2008. File:Klintsundet_2008_02.jpg, Klintsundet, "the door to the outer archipelago" and the bridge that spans between the western and eastern Lagnö. Photo: June 2008. File:Marums_gård_2008.jpg, Marum's farm. Photo: July 2008. File:Ljusterö_huvud_utsikt.jpg, View from Ljusterö huvud, Furusundsleden to the north. Photo: July 2008. File:Ferry Ljusterö-Östanå 12.jpg, Ferry Ljusterö-Östanå

References

External links

Österåker Municipality website

Ljusterö economic windpower organisation website.

Kraftö AB website, project Ljusterö windfarm.
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