Stavsnäs is a

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situated on the north east part of the island ''Fågelbrolandet'' in

Värmdö Municipality Värmdö Municipality (''Värmdö kommun'') is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is in the town of Gustavsberg, with a population of 9,682 (2005), on the main island at an elevation of . The municipality is n ...

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, Sweden with 810 inhabitants in 2010. As there are numerous holiday homes in the area, the population is significantly larger during summer. Stavsnäs is located 44 kilometers from central Stockholm and accessible by road. Stavsnäs consists of three different parts; ''Stavsnäs By'' (the original picturesque wood-house village built up around the old harbour, dating back to medieval times), ''Stavsnäs Gärde'' (a modern housing area with detached houses and blocks of flats), and ''Stavsnäs Vinterhamn'' or ''Vinterhamn'' (the all-year ferry harbour connecting the nearby inhabited islands (such as

Sandhamn Sandhamn (Swedish for "Sand Harbour") is a small settlement in the central-peripheral part of the Stockholm Archipelago in central-eastern Sweden, approximately 50 km (30 mi) east of Stockholm. Sandhamn is located on the island Sand ...

) with the Stockholm bus transportation network). In Stavsnäs By there is the old harbour, ''Sommarhamn'', a museum dedicated to the history of the archipelago and its inhabitants, ''Skärgårdsmuseet'', and a bakery and café which turns into a restaurant and bar in the evenings. South of ''Vinterhamn'' on the island of ''Hölö'' (accessible by bridge from ''Fågelbrolandet''), Sjösala, the

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Evert Taube Axel Evert Taube (; 12 March 1890 – 31 January 1976) was a Swedish author, artist, composer and singer. He is widely regarded as one of Sweden's most respected musicians and the foremost troubadour of the Swedish ballad tradition in the 20th c ...

and the

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, is located.

References

Populated places in Värmdö Municipality Stockholm archipelago Geography of Stockholm {{Stockholm-geo-stub