List of islands of Sweden
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This is a list of islands of Sweden. According to 2013 statistics report there are in total 267,570 islands in Sweden, fewer than 1000 of which are inhabited.[1] Their total area is 1.2 million hectares, which corresponds to 3 percent of the total land area of Sweden. Most of the islands are in the Baltic Sea regions of the Bay of Bothnia and the Bothnian Sea.[1]
Rough population statistics are from 2015.
Ordered by size
[edit]| Island | Area (km2) | Area (sq mi) | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gotland | 2,994 | 1,156 | 57,000 |
| Öland | 1,342 | 518 | 26,000 |
| Orust | 346 | 134 | 15,000 |
| Hisingen | 199 | 77 | 125,000 |
| Värmdö | 181 | 70 | 48,000 |
| Tjörn | 148 | 57 | 15,000 |
| Väddö and Björkö | 128 | 49 | 1,700 |
| Fårö | 113 | 44 | 500 |
| Selaön | 95 | 37 | 1,800 |
| Gräsö | 93 | 36 | 800 |
| Svartsjölandet | 82 | 32 | 8,700 |
| Hertsön | 73 | 28 | 22,000 |
| Alnön | 68 | 26 | 8,298 |
| Ekerö and Munsö | 68 | 26 | 11,524 |
| Tosterön-Aspön | 66 | 25 | 3,600 |
| Ingarö | 63 | 24 | 6,900 |
| Ljusterö | 62 | 24 | 1,500 |
| Torsö | 62 | 24 | 520 |
| Ammerön | 60 | 23 | 100 |
| Kållandsö | 57 | 22 | 1,100 |
Other well-known islands
[edit]See also
[edit]- List of islands of Bothnian Bay
- List of islands of Stockholm
- List of lighthouses and lightvessels in Sweden
- List of islands in the Baltic Sea
- List of islands
References
[edit]- ^ a b "3 percent of Sweden's land area consists of islands". Statistiska Centralbyrån. Retrieved 2020-05-13.
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