Blidö is an island in the northern

Stockholm archipelago The Stockholm Archipelago () is the largest archipelago in Sweden, and the second-largest archipelago in the Baltic Sea (the largest being the Archipelago Sea across the Baltic in Finland). Part of the archipelago has been designated as a Rams ...

"roslagen" and a part of the

Norrtälje Municipality Norrtälje Municipality () is a municipalities of Sweden, municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the stad (Sweden), city of Norrtälje. It is the largest and northernmost municipality of Stockholm County a ...

. Its northernmost point is called Kråknäset. There is a car ferry to neighboring

Yxlan Yxlan is an island in the north of Stockholm archipelago and Norrtälje Municipality, 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 a ...

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. Journalist and author

Ture Nerman Ture Nerman (18 May 1886, in Norrköping – 7 October 1969) was a Swedish socialist journalist, author, and political activist. He also wrote poems and songs. Nerman was a vegetarian and a strict teetotaler. Alcoholism was a major social pro ...

owned a summer house on Blidö from 1919 until 1969. Author

Tove Jansson Tove Marika Jansson (; 9 August 1914 – 27 June 2001) was a Swedish-speaking Finnish author, novelist, painter, illustrator and comic strip author. Brought up by artistic parents, Jansson studied art from 1930 to 1938 in Helsinki, Stockholm, ...

spent her summers as a child on Blidö.

References

Islands of Norrtälje Municipality Islands of the Stockholm archipelago {{Stockholm-geo-stub