Björkö
Björkö is an island in Lake Mälaren in eastern-central Sweden. It is mostly famous for housing the excavation site Birka populated c. AD 750-975, together with Hovgården on Adelsö declared a World Heritage Site in 1993.
- Island
- …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (40 feet)
- Description: island in Ekerö Municipality, Sweden
- Also known as“Bjoerkoe”“Björkö, Ekerö”
Places of Interest Nearby
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Hamlets in the Area
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Lindby
Lindby, Adelsö is a village in Ekerö Municipality, Stockholm County, southeastern Sweden.
Mälby
Mälby is a village in Ekerö Municipality, Stockholm County, southeastern Sweden.
Björkö
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Latitude
59.3254° or 59° 19′ 31″ north
Longitude
17.56155° or 17° 33′ 42″ east
Open location code
9FFV8HG6+5J
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = island
GeoNames ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Björkö” goes by many names.
BjörköCebuano
比約克島Chinese
BjörköDanish
BjörköDutch
BjörköFinnish
ビェルケ島Japanese
ビョルケー島Japanese
BircaLatin
БјоркоMacedonian
BjörköNorwegian
Björkö i MälarenNorwegian
Björkö i MälarenNorwegian Bokmål
BjörköNorwegian Nynorsk
Björkö i MälarenNorwegian Nynorsk
BjörköPolish
БьёркёRussian
BjörköSwedish
Björkö, Ekerö kommunSwedish
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