Björkö

Björkö is an in in eastern-central . It is mostly famous for housing the excavation site populated c. AD 750-975, together with on declared a World Heritage Site in 1993.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in Ekerö Municipality, Sweden
  • Also known as: “Bjoerkoe”, “Björkö, Ekerö”, and “ビョルケー島”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Birka and Ansgarskapellet.

Archaeological site
, on the island of Björkö in present-day …

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

Museum
Photo: Holger.Ellgaard, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lindby and Mälby.

Hamlet
Photo: Holger.Ellgaard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, Adelsö is a village in , , southeastern .

Hamlet
Photo: Holger.Ellgaard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village in , , southeastern .

Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is an archaeological site on the…

Björkö

Latitude
59.3254° or 59° 19′ 31″ north
Longitude
17.56155° or 17° 33′ 42″ east
Elevation
12 metres (39 feet)
Open location code
9FFV8HG6+5J
Open­Street­Map ID
way 34546894
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
2722027
Wiki­data ID
Q56768094
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Björkö” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Björkö”
  • Chinese: “比約克島”
  • Danish: “Björkö”
  • Dutch: “Björkö”
  • Finnish: “Björkö”
  • French: “Björkö”
  • German: “Björkö”
  • Japanese: “ビェルケ島”
  • Latin: “Birca”
  • Macedonian: “Бјорко”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Björkö i Mälaren”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Björkö i Mälaren”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Björkö”
  • Norwegian: “Björkö i Mälaren”
  • Norwegian: “Björkö”
  • Norwegian: “Bjørkø”
  • Polish: “Björkö”
  • Portuguese: “Björkö (Uppland)”
  • Portuguese: “Björkö”
  • Russian: “Бьёркё”
  • Spanish: “Björkö”
  • Swedish: “Björkö, Ekerö kommun”
  • Swedish: “Björkö”

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Highlights: Gubbsten and Ängskärshatten.

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