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Mjölkö - historical idyll with bathing cliffs, summer meadows and crofting life in memory

The island is a lovely little gem in the Saxarfjärden with walking paths, bathing mountains and summer meadows. The name Mjölkö probably comes from the milk that was collected from the summer grazing cows and then transported onwards. Mjölkön belonged to the Margretelund farm. In the 1950s, plots were divided up and sold to holidaymakers.

Gräsö Högklyksfjärden Photo: David Nyman

Where is Mjölkö?
In southern Roslagen near Lervik and Flaxenvik, east of Åkersberga.

Accessibility
All year round

On-site services
No, it is not.

History of the programme
They were crofters who lived on the island in a so-called day labourer's cottage belonging to Margretelund farm.
The old crofts, the "Mjölkstugorna", are over 300 years old and in those days people lived next door to their animals for warmth. In addition to the day's work, the crofters would also look after the croft and have fishing as a sideline. The last crofter was Per Persson.

See and do

  • Sunbathing
  • Fishing
  • Promenade
  • Midsummer celebrations


Accommodation
Holiday cottage rental

Food and drink
Medhavd

How to get here
Waxholmsbolaget serves the island all year round.
Travel time 10 minutes from Lervik pier.
Boat taxi

Bridge coordinatesLatitude 59.46555 Longitude 18.41823

Information:

  • Mjölkön, 184 96 Åkersberga

MARK AS FAVOURITE

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"In the bosom of Roslagen on the flowering island, where the waves lapping against the shore, and the reeds waving and freshly cut hay, it smells against me sometimes, there I sit on a bench in the bersong and watch terns and seagulls"

Evert Taube / Swedish composer,
writer and artist