Granholmen, Vaxholm Municipality

Granholmen, or Västra Granholmen, is an island in the Stockholm archipelago in Sweden. It is situated in the Höggarnsfjärden waterway to the south of Vaxholm and Karlsudd and north of Stora and Lilla Höggarn. Administratively, it is in Vaxholm Municipality and Stockholm County.[1]

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Granholmen is located in Stockholm
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Granholmen is located in Sweden
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Granholmen is located in European Union
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Coordinates: 59°22′36.5″N 18°18′7.6″E
CountrySweden
ProvinceUppland
CountyStockholm County
MunicipalityVaxholm Municipality
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Granholmen has no road connection to the mainland or other islands. It is served throughout the year by passenger ships of the Waxholmsbolaget, which call at a pier at the eastern end of the island, providing a connection to Vaxholm town and Stockholm city.[1][2][3]

The neighbouring island is Edlunda, which was previously called Östra Granholmen. The two islands were originally named after Erik and Carl Fredrik Granholm, who bought them in the 1860s.[1][4]

References

  1. "Interactive map - Granholmen". hitta.se. Archived from the original on 5 June 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  2. "Ferry Network Map" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 May 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  3. "Granholmen". Archived from the original on 7 June 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  4. Per Wästberg (1973). Sommaröarna - en bok om stockholmarnas skärgård [The summer islands - a book about Stockholm's archipelago] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand.


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