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Anderviken is a bay and a historical industrial site located in Trosa Municipality, in the county of Södermanland, Sweden. It is situated on the coast of the Baltic Sea, a few kilometers south of the locality of Vagnhärad. The area is part of the historic Trosa-Vagnhärad Parish. Anderviken is not a formal settlement but is…
Trosa is a town and the seat of Trosa Municipality, located in the county of Södermanland, Sweden. It is situated on the coast of the Baltic Sea, at the mouth of the Trosaån River. With a population of approximately 7,000 residents in the town itself, Trosa is a key tourist destination in the region. The…
Komötet is a coastal settlement in Trosa Municipality, located in the county of Södermanland, Sweden. The locality is not a statistical urban area (tätort) but rather a community that has grown from a former farmstead. It is situated on the shore of the Baltic Sea, in a sheltered bay. Komötet is located a few kilometers…
Vagnhärad is a locality in the province of Södermanland, Sweden. It is part of Trosa Municipality and is situated in Södermanland County. The locality is positioned a few kilometers inland from the coast of the Baltic Sea, where the municipality’s main town, Trosa, is located. With a population of approximately 3,400 residents, Vagnhärad serves as…
Tureholm is a castle just to the west of Trosa along the Baltic Sea coast of the province of Södermanland in eastern Sweden. This is an 18th-century castle that is today privately owned. Its history is, however, much longer. It stretches back to at least the 14th century when it had the name Gäddeholm. This…
Lundby is a farm and a small settlement just on the outskirts of Vagnhärad. This is a part of the Södermanland countryside, with large open fields. A small road goes through the area, with the much larger motorway E4 only a short distance away. Without the motorway, this area would probably have been really quiet….
For locals of Trosa and Vagnhärad, Åda is probably best known for “Ådarakan“, a straight part of the road that begins at the manor house at Åda. The estate covers a large area of farmland, forests, and a part of the nearby coastal waters. It has been owned by the Isoz family since 1841 and…
Along a small countryside road between Trosa and Vagnhärad is the small settlement of Hunga. The settlement is in an idyllic rural setting with green fields, small forests, and limited passing traffic. Year-round residents share this area with the temporary summer visitors who have found their summer cottages in the area. In total, there are…
Åkers Styckebruk is a locality in Strängnäs Municipality in eastern Sweden. It lies in Södermanland County, in what was once the seat of Åkers Parish, but developed into an early industrial company town already in the 16th century. The production of artillery canons has been one of the main driving forces in the development of…
Nynäs is a castlelike manor in Nyköping Municipality. These coastal lands in the former Bälinge Parish are a part of Södermanland County and the Baltic Sea is not far away. The closest body of water is, however, Lake Rundbosjön. Nynäs Castle watches out over the lake and its surrounding landscape with the castle parks, historical…
Kvicksund is a cross-border locality when you look at the municipality, county, and historical province. It lies on both sides of the strait that almost splits Lake Mälaren into two. On the northern shore, there is a part that belongs to Västerås Municipality in Västmanland County, and on the other the part that belongs to…
Horsvik is an old coastal farmstead and current nature reserve along the Baltic Sea coast of Nyköping Municipality in eastern Sweden. This natural beauty is a neighbor to the former nuclear test facilities of Studsvik. With the well-known nature reserve of Stendörren nearby, this small reserve is a bit less crowded. It is, however, still…