Stockholm archipelago
The Stockholm Archipelago (Swedish: Stockholms Skärgård) is the biggest archipelago of Sweden, and one of the biggest archipelagos of the baltic sea. It stretches from Stockholm and approximately 60 kilometers to the east, bordering Alandia. It consists of approximately 24 000 islands and islets. It mainly follows the coastline of the provinces Sodermanland and Uplandia.
In 1719 the archipelago was estimated to have a population of 2.900 people, mostly fishermen. Nowadays the archipelago mainly serves as a cluster of islands used by people on holiday. The biggest town of the archipelago, apart from Stockholm, is Vaxholm.
The landscape of the archipelago is often considered impressive and unique. It has been shaped - and is still shaped - by the land elevation, which raises the land by about five millimeters every year.
The village of Ytterby, among chemists famous for naming not less than four chemical elements, namely erbium, terbium, ytterbium and yttrium, is situated in the Stockholm Archipelago.
Many poets, authors and artists have been influenced and fascinated by the Stockholm archipelago, among others August Strindberg and Aleister Crowley.