Adelsö

Adelsö is an island in the middle of in , near Björkfjärden. The island is part of and . It is about 45 kilometres by ferry and road west of downtown .
Wikipedia
Photo: ArildV, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Locality
  • Description: island in the middle of Lake Mälaren in Sweden
  • Also known as: “Adelsoe”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Uppland Runic Inscription 11 and Adelsö Church.

Runestone
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
U 11 is the Rundata designation for a runestone that is located near the ruins of the old king's dwelling at near on the island of Adelsö in Sweden.

Church
Photo: ArildV, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a church located on the island of Adelsö, in in central eastern . The Romanesque church, itself founded in the 12th century, is located next to , an excavation site and a World Heritage Site dating back to before the Viking Age.

Runestone
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.
is a runestone.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hovgården and Lundkulla.

Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is an archaeological site on the island of Adelsö in in central-eastern . During the Viking Age, the centre of the prospering Mälaren Valley was the settlement , founded in the mid-8th century and abandoned in the late 10th century and located on the island Björkö just south of Adelsö.

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

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

Adelsö

Latitude
59.35846° or 59° 21′ 31″ north
Longitude
17.52551° or 17° 31′ 32″ east
Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)
United Nations Location Code
SE ADO
Open location code
9FFV9G5G+96
Geo­Names ID
10860989
Wiki­data ID
Q355577
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Swedish—“Adelsö” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “آديلسو”
  • Catalan: “Adelsö”
  • Cebuano: “Adelsön (pulo sa Suwesya, Stockholm)”
  • Cebuano: “Adelsön”
  • Danish: “Adelsö”
  • Danish: “Adelsø”
  • Dutch: “Adelso”
  • Dutch: “Adelsö”
  • Finnish: “Adelsö”
  • Finnish: “Adelsön”
  • French: “Adelsö”
  • German: “Adelsö”
  • German: “Adelsön”
  • Italian: “Adelsö”
  • Japanese: “アデルスユー島”
  • Macedonian: “Аделсе”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Adelsö”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Adelsö”
  • Norwegian: “Adelsö”
  • Polish: “Adelsö”
  • Portuguese: “Adelsö”
  • Spanish: “Adelsö”
  • Swedish: “Adelsö”
  • Swedish: “Adelsön”
  • Swedish: “Adelsös historia”
  • Swedish: “Alsnö”
  • Swedish: “Grindby”
  • Swedish: “Kunsta”
  • Swedish: “Vikingaveckan”

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