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List of islands of Sweden

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This is a list of islands of Sweden. According to 2013 statistics report there are in total 267,570 islands in Sweden, fewer than 1000 of which are inhabited.[1] Their total area is 1.2 million hectares, which corresponds to 3 percent of the total land area of Sweden.[1]

Rough population statistics are from 2015.

Ordered by size

Island Area Population
Gotland 2994 km² 57,000
Öland 1347 km² 25,000
Orust 346 km² 15,000
Hisingen 199 km² 125,000
Värmdö 181 km² 48,000
Tjörn 148 km² 15,000
Väddö and Björkö 128 km² 1,700
Fårö 113 km² 500
Selaön 95 km² 1,800
Gräsö 93 km² 800
Svartsjölandet 82 km² 8,700
Hertsön 73 km² 22,000
Alnön 68 km² 8,298
Ekerö and Munsö 68 km² 11,524
Tosterön-Aspön 66 km² 3,600
Ingarö 63 km² 6,900
Ljusterö 62 km² 1,500
Torsö 62 km² 520
Ammerön 60 km² 100
Kållandsö 57 km² 1,100

Other well-known islands

See also

References

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