Dalarö is a locality

Urban areas in Sweden

Urban area is a common English translation of the Swedish term tätort. The official term in English, used by Statistics Sweden, is, however, locality. There are 1,940 localities in Sweden . They could be compared with census-designated places in the United States.A tätort in Sweden has a minimum of...

 situated in Haninge Municipality

Haninge Municipality

Haninge Municipality is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in Handen.Haninge Municipality was formed in 1971 when Västerhaninge and Österhaninge were united....

, Stockholm County

Stockholm County

Stockholm County is a county or län 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 Stockholm is the capital of Sweden. Stockholm County is divided by the historic provinces of Uppland and Södermanland...

, Sweden

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 with 1,190 inhabitants in 2005.

It is situated south-east of Stockholm

Stockholm

Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...

 and is part of Metropolitan Stockholm and serves as a recreational summer spot for Stockholmers. At the beginning of the year 2004, the automobile company Volvo

Volvo

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 used the town for the unconventional The Mystery of Dalarö advertising campaign.

Residents

• Joachim von Rohr
  Joachim Von Rohr
  Joachim von Rohr was a Lieutenant Colonel for the Swedish Empire and Commandant of the Dalarö fortress. He participated in the Battle of Poltava and was captured and held as a prisoner in Siberia.-Biography:...
  
  , commander of the Dalarö fortress
  Dalarö Fortress
  Dalarö fortress is a fortification located just south of Dalarö. The current structure was built by Charles X Gustav of Sweden in 1656.-History:...
  
  
• Captain Carl Peter Blom, founder of Smådalarö gård
  Smådalarö Gård
  Smådalarö Gård is an inn located at Dalarö in Stockholm archipelago . It was first built 1810 by Captain Carl Peter Blom, and today the stone house has been complemented with a hotel wing.-External links:**...
  
  

External links

• Official site in Swedish only