Skärhamn

Skärhamn is a locality and the seat of , , with 3,193 inhabitants in 2010. The main tourist attraction in Skärhamn besides yachting is The .
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Town with 3,500 residents
  • Description: urban area in Tjörn Municipality, Sweden.
  • Also known as: “Skaerhamn”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Skärhamns kyrka and Nordic Watercolour Museum.

Church
Photo: Kemitsv, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a church.

Museum
Photo: ArildV, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a museum, artist workshop and research facility in Skärhamn on the island of Tjörn in , opened in 2000. The architects behind the museum, painted in the typical Swedish Falu red colour, are the Danes Niels Bruun and Henrik Corfitsen, who won the assignment after an international competition.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kållekärr and Åstol.

Village
Photo: Ingwik, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a locality situated in , Västra Götaland County, Sweden, with 560 inhabitants in 2010. is situated 8 km northeast of Skärhamn.

Hamlet
Photo: Pål-Nils Nilsson, Public domain.
is a locality situated south of , , with 210 inhabitants in 2010. is an island and a locality in in Parish situated in the Province of . is situated 8 km south of Skärhamn.

Skärhamn

Latitude
57.99092° or 57° 59′ 27″ north
Longitude
11.5498° or 11° 32′ 59″ east
Population
3,500
Elevation
9 metres (30 feet)
United Nations Location Code
SE SKM
Open location code
9F9HXGRX+9W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29690590
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2678129
Wiki­data ID
Q1026309
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Vietnamese—“Skärhamn” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Шерхамн”
  • Cebuano: “Skärhamn”
  • Chinese: “Skärhamn”
  • Chinese: “謝爾港”
  • Chinese: “谢尔港”
  • Danish: “Skærhamn”
  • Danish: “Skärhamn”
  • Dutch: “Skarhamn”
  • Dutch: “Skärhamn”
  • Faroese: “Skärhamn”
  • Finnish: “Skärhamn”
  • French: “Skärhamn”
  • German: “Skärhamn”
  • Icelandic: “Skärhamn”
  • Irish: “Skärhamn”
  • Italian: “Skärhamn”
  • Ladin: “Skärhamn”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Skärhamn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Skärhamn”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Skärhamn”
  • Norwegian: “Skärhamn”
  • Persian: “شرهامن”
  • Polish: “Skärhamn”
  • Portuguese: “Skärhamn”
  • Romanian: “Skärhamn”
  • Russian: “Шерхамн”
  • Scots: “Skarhamn”
  • Scots: “Skärhamn”
  • Slovenian: “Skärhamn”
  • Swedish: “Skärhamn”
  • Urdu: “اسکار ہیمن”
  • Vietnamese: “Skärhamn”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Skärhamns sjöfartsmuseum and Skärhamns församlingsgård.

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