Tynningö is an island in the central area of

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...

's Stockholm Archipelago. From an administrative perspective, it is located in Vaxholm Municipality and

Stockholm County Stockholm County ( sv, Stockholms län, link=no ) is a county or '' län'' (in Swedish) on the Baltic Sea coast of Sweden. It borders Uppsala County and Södermanland County. It also borders Mälaren and the Baltic Sea. The city of Stockholm ...

. As of 2015, the island has 380 permanent inhabitants, although this population increases significantly in summer. Tynningö is linked to the

city of Stockholm Stockholm Municipality or the City of Stockholm ( sv, Stockholms kommun or ) is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. It has the largest population of the 290 municipalities of the country, but one of the smallest areas, maki ...

and the town of Vaxholm by passenger ferries of the

Waxholmbolaget 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 ...

, which serve a number of jetties on the island, including Höganäs, Norra Tynningö, Orrlunda and Norehill. It is also linked to Norra Lagnö on the island of Värmdö by the vehicle ferry route, operated by Trafikverket, which gives road access via the bridge to the mainland. Storstockholms Lokaltrafik operates bus route 689 that provides service on the island and links to the Tynningöleden and the Waxholmbolaget ships at Höganäs and Norra Tynningö.

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Islands of the Stockholm archipelago Islands of Vaxholm Municipality {{Stockholm-geo-stub