Färingsö
Färingsö or Svartsjölandet is an island in Sweden's Lake Mälaren. It covers an area of 82.02 km2. The island is a part of Ekerö Municipality. The largest village on the island is Stenhamra. The island is also named after the village of Svartsjö.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 8,100 residents
- Description: island in Sweden
- Also known as: “Faeringsoe” and “Svartsjölandet”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Upplands runinskrifter 22 and Blue Lagoon.
Upplands runinskrifter 22
Runestone
Photo: Mceder, Public domain.
Upplands runinskrifter 22 is a runestone.
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.
Färentuna Runestones
Runestone
The Färentuna runestones are 11th century runestones labelled U 20, U 21, and U 22 in the Rundata catalog that are located in Färentuna, Uppland, Sweden.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kungsberga and Hilleshög.
Kungsberga
Village
Kungsberga is a locality situated on the Lake Mälaren island of Färingsö, Ekerö Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden, with 406 inhabitants in 2010.
Hilleshög
Hamlet
Photo: Holger.Ellgaard, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hilleshög is a village in Ekerö Municipality, Stockholm County, southeastern Sweden. Hilleshög Church is located here.
Stav
Neighborhood
Stav is a smaller locality in Ekerö Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden. It has a population of 135.
Färingsö
- Category: island
- Location: Ekerö Municipality, Stockholm County, Svealand, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Färingsö” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Svartsjölandet”
- Cebuano: “Svartsjölandet”
- Danish: “Färingsö”
- Dutch: “Färingsö”
- Finnish: “Färingsö”
- French: “Färingsö”
- Japanese: “フェリングセ島”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Färingsö”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Färingsö”
- Norwegian: “Färingsö”
- Polish: “Färingsö”
- Portuguese: “Färingsö”
- Spanish: “Svartsjölandet”
- Swedish: “Färingsö”
- Swedish: “Färingsölandet”
- Swedish: “Svartsjölandet”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Färentuna Church and Hilleshög Church.
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