Vaxön is an island in the

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 ...

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. It is situated in

Vaxholm Municipality Vaxholm Municipality (, semi-officially ) is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. The municipal slogan is "Vaxholm – the capital of the archipelago", due to its central location in the archipelago. Its seat is located ...

and Stockholm County. Until 2020, the urban area of Vaxholm, as defined by

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, was entirely contained within the island of Vaxön. However in that year, the adjacent island of

Kullö Kullö is an island in the Stockholm archipelago in Sweden. It is situated in Vaxholm Municipality and Stockholm County. In 2010, Kullö was also considered an urban area or locality, as defined by Statistics Sweden, and at that time had 889 i ...

was redefined as part of the urban area. Vaxön is linked to the Swedish mainland by a series of road bridges, and the car ferry connects Vaxön to the island of

Rindö Rindö is an island in the central area of Sweden's Stockholm Archipelago, some north-east of the city of Stockholm. From an administrative perspective, it is located in Vaxholm Municipality and Stockholm County. The island is about long and ...

across the Kodjupet strait. A bus service connects the island to

Stockholm Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately ...

city, whilst the ''

Waxholmsbolaget Waxholms Ångfartygs AB, commonly referred to as Waxholmsbolaget, is a shipping company owned by Stockholm county council and is responsible for the seaborne public transport in the Stockholm archipelago and Stockholm harbour. The company, which i ...

'' and other ferry lines also provide boat services to central Stockholm and many of the other islands of the

, using a mixture of classic steamers and modern fast passenger ferries.

References

Islands of the Stockholm archipelago Islands of Vaxholm Municipality Populated places in Vaxholm Municipality {{Stockholm-geo-stub