Styrsö

Styrsö
Styrsö
State :	Sweden
Province  (län):	Västra Götalands län
Historical Province (landskap):	Västergötland
Municipality  :	Gothenburg
Coordinates :	57 ° 37 '  N , 11 ° 47'  E Coordinates: 57 ° 37 '  N , 11 ° 47'  E
SCB code :	4588
Status:	Crime scene
Residents :	1324 (December 31, 2015)
Area :	1.78 km²
Population density :	744 inhabitants / km²
List of perpetrators in Västra Götaland County

View of Styrsö

Styrsö is an island and a place ( Tatort ) in the Swedish province of Västra Götalands län and the historic province of Västergötland . The place is located in Gothenburg's southern archipelago and is part of the Västra Gothenburg district . The name "Styrsö" is derived from the old- west Norse styrir , which means ship commander and was used around 1300 in the name Styrisø for the island.

There are three ports for passenger ferries on the island (Bratten, Tången, Skäret). The ferries are operated by Styrsöbolaget on behalf of Västtrafik . There is also the cargo and fishing port of Sandviken in the north and the recycling port in the south of the island.

There is a bridge between the islands of Styrsö and Donsö , and there are regular ferry connections to Saltholmen .

Sons and daughters of the place

• Ruben Östlund (* 1974), film director and screenwriter

See also

• Styrsö class

Web links

Commons : Styrsö  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Statistiska centralbyrån : Land area per Tatort, folkmängd and invånare per square kilometer. Vart femte år 1960 - 2015 (database query)
2. ↑ Svenskt local dictionary . Språk- och folkminnesinstitutet (SOFI), Uppsala, 2003. p. 301. ISBN 917229020X