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| Coordinates: 59°22′N 18°09′E / 59.367°N 18.15°ECoordinates: 59°22′N 18°09′E / 59.367°N 18.15°E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| Province | Uppland |
| County | Stockholm County |
| Municipality | Lidingö Municipality |
| Area [1] | |
| - Total | 12.54 km2 (4.8 sq mi) |
| Population (2005-12-31)[1] | |
| - Total | 30,357 |
| - Density | 2,421/km2 (6,270.4/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
Lidingö is an island in the inner Stockholm archipelago, north east of central Stockholm, the capital of Sweden. It is also a locality on the island, and the seat of Lidingö Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden with 30,357 inhabitants in 2005.[1]
Lidingö Municipality, consisting of Lidingö and some of the surrounding minor islands, is one of the historical cities of Sweden.
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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, but the climate is much colder. Summer season is limited to the end of May through June-July-August, autumn 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. Coldest period is during January until the end of February. Springtime is from mid April through May.
History
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 runestones.
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.
Image gallery
 The island of Lidingö around year AD 1 when the island rose above sea level during the post-glacial rebound, that still goes on, about 5 mm per year in the Stockholm area, 1 cm in the area around Umeå in the north of Sweden. |
 Runic inscription Fv1986 84 on a flat rock dating from the late Viking age around 800-1050, marked as Bo (Wikby) on the map from AD 1. |
 Lidingö map from november 1661. |
 Lidingö map from 1846 with major farms, roads and farmland property borders, in principal the same property borders as 1774. |
 The area around Ekholmsnäs with Ekholmsnäs ski slope during summertime. |
 Ekholmsnäs estate with horse stable. |
,_m%C3%A5lning_av_Richard_Bergh.jpg) Nordic summer's evening at Ekholmsnäs. Painting from 1899. |
 Ekholmsnäs ski slope during winter time. |
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- ^ a b c "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2000 och 2005" (in Swedish) (xls). Statistics Sweden. http://www.scb.se/statistik/MI/MI0810/2005A01B/T%c3%a4torternami0810tab1.xls. Retrieved 2009-05-09.
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Lidingö is one of 133 places with the historical city status in Sweden. |
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