Norrtälje Municipality in the context of "Yxlan"

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⭐ Core Definition: Norrtälje Municipality

Norrtälje Municipality (Swedish: Norrtälje kommun) is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Norrtälje.

It is the largest and northernmost municipality of Stockholm County and was created in 1971 through the amalgamation of several former municipalities. There are 25 original local government units (as of 1863) combined in the present municipality. Since the municipality was formed in 1971, the population has grown almost every year. With the exception of the mandate period 2014–2018, Norrtälje has had a non-socialistic municipal government since 2010.

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👉 Norrtälje Municipality in the context of Yxlan

Yxlan is an island in the north of Stockholm archipelago and Norrtälje municipality. The island is reachable from the mainland by car ferries. Yxlan is located between the islands of Furusund and Blidö. There is a school and a little store on the island, other services are found on Blidö.

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Norrtälje Municipality in the context of Blidö

Blidö is an island in the northern Stockholm archipelago "roslagen" and a part of the Norrtälje Municipality. Its northernmost point is called Kråknäset. There is a car ferry to neighboring Yxlan and ferries to Stockholm, as well as an ICA grocery store.

Linkudden Nature Reserve is located on the southeast of the island with lovely nature and seaside cliffs.

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Norrtälje Municipality in the context of Väddö

Väddö is an island in the Baltic Sea in Roslagen district, Sweden. It is situated in Norrtälje Municipality. Together with the adjoined Björkö it is considered the seventh largest island of Sweden.

Väddö is separated from the mainland by the artificial Väddö Canal, first dug in the 16th century.

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Norrtälje Municipality in the context of Märket

Märket ('The Mark', Swedish pronunciation: [ˈmæ̂rːkɛt]) is a 3.3-hectare (8.2-acre) uninhabited skerry in the Baltic Sea shared by Sweden and Finland (in the area of the autonomous region Åland), with a lighthouse as its salient humanmade feature. Märket has been divided between the two countries since the Treaty of Fredrikshamn of 1809 defined the border between Sweden and Grand Duchy of Finland as going through the middle of the island. The Finnish side of the island is part of the Municipality of Hammarland in the autonomous region of Åland and is the westernmost land point of Finland. The Swedish part of the island is itself divided between two counties of Sweden: Uppsala County (Östhammar Municipality) and Stockholm County (Norrtälje Municipality).

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Norrtälje Municipality in the context of Grisslehamn

Grisslehamn is a locality and port located on the coast of the Sea of Åland in Norrtälje Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden. The locality had 249 inhabitants in 2010.

The name Grisslehamn was first mentioned in a document from 1376 about the mail route between Sweden and Finland. This Grisslehamn was located some 20 km south of today's location. In the mid-18th century, most of the old village was destroyed in a fire, and it was decided to move Grisslehamn to its current location to make the mail route shorter. Conveying mail by row boat from Sweden to the Åland islands, whence it was transported to the Finnish mainland, was, together with fishing, one of the most important sources of income for the inhabitants of Grisslehamn and other parts of Roslagen for a long time, until steam ships took over the mail routes in the early 20th century.

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