List of islands of Sweden

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. Most of the islands are in the Baltic Sea regions of the Bay of Bothnia and the Bothnian Sea.[1]

Rough population statistics are from 2015.

Ordered by size

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Island Area (km2) Area (sq mi) Population
Gotland 2,994 1,156 57,000
Öland 1,342 518 25,000
Orust 346 134 15,000
Hisingen 199 77 125,000
Värmdö 181 70 48,000
Tjörn 148 57 15,000
Väddö and Björkö 128 49 1,700
Fårö 113 44 500
Selaön 95 37 1,800
Gräsö 93 36 800
Svartsjölandet 82 32 8,700
Hertsön 73 28 22,000
Alnön 68 26 8,298
Ekerö and Munsö 68 26 11,524
Tosterön-Aspön 66 25 3,600
Ingarö 63 24 6,900
Ljusterö 62 24 1,500
Torsö 62 24 520
Ammerön 60 23 100
Kållandsö 57 22 1,100

Other well-known islands

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See also

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References

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