List of islands of Sweden

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This is a list of islands of Sweden . A 2013 statistics report concluded that there are 267,570 islands in Sweden, though less than 1,000 of these are inhabited. [1] The total area of the islands is 1.2 million hectares, which corresponds to 3% percent of the total land area of Sweden. Most of the islands are in the Baltic Sea regions of the Bay of Bothnia and the Bothnian Sea. [1]

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Rough population statistics are from 2015.

Ordered by size

IslandArea (km2)Area (sq mi)Population
Gotland 2,9941,15661,023
Öland 1,34251825,846
Orust 34613415,000
Hisingen 19977176,047
Värmdö 1817048,000
Tjörn 1485715,000
Väddö and Björkö 128491,700
Fårö 11344500
Selaön 95371,800
Gräsö 9336800
Svartsjölandet 82328,700
Hertsön 732822,000
Alnön 68268,298
Ekerö and Munsö 682611,524
Tosterön-Aspön 66253,600
Ingarö 63246,900
Ljusterö 62241,500
Torsö 6224520
Ammerön 6023100
Kållandsö 57221,100

Other well-known islands

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "3 percent of Sweden's land area consists of islands". Statistiska Centralbyrån. Retrieved 2020-05-13.