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Grinda is an island located in the ___MASK40___ archipelago , Sweden . It is located south of Ljusterö , east of Vaxholm and west of Svartsö and Möja . Grinda is a popular island especially during summer , for campers , tourists and people travelling the ___MASK40___ archipelago by boat . Most of the island is owned by the non - profit organisation Skärgårdsstiftelsen ( Archipelago Foundation ) , whose purpose is keeping the island ' s nature and facilities in good condition for outside visitors . The island hosts a tavern , bar and grocery store , and is frequented daily during the summer season by the passenger ferries of Waxholmsbolaget . The ___MASK40___ archipelago is the largest archipelago in Sweden , and the second - largest archipelago in the Baltic Sea ( the largest being across the Baltic in Finland ). ___MASK40___ ( or ) is the capital of Sweden and the most populous city in the Nordic countries ; 932 , 917 people live in the municipality , approximately 1 . 5 million in the urban area , and 2 . 3 million in the metropolitan area . The city is spread across 14 islands on the coast in the southeast of Sweden at the mouth of Lake Mälaren , by the ___MASK40___ archipelago and the Baltic Sea . The area has been settled since the Stone Age , in the 6th millennium BC , and was founded as a city in 1252 by a Swedish statesman Birger Jarl . It is also the capital of ___MASK40___ County . ___MASK86___ , officially the Kingdom ___MASK5___ ___MASK86___ ( Swedish : ), is a Scandinavian country in ___MASK65___ Europe . It borders Norway to the west and Finland to the east , and is connected to Denmark in the southwest by a bridge - tunnel across the Öresund . At , ___MASK86___ is the third - largest country in the European Union by area , with a total population ___MASK5___ 10 . 0 million . ___MASK86___ consequently has a low population density ___MASK5___ , with the highest concentration in the southern half ___MASK5___ the country . Approximately 85 % ___MASK5___ the population lives in urban areas . ___MASK87___ (" Vaxholms kommun " or " Vaxholms stad ") is a municipality within ___MASK40___ archipelago in ___MASK40___ 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 in the city of Vaxholm . The ___MASK15___ ( EU ) is a political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe . It has an area of , and an estimated population of over 510 million . The EU has developed an internal single market through a standardised system of laws that apply in all member states . EU policies aim to ensure the free movement of people , goods , services , and capital within the internal market , enact legislation in justice and home affairs , and maintain common policies on trade , agriculture , fisheries , and regional development . Within the Schengen Area , passport controls have been abolished . A monetary union was established in 1999 and came into full force in 2002 , and is composed of 19 EU member states which use the euro currency . ___MASK51___ , officially the Republic ___MASK5___ ___MASK51___ , is a sovereign state in ___MASK65___ Europe . A peninsula with the Gulf ___MASK5___ ___MASK51___ to the south and the Gulf ___MASK5___ Bothnia to the west , the country has land borders with Sweden to the northwest , Norway to the north , and Russia to the east . Estonia is south ___MASK5___ the country across the Gulf ___MASK5___ ___MASK51___ . ___MASK51___ is a Nordic country situated in the geographical region ___MASK5___ Fennoscandia , which also includes Scandinavia . ___MASK51___ ' s population is 5 . 5 million ( 2014 ), staying roughly on the same level over the past two decades . The majority ___MASK5___ the population is concentrated in the southern region . In terms ___MASK5___ area , it is the eighth largest country in Europe and the most sparsely populated country in the European Union . Vaxholm is a locality and the seat ___MASK5___ Vaxholm Municipality , ___MASK40___ County , Sweden . It is located in the ___MASK40___ archipelago . The name Vaxholm comes from Vaxholm Castle , which was constructed in 1549 on an islet with this name on the inlet to ___MASK40___ , for defense purposes , by King Gustav Vasa . ___MASK7___ is a Scandinavian country in Europe . The southernmost and smallest ___MASK5___ the Nordic countries , it is south - west ___MASK5___ Sweden and south ___MASK5___ Norway , and bordered to the south by Germany . The Kingdom ___MASK5___ ___MASK7___ is the sovereign state that comprises ___MASK7___ proper and two autonomous constituent countries in the North ___MASK52___ : the Faroe Islands and Greenland . ___MASK7___ has a total area ___MASK5___ , and a population ___MASK5___ 5 . 7 million . The country consists ___MASK5___ a peninsula , Jutland , and an archipelago ___MASK5___ 443 named islands , with the largest being Zealand and Funen . The islands are characterised by flat , arable land and sandy coasts , low elevation and a temperate climate . ___MASK21___ (" Värmdö kommun ") is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden . Its seat is located in the town of Gustavsberg , with a population of 9 , 682 ( 2005 ), situated on the main island at an elevation of 37 m . An archipelago , sometimes called an island group or island chain , is a chain , cluster or collection ___MASK5___ islands . The word " archipelago " is derived from the Greek "  -  arkhi -" (" chief ") and "   pélagos " (" sea ") through the Italian " arcipelago ". In Italian , possibly following a tradition ___MASK5___ antiquity , the Archipelago ( from medieval Greek "*  " and Latin " archipelagus ") was the proper name for the Aegean Sea and , later , usage shifted to refer to the Aegean Islands ( since the sea is remarkable for its large number ___MASK5___ islands ). It is now used to refer to any island group or , sometimes , to a sea containing a small number ___MASK5___ scattered islands . Möja is an island in the ___MASK40___ archipelago in Sweden . Möja is one of the most popular islands in the archipelago for travellers and boaters , and is also significant in size . Ljusterö is an island in ___MASK86___ . It is in the ___MASK65___ part of the Stockholm archipelago in Österåker Municipality , Stockholm County . It is approximately 65 kilometers north of central Stockholm . ___MASK85___ is a historical and cultural region in ___MASK65___ Europe characterized by a common ethnocultural North Germanic heritage and mutually intelligible North Germanic languages . ___MASK40___ County (" Stockholms län ") is a county or " län " ( in Swedish ) on the Baltic sea coast of Sweden . It borders Uppsala County and Södermanland County . It also borders Mälaren and the Baltic Sea . The city of ___MASK40___ is the capital of Sweden . ___MASK40___ County is divided by the historic provinces of Uppland ( Roslagen ) and Södermanland ( Södertörn ). More than one fifth of the Swedish population lives in the county . ___MASK40___ County is also one of the statistical " riksområden " ( national areas ) according to , Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics within the EU . With more than two million inhabitants , ___MASK40___ is the most densely populated county of Sweden . Svartsö is an island located in the ___MASK40___ archipelago in ___MASK21___ in Sweden . In the summer the island is a popular destination for visitors . The landscape is relatively flat and there are several small lakes located on the island . An island or isle is any piece ___MASK5___ sub - continental land that is surrounded by water . Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets , skerries , cays or keys . An island in a river or a lake island may be called an eyot or ait , and a small island off the coast may be called a holm . A grouping ___MASK5___ geographically or geologically related islands is called an archipelago , e . g . the ___MASK43___ . The Baltic Sea ( ; ) is a sea ___MASK5___ the ___MASK52___ , enclosed by Scandinavia , Finland , the Baltic countries , and the North European Plain . It includes the Gulf ___MASK5___ Bothnia , the Bay ___MASK5___ Bothnia , the Gulf ___MASK5___ Finland , the Gulf ___MASK5___ Riga , and the Bay ___MASK5___ Gdask . The sea stretches from 53 ° N to 66 ° N latitude and from 10 ° E to 30 ° E longitude . A mediterranean sea ___MASK5___ the Atlantic , with limited water exchange between the two bodies , the Baltic Sea drains through the Danish islands into the Kattegat by way ___MASK5___ the straits ___MASK5___ Øresund , the Great Belt , and the Little Belt . ___MASK68___ (; Norwegian : ( Bokmål ) or ( Nynorsk ); Sami : " Norgga "), officially the Kingdom ___MASK5___ ___MASK68___ , is a sovereign and unitary monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion ___MASK5___ the Scandinavian Peninsula plus the island ___MASK50___ and the archipelago ___MASK5___ Svalbard . The Antarctic Peter I Island and the sub - Antarctic Bouvet Island are dependent territories and thus not considered part ___MASK5___ the Kingdom . ___MASK68___ also lays claim to a section ___MASK5___ Antarctica known as Queen Maud Land . Until 1814 , the Kingdom included the Faroe Islands ( since 1035 ), Greenland ( 1261 ), and Iceland ( 1262 ). It also included Shetland and Orkney until 1468 . It also included the following provinces , now in Sweden : ___MASK76___ , Härjedalen and Bohuslän . ___MASK94___ is a municipality in ___MASK40___ County in east central Sweden . Its seat is located in the town of Åkersberga , with a population of 26 , 727 ( 2005 ). ___MASK65___ Europe is the ___MASK65___ part or region of Europe . Although no definitive borders or definition exists for the term , geographically , ___MASK65___ Europe may be considered to consist approximately of all of Europe above the 52nd parallel north ; which includes ( from west to east ) most or all of : Iceland , the Republic of Ireland , the Isle of Man , the United Kingdom , the Faroe Islands , the Netherlands , ___MASK65___ Germany , Denmark , Norway , Sweden , ___MASK65___ Poland , Finland , Estonia , Latvia , Lithuania and northwest Russia . However , narrower definitions may also be used based on other geographical factors , such as climate and ecology . Greenland , geographically a part of North America , is politically a part of the Kingdom of Denmark , and may be included depending on the definition .