Helgö

right|thumb|300 px|Location of Helgö in Lake Mälaren Helgö is an island in Ekerö Municipality in Stockholm County, Sweden. It is situated in Lake Mälaren. The island's greatest width is about , it is about long and covers .

==Excavations at Helgö== thumb|upright|alt=Colour photograph of the Helgö Buddha|The Helgö Buddha The island is perhaps best known for a major archaeological area. The old trading town on Helgö began to emerge around the year 200 AD, 500 years before Birka at Björkö. The first archaeological dig in 1954 uncovered the remains of the early settlement, including a workshop area which attracted international interest. The most notable finds included a small Buddha statuette from North India and a christening scoop from Egypt, both dating from the 6th century. The Buddha statuette, the Irish crozier and the Egyptian Coptic scoop, which were found on Helgö, are presently on display in the Swedish History Museum in Stockholm.