Värmdö is an island in the innermost region 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 ...
and covers an area of 181.40 km
2, making it the largest island in 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 ...
. Värmdö is after
Gotland
Gotland (; ; ''Gutland'' in Gutnish), also historically spelled Gottland or Gothland (), is Sweden's largest island. It is also a Provinces of Sweden, province/Counties of Sweden, county (Swedish län), Municipalities of Sweden, municipality, a ...
and
Öland
Öland (, ; ; sometimes written ''Oland'' internationally) is the second-largest Swedish island and the smallest of the traditional provinces of Sweden. Öland has an area of and is located in the Baltic Sea just off the coast of Småland. ...
the third largest island on the eastern coast of
Sweden
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.
Värmdö lies in
Stockholm County. Most of it forms part 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 ...
along with other islands, but the western end is part of
Nacka Municipality
Nacka Municipality () is a municipality in Stockholm County in east-central Sweden. Its seat is located at Nacka. The municipality is situated just east of the Swedish capital, Stockholm, and its western parts are considered a suburban part of ...
, which lies mostly on the mainland, to which Värmdö is connected by a road bridge.
The
UK-based Swedish television presenter
Ulrika Jonsson
Eva Ulrika Jonsson (born 16 August 1967) is a Swedish-British television presenter and model. She became known as a TV-am weather presenter, and moved on to present the ITV show '' Gladiators'', and later featured as a team captain on the BBC T ...
has a home on the island.
No big deal for Ulrika Jonsson
Tribune. 10 August 2003
The famous tennis player Björn Borg also has a house on the island, in the part that is called Djurö.
Artipelag is an international venue for art, culture, design that is located in Värmdö.
See also
*Strömma Canal
The Strömma Canal () is a short canal located near Strömma, on Värmdö (island), Värmdö island, Stockholm County, part of Värmdö Municipality in Sweden.
Situation
This short canal runs parallel to the Svanvägen Road and forms a relati ...
*List of islands of Sweden
This is a list of islands of Sweden. A 2013 statistics report concluded that there are 267,570 islands in Sweden, though less than 1,000 of these are inhabited. The total area of the islands is 1.2 million hectares, which corresponds to 3% percent ...
References
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Islands of the Stockholm archipelago
Islands of Värmdö Municipality