Oknö
Oknö is an island outside Mönsterås, Sweden, and the name of the only town located on the island. The "Sleeping Beauty of Oknö" Karolina Olsson was born and lived on the island.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality with 337 residents
- Description: settlement in Mönsterås Municipality, Sweden
- Also known as: “Stora Oknoe”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Timmernabben and Mönsterås.
Timmernabben
Village
Photo: Ulf Abrahamsson, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Timmernabben is a locality situated in Mönsterås Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden with 1,476 inhabitants in 2022. Nowadays it is mainly a commuter village on the Baltic coast with hardly any own industry or service. Timmernabben is situated 6 km southwest of Oknö.
Mönsterås
Town
Photo: Nordelch, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Mönsterås is a locality and the seat of Mönsterås Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden, with 6,352 inhabitants in 2012. Mönsterås is associated with the Swedish poet Carl Boberg, particularly his 1885 writing of the lyrics for the eminent hymn "O Store Gud". Mönsterås is situated 6 km northwest of Oknö.
Ålem
Village
Photo: Bernt Fransson, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ålem is a locality situated in Mönsterås Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden with 803 inhabitants in 2010. Ålem is situated 9 km southwest of Oknö.
Oknö
- Categories: minor locality in Sweden, island, and urban area in Sweden
- Location: Mönsterås Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Oknö” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Oknö”
- Danish: “Oknö”
- Dutch: “Okno”
- Dutch: “Oknö”
- Finnish: “Oknö”
- French: “Oknö”
- German: “Oknö”
- Irish: “Oknö”
- Italian: “Oknö”
- Ladin: “Oknö”
- Low German: “Oknö”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Oknö”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Oknö”
- Norwegian: “Stora Oknö”
- Norwegian: “Stora Oknø”
- Polish: “Oknö”
- Russian: “Окнё”
- Swedish: “Oknö”
- Swedish: “T2354”
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