Stora Fjäderholmen

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Stor Fjäderholmen, view from the northwest
Map by Stora Fjäderholmen from 1811
North side of the island
cross

Stora Fjäderholmen is an island belonging to Sweden in the Stockholm archipelago .

location

It is the largest island in the Fjäderholmarna archipelago and belongs to the municipality of Lidingö . Stora Fjäderholmen extends for about 400 meters from west to east and about 350 meters from north to south. The island is partly forested and built on with several buildings. On the east side of the island is the Krogviken Bay , which serves as a guest harbor and the Fjäderholmarnas krog restaurant is on the north bank. There is an open-air theater south of the bay and a small museum to the west. Another harbor and other restaurants are located on the north bank of Stora Kajen.

The island is a popular destination and can be reached within 20 minutes by ferry from downtown Stockholm.

history

At the time of the first written mention of Fjäderholmarna in 1381, only Stora Fjäderholmen was already above the waterline in the course of the land uplift. The name of the island changed over time. It is mentioned as Fjäderholmen in 1617, as Fierderholmarna in 1691, and then as Fjärholmarna or Fjäderholmarne at the beginning of the 19th century. For the year 1699 it is stated for Stora Fjäderholmen that there is no firewood there and not even enough fodder for a cow. A map from the same year shows the Fjäderholms krog inn on the island . It was the last inn along the sea route from the Baltic Sea to Stockholm and was located on the western tip of the island. In the late 19th century there was an observation tower at the southern tip of the island, which was later converted into a Grand Restaurant Bellevue .

From 1918 to 1976 Stora Fjäderholmen was part of a restricted military area. The Grand Restaurant Bellevue was demolished. From 1982 the island was under the Royal Djurgården Administration (Kungliga Djurgårdens Förvaltning). Restaurants, cafes, artisan workshops and museums have opened on Stora Fjäderholmen. In addition, a marina was built. The island has been part of the Royal National City Park since 1995 .

Cultural monuments

On the Grönborg elevation in the southeastern part of the island there is a 1.65 meters high and 0.85 meters wide greyish-iron Maltese cross from 1954. In the area of ​​the guest harbor directly on the north shore of the island, the wreck lies at a depth of one to six meters of a sunken wooden ship. In front of the northern tip of the island, at a depth of 4 to 6 meters, there were scattered fragments of a wooden ship. Off the southeastern tip of the island lies the wreck of a 25-meter-long and 5.2-meter-wide ship, also made of wood, at a depth of nine to ten meters.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information on Fjäderholmarna (Swedish)
  2. ↑ Stora Fjäderholmen - entry in the database "Fornsök" des Riksantikvarieämbetet (Swedish)
  3. ↑ Information on Fjäderholmarna (Swedish)
  4. ↑ Information on Fjäderholmarna (Swedish)
  5. ↑ Stora Fjäderholmen - entry in the database "Fornsök" des Riksantikvarieämbetet (Swedish)
  6. ↑ Stora Fjäderholmen - entry in the database "Fornsök" des Riksantikvarieämbetet (Swedish)
  7. ↑ Stora Fjäderholmen - entry in the database "Fornsök" des Riksantikvarieämbetet (Swedish)
  8. ↑ Stora Fjäderholmen - entry in the database "Fornsök" des Riksantikvarieämbetet (Swedish)

Coordinates: 59 ° 20 '  N , 18 ° 11'  E