Lidingö is an island in the inner Stockholm archipelago, located north east of central Stockholm, the capital of Sweden. It is also a locality with 31,561 inhabitants in 2010,[1] and the seat of Lidingö Municipality, Stockholm County.
Lidingö is a highly attractive place to live in Sweden and subsequently it has become the residence for many affluent citizens. The most exclusive parts are the coast strip from Mölna to the east tip of the island Gåshaga, all referred to as the Gold Coast, and the east tip of the northern part of the horse shoe, called Elfvik. Notwithstanding the fact that many middle-class Swedes have moved to the island in recent years (due to rental apartment construction projects), the municipality has upheld its stature as the third richest in the country after Danderyd and Täby.
Lidingö Municipality, consisting of Lidingö and some of the surrounding minor islands, is one of the historical cities of Sweden.
The most famous residents of Lidingö were Bjorn Ulvaeus and Agnetha Faltskog of ABBA.
[edit] Nature and climate
Stockholm and the waters around Lidingö looks much the same as around Seattle (USA) or Sydney (Australia), with large forests mixed with open farm land, however the climate is much colder. Summer season is limited to the end of May through August, autumn is short only from September–October. The air temperature seldom exceeds 25 °C during summer time.
Sea water temperatures usually have a peak in mid July with around 20 °C in the inner parts of the archipelago. First snow fall is generally within the first two weeks of November. During the winter season thick ice normally covers the waters around Stockholm and up to 15-20 nautical miles out in the Baltic sea archipelago. The coldest period is from January until the end of February. Springtime is from mid April through May.
[edit] History
[edit] Runic inscriptions
Only two runic inscriptions have been found on the island. The latest, listed in Rundata as Uppland Runic Inscription Fv1986 84, was found in 1984 under a 10 cm thick layer of soil and moss. The area has never been used for any human activities in modern times. The inscription is from the Viking age, around 800-1050 AD. The inscription has been translated as stating: "Åsmund carved runes in memory of his grandfather Sten, father of Sibbe and Gerbjörn ....a great monument over a good man." The figures shows large snakes and on top a Maltese cross, a typical motif for the late Viking age rune stones.
[edit] Later History
300–400 years later, the inhabitants of Lidingö had established small farms. Lidingö is first mentioned in writing 1328 in the last will by Jedvard Filipsson, in the sentence "curiam in Lydhingø" corresponding to a "Lidingö farm". Bo Jonsson (Grip) (early 1330s – 20 August 1386) bought the entire island during the period of 1376-1381. Around 1480 the island was taken over by the family Banér in Djursholm. The first church was built in 1623. The 29 augusti 1774, Johan Gabriel Banér (1733–1811) in Djursholm, sold the entire island and the land was split up in 25 major farms. One of the largest farms since that time, that has been preserved within the Långängen-Elfvik national park was Elfviks farm, situated on the east part of Lidingö, today covering 125 acres (0.51 km2) of open farmland and most of the forest land on Elfvik. Most of the original houses, built from the end of the 18th century up to mid-19th century, have been saved and restored. The farm is still active with beef cattle, sheep and horses and is run by Lidingö Municipality. During the end of the 20th century, the largest real estate close to the Elfvik farm was the IBM educational center for northern Europe, built in early 1960 on the outer east edge of Lidingö, today working as a hotel complex.
[edit] Sports
The following sports clubs are located in Lidingö:
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