Vaxholm Municipality

Also known as Vaxholms kommun

municipality in Stockholm County, Sweden

Key facts

Country: Sweden
County: Stockholm County
Seat: Vaxholm
Total: 107.07 km (41.34 sq mi)
Land: 57.88 km (22.35 sq mi)
Water: 49.19 km (18.99 sq mi)
Density: 203.6/km (527.3/sq mi)
Demonyms: Vaxholmer Vaxholmite Vaxholmian Waxholmer Waxholmite Waxholmian
Time zone: UTC+1 ( CET )
Summer dst: UTC+2 ( CEST )
Iso 3166 code: SE
Province: Uppland
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Vaxholm Municipality (Swedish: Vaxholms kommun, semi-officially Vaxholms stad) is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. The municipal slogan is "Vaxholm – the capital of the archipelago", due to its central location in the archipelago. Its seat is located in the city of Vaxholm.

From 1974 to 1984 Vaxholm was united with Österåker Municipality, making up a municipality called Vaxholm, but with the seat in Åkersberga. After the "divorce" the new Vaxholm Municipality came out larger than it had been before the amalgamation. The municipality prefers to style itself City of Vaxholm.