Husarö is an island in the Stockholm archipelago

Stockholm archipelago

The Stockholm archipelago is the largest archipelago of Sweden, and one of the largest archipelagos of the Baltic Sea.-Geography:The archipelago extends from Stockholm roughly 60 kilometers to the east...

, northeast of Stockholm and south of Norrtälje.

History

Husarö housed pilots from the 15th century until 1912 when the piloting station was closed. There is a small pilot museum on the island.

In 1719, during the Great Northern War

Great Northern War

The Great Northern War was a conflict in which a coalition led by the Tsardom of Russia successfully contested the supremacy of the Swedish Empire in northern Central Europe and Eastern Europe. The initial leaders of the anti-Swedish alliance were Peter I the Great of Russia, Frederick IV of...

, the Russians burnt the settlement and much of the forest on the island. The island's shop was burned down in May 2006.

Transportation

There are scheduled ferry services to the island and the journey takes around two and a half hours from the centre of Stockholm.

Waxholmsbolaget

Waxholmsbolaget

Waxholms Ångfartygs AB, commonly referred to as Waxholmsbolaget, is a shipping company that is owned by Stockholm county council and is responsible for the seaborne public transport in Stockholm archipelago and Stockholm harbour...

 goes to Husarö from Strömkajen and Cinderellabåtarna leave from Strandvägen

Strandvägen

Strandvägen is a boulevard on Östermalm in central Stockholm, Sweden. Completed just in time for the Stockholm World's Fair 1897, it quickly became known as one of the most prestigious addresses in town....

in Stockholm.