Blidö

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Blidö an island in Blidö is socks kommun in Norrtälje, Stockholms län in the archipelago of Stockholm.

After Blidö and the neighboring island Yxlan there is a bus which leaves from Norrtälje and a ferry that runs from Furusund. The truck assembly Society Waxholmsbolaget runs Blidö with the ships Blidösund, Sjögull and Sjöbris. The island has no bridge to the mainland, but only a car ferry. This runs between Furusund ( where there is a bridge to the mainland) and Köpmanholm ( Yxlan ) and between Larshamn ( Yxlan ) and Norrsund ( Blidö ).

The Church of Blidö is located in the center of the island. It was built in 1859. The building was a scene in the movie Tjorven och Skrållan ( Saltkråkan ) of 1965. It was the Church, married in Malin and Peter.

The artist Rune Jansson was born on Blidö. Ture Nerman had here in the 1950s, his summer home and Tove Jansson spent the summers of his childhood here.

Places to Blidö

  • Oxhalsö
  • Västerö
  • Stämmarsund
  • Bromskär
  • Bruket
  • Storvik
  • Sunda ( Bondgård )
  • Sunda ( Barnkolloni )
  • Left ( nature reserve )
  • Storö
  • Glyxnäs
  • Eknäs
  • Horsvärn

Pictures of Blidö

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