Skarpö is an island in 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 ...

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 ...

. It is situated in

Vaxholm Municipality Vaxholm Municipality (, semi-officially ) is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. The municipal slogan is "Vaxholm – the capital of the archipelago", due to its central location in the archipelago. Its seat is located ...

and Stockholm County. The southern and western half of the island comprises the Skarpö urban area. A road bridge and local road connects Skarpö to on the adjoining island of

Rindö Rindö is an island in the central area of Sweden's Stockholm Archipelago, some north-east of the city of Stockholm. From an administrative perspective, it is located in Vaxholm Municipality and Stockholm County. The island is about long and ...

to the south. Rindö is in turn connected to Vaxholm town by the at its western end, and to Värmdö island by the at its eastern end. To the west, Skarpö is separated from the island of Stegesund by the very narrow Stegesundet strait, which is used by ''

Waxholmsbolaget Waxholms Ångfartygs AB, commonly referred to as Waxholmsbolaget, is a shipping company owned by Stockholm county council and is responsible for the seaborne public transport in the Stockholm archipelago and Stockholm harbour. The company, which i ...

'' ships, and other local ferries, that serve the outer archipelago. Some of these call at Skarpöborg pier on the Skarpö shore of the Stegesundet strait, providing a connection to Vaxholm town and Stockholm city.

Gallery

Skarpö July 2015 03.jpg, Skarpöborg pier The brigde between Rindö and Skarpö - panoramio (1).jpg, Bridge between Rindö and Skarpö Skarpö June 2013.jpg, Road on Skarpö

References

Islands of the Stockholm archipelago Islands of Vaxholm Municipality Populated places in Vaxholm Municipality {{Stockholm-geo-stub