Västra Älgsjö
Västra Älgsjö is a hamlet in Vadstena Municipality, Östergötland. Västra Älgsjö is situated nearby to the hamlet Östra Älgsjö, as well as near Orlunda.Places of Interest
Highlights include Orlunda Church and Orlunda radio transmitter.
Orlunda radio transmitter
Museum
The Orlunda longwave transmitter was a longwave broadcast facility in central Sweden which broadcast Sveriges Radio Programme 1 from 1962 to 1991. The facility is currently in use as a museum. Orlunda radio transmitter is situated 3 km north of Västra Älgsjö.
Bjälbo runestones
Runestone
Photo: Mrmozart, Public domain.
The Bjälbo runestones are three Viking Age memorial runestones, one of which has been lost, located at Bjälbo, which is a village in Mjölby Municipality, Östergötland, Sweden. Bjälbo runestones is situated 3½ km southeast of Västra Älgsjö.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Orlunda and Skänninge.
Skänninge
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Skänninge is a locality situated in Mjölby Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden with 3,140 inhabitants in 2010. It lies about 10 km north of the municipal seat Mjölby. Skänninge is situated 6 km east of Västra Älgsjö.
Vadstena and Ödeshög
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Vadstena is a village in Sweden. It is in the northern part of the Götaland region in the Östergötland county. It has about 5,700 inhabitants in 2020. Vadstena is a small town, but has many historic buildings from its impressive history.
Västra Älgsjö
- Type: Hamlet
- Also known as: “Vastra Algsjo”
- Category: locality
- Location: Vadstena Municipality, Östergötland, Götaland, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
58.40125° or 58° 24′ 5″ northLongitude
14.97843° or 14° 58′ 42″ eastElevation
114 metres (374 feet)Open location code
9FCPCX2H+G9OpenStreetMap ID
node 4991284336OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
2664157
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