Stora Förö
Stora Förö is a small island in the Southern Gothenburg Archipelago of western Sweden, which belongs to the Delfin summer home society. The first summer cottages were built here in the 1930s.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Section of an island
- Description: island in Sweden
- Also known as: “Förö” and “Stora Foro”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Näsets kyrka and Skifteskär fyr.
Näsets kyrka
Church
Photo: ArildV, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Näsets kyrka is a church, which is situated 3 km east of Stora Förö.
Skifteskär fyr
Lighthouse
Photo: Historiker, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Skifteskär fyr is a lighthouse, which is situated 3½ km northwest of Stora Förö.
Tynnered Church
Church
Photo: ArildV, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tynnered Church is situated 4 km northeast of Stora Förö.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gothenburg Archipelago and Västra Frölunda.
Gothenburg Archipelago
Photo: Eduard47, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The archipelago of Gothenburg comprises northern and southern archipelagoes in the Kattegat. The southern archipelago is part of Gothenburg municipality located in the province of Västergötland while the northern archipelago is Öckerö municipality, located in the province of Bohuslän.
Västra Frölunda
Suburb
Västra Frölunda, sometimes referred to as just Frölunda, is one of 21 boroughs in the city of Gothenburg, Sweden. It is located in the south western part of the city, and is the smallest of the boroughs with a population of 12,855 on 3.72 square kilometres, although the term Frölunda generally is used for a much wider area covering almost all the city's western suburbs. Västra Frölunda is situated 5 km northeast of Stora Förö.
Högsbohöjd
Suburb
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Högsbohöjd is a suburb, which is situated 6 km northeast of Stora Förö.
Stora Förö
- Categories: human settlement and landform
- Location: Västra Götaland County, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Stora Förö” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Stora Förö”
- Cebuano: “Stora Rösö”
- Danish: “Stora Förö”
- Dutch: “Stora Förö”
- French: “Stora Förö”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Stora Förö”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Stora Förö”
- Norwegian: “Stora Förö”
- Norwegian: “Stora Førø”
- Spanish: “Stora Förö”
- Swedish: “Stora Förö”
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Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Franholmen and Lilla Förö.
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