Älgö

Älgö is a locality situated in Nacka Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden. It is also a peninsula next to Saltsjöbaden, in Stockholm Archipelago. Älgö is surrounded by Baggensfjärden, Ingaröfjärden and Erstaviken.

Älgö
Älgö
Älgö
Älgö
Coordinates: 59°15′55″N 18°20′35″E
CountrySweden
ProvinceUppland
CountyStockholm County
MunicipalityNacka Municipality
Area
  Total0.201 km2 (0.078 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2020)[1]
  Total991
  Density4,900/km2 (13,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Since 2015, the settlement has been constituted as its own urban area.[2] The town already met the resident requirement for an urban area (200) by a very wide margin, but then had too high a proportion of leisure properties.

History

Älgö, which then belonged to Brännkyrka parish, was mentioned for the first time in 1416 ('in Alghøø') when Katarina Erengisledotter redeemed 2/3 of the island from Kristoffer and Peter Kruse. In a land register for Årsta estates, probably from 1529, a farm on Älgön is occupied. Gabriel Kristersson (Oxenstierna) owned this croft in 1652, which then annually paid 2 öre money, 6 days' work and fodder for three horses in lease. In 1573, two tithe-obliging farmers were recorded on Älgö.[3]

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