Björkö
Björkö is an island in Stockholm County, Svealand. Björkö is situated nearby to the hamlet Lindby, as well as near the locality Källvreten.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Birka and Ansgar monument (Björkö).
Birka
Archaeological site
Birka, on the island of Björkö in present-day Sweden, was an important Viking Age trading center which handled goods from Scandinavia as well as many parts of Continental Europe and the Orient.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lindby and Mälby.
Lindby
Hamlet
Photo: Holger.Ellgaard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lindby, Adelsö is a village in Ekerö Municipality, Stockholm County, southeastern Sweden.
Mälby
Hamlet
Photo: Holger.Ellgaard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mälby is a village in Ekerö Municipality, Stockholm County, southeastern Sweden. Mälby is situated 2½ km northwest of Björkö.
Hovgården
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Hovgården is an archaeological site on the Lake Mälaren island of Adelsö in Ekerö Municipality in central-eastern Sweden. During the Viking Age, the centre of the prospering Mälaren Valley was the settlement Birka, founded in the mid-8th century and abandoned in the late 10th century and located on the island Björkö just south of Adelsö. Hovgården is situated 3 km northwest of Björkö.
Björkö
- Type: Island
- Also known as: “Bjoerkoe”
- Category: landform
- Location: Stockholm County, Svealand, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
59.33333° or 59° 20′ northLongitude
17.55° or 17° 33′ eastElevation
12 metres (39 feet)Open location code
9FFV8HM2+82GeoNames ID
2722017
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Norwegian to Swedish—“Björkö” goes by many names.
- Norwegian: “Björkön”
- Norwegian: “Bjørkøn”
- Swedish: “Björkö”
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