Munsö
Munsö is a village and a former island in Ekerö Municipality, Stockholm County in Sweden. Because of post-glacial rebound, this island in Lake Mälaren is now connected to the island Ekerön. The village has a 12th-century round church.Photo: Holger.Ellgaard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Section of an island
- Description: Swedish island
- Also known as: “Munson”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Blue Lagoon and Uppland Runic Inscription 11.
Blue Lagoon
Lake
Photo: Holger.Ellgaard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Blue Lagoon or Husbygropen is an artificial lake just beside Mälaren in the island of Munsön in Ekerö municipality, Stockholm County. The lake is a decommissioned and finished gravel pit.
Uppland Runic Inscription 11
Runestone
Photo: Holger.Ellgaard, CC BY-SA 3.0.
U 11 is the Rundata designation for a runestone that is located near the ruins of the old king's dwelling at Alsnö hus near Hovgården on the island of Adelsö in Sweden. Uppland Runic Inscription 11 is situated 4 km southwest of Munsö.
Munsö Church
Church
Photo: Nordelch, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Munsö Church is a medieval Lutheran church in the Diocese of Stockholm. Its site, Munsö, is a village and formerly an island in Ekerö Municipality, Sweden.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ekeby and Stav.
Ekeby
Village
Ekeby, Munsö socken is a village in Ekerö Municipality, Stockholm County, southeastern Sweden. Ekeby is situated 2½ km south of Munsö.
Stav
Neighborhood
Stav is a smaller locality in Ekerö Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden. It has a population of 135. Stav is situated 3 km northeast of Munsö.
Lilla Stenby
Village
Photo: Holger.Ellgaard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lilla Stenby is a locality situated in Ekerö Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden with 244 inhabitants in 2010. Lilla Stenby is situated 3½ km west of Munsö.
Munsö
- Categories: peninsula and landform
- Location: Stockholm County, Svealand, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Munsö” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Munsön (bahin nga pulo)”
- Cebuano: “Munsön”
- Danish: “Munsön”
- Dutch: “Munsö”
- Estonian: “Munsön”
- Finnish: “Munsön”
- French: “Munsö”
- Japanese: “ムンソ島”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Munsön”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Munsö”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Munsön”
- Norwegian: “Munsön”
- Norwegian: “Munsøn”
- Russian: “Мунсё (остров)”
- Russian: “Мунсён”
- Slovenian: “Munsö”
- Swedish: “Munsön”
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