Adelsö-Munsö

Adelsö-Munsö is a locality in Ekerö Municipality, Stockholm County. Adelsö-Munsö is situated nearby to the hamlet Hovgården, as well as near the locality Sjukarby.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Birka and Uppland Runic Inscription 11.

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.

Uppland Runic Inscription 11

Runestone

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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.

Adelsö Church is a church located on the Lake Mälaren island of Adelsö, in Ekerö Municipality in central eastern Sweden. The Romanesque church, itself founded in the 12th century, is located next to Hovgården, an excavation site and a World Heritage Site dating back to before the Viking Age.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hovgården and Lilla Stenby.

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.

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.

Ekeby

Village

Ekeby, Munsö socken is a village in Ekerö Municipality, Stockholm County, southeastern Sweden. Ekeby is situated 4 km east of Adelsö-Munsö.

Adelsö-Munsö

Type: Locality with 1,620 residents
Also known as: “Adelsoe-Munsoe”
Location: Ekerö Municipality, Stockholm County, Svealand, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude

59.3601° or 59° 21′ 36″ north

Longitude

17.5314° or 17° 31′ 53″ east

Population

1,620

Elevation

13 metres (43 feet)

Open location code

9FFV9G6J+2H

GeoNames ID

8132045

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