Värmdö (municipality)

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Värmdö municipality
Coat of arms of the municipality of Värmdö Location of the municipality of Värmdö
coat of arms Location in Stockholm County
State : Sweden
Province (län): Stockholm County
Historical provinces (landskap): Uppland
Södermanland
Main place: Gustavsberg
SCB code: 0120
Residents : 45,000 (December 31, 2019)
Area : 456.6 km² (January 1, 2016)
Population density : 98.6 inhabitants / km²
Website : www.varmdo.se
List of municipalities in Sweden

Coordinates: 59 ° 20 '  N , 18 ° 23'  E

Ängsholmen at Kanholmsfjärden Bay

Värmdö is a municipality ( Swedish kommun ) in the Swedish province of Stockholm County and the historic provinces of Uppland and Södermanland . The main town of the community is Gustavsberg .

geography

The municipality is located in a central part of the Stockholm archipelago . Large inhabited islands with road connections belong to the municipality: Värmdö (with the exception of the westernmost part), Ingarö , Fågelbrolandet , Vindö and Djurö . To the east of it are inhabited islands without road connections such as Svartsö , Möja , Runmarö , Sandön and Nämdö , as well as thousands of uninhabited islands or islands that are only inhabited in summer.

history

  • Several grave fields from the Iron Age have been discovered in the community, as well as a rune stone . Due to the postglacial land elevation , the sea level was about 4 meters higher in the year 1000 than it is now. Many former waterways are therefore now dry.
  • The community name was mentioned in a letter as early as 1314, when "Wermdo" was written. The name is probably related to the Vindöström strait between Värmdö and Vindö. This had relatively "warm" (Swedish varm ) water even in winter and was therefore navigable for a long time.
  • The stone church Värmdö kyrka was built in the Middle Ages and expanded several times.
  • At Djurhamn, on the south side of Djurö, there was an important naval base in the 16th and 17th centuries
  • The Gustavsberg porcelain factory was founded in 1825 .
  • From the middle of the 19th century, steamers sailed in the archipelago and citizens from Stockholm began to use the archipelago as a recreational area.
  • The current municipality was established in 1974 when the former municipalities of Värmdö, Djurö and Gustavsberg were merged.

economy

Initially, the inhabitants of the region caught and hunted seals and sea ​​birds . In the 1820s a porcelain factory was established in Gustavsberg , which for a long time was one of the most important locations in the entire Stockholm region. Today mainly sanitary ceramics such as toilets and sinks are produced here.

In summer the population of the municipality doubles due to the many tourists and people from Stockholm who move into their summer houses during this time.

Web links

Commons : Värmdö municipality  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner December 31, 2019 at Statistiska centralbyrån
  2. ↑ Kommunarealer January 1, 2016 at Statistiska centralbyrån (including all inland waters)
  3. ↑ a b History of the municipality of Värmdö (Swedish language).
  4. ↑ Värmdö kyrka (Swedish language)