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Vaxholm is a city, urban area and the seat of Vaxholm Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden. It occupies the islands of Vaxön and Kullö in the Stockholm archipelago. The name Vaxholm comes from Vaxholm Fortress, which was constructed in 1549 on the adjacent islet of Vaxholmen. For historical reasons it has always been referred to as a city, despite the small number of inhabitants, which as of 2020 total was 6,151. Vaxholm Municipality prefers to use the designation Vaxholms stad (City of Vaxholm) for its whole territory, including 64 islets in the Stockholm archipelago, a usage which is somewhat confusing.

The Pålsundsbron is a road bridge that links the island of Vaxön, and hence the town of Vaxholm, with the Bogesundslandet peninsular to the south of the town. It crosses the Pålsundet strait in the Stockholm archipelago.The bridge was opened in 1926 and provided the first fixed link between the town of Vaxholm and the Swedish mainland. Since 1965 it has been largely replaced in that role by the wider Vaxholmsbron bridge that links to the island of Kullö to the north-west of the town, carrying county road 274 on its way to the mainland. The Pålsundsbron is still used by local traffic between the town and Bogesundslandet.The approximately 170-metre (560 ft) long bridge spans the approximately 315-metre (1,033 ft) wide strait. The current bridge rests on three concrete foundations and has one narrow carriageway. The load-bearing structure consists of steel trusses and the navigation clearance is 2.00 metres (6 ft 7 in). Almost 150 metres (490 ft) of the strait's width is bridged with a road embankment that uses an earlier foundation relating to the 18th century Pålsund battery.After the cold war submarine incursions of the 1980s, a submarine net was installed under the bridge.

Edholma is an island in the Stockholm archipelago in Sweden. It is situated to the north of the island of Vaxön, to the south of the island of Resarö, to the east of the island of Kullö, and to the west of the Kodjupet strait. Administratively, it is in Vaxholm Municipality and Stockholm County. The island has approximately 100 holiday homes and five permanent residences. Edholma has no road connection to the mainland or other islands. It is served throughout the year by passenger ships of the Waxholmsbolaget, which call at a pier on the eastern end of the island, providing a connection to Vaxholm town and Stockholm city. Historically the island was farmed, with the farm including 35 acres (14 ha) of arable land and 65 acres (26 ha) of forest. Because of the island's proximity to the Kodjupet strait, which at the time was the main route from the sea to Stockholm, Edholma was fortified from the end of the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century. Since 1908 the island has been developed with summer houses, and the farm area was divided up for the same purpose at the end of the 1950. The farm's windmill still exists and has been heritage-listed since 1983.

The Vaxholmsbron is a road bridge that links the island of Kullö with Eriksö which in turn is a part of the island of Vaxön in Sweden's Stockholm archipelago. It carries county road 274 and was opened in 1965, supplementing the earlier Pålsundsbron in providing a connection between the town of Vaxholm and the Swedish mainland. There are two parallel spans at the site, with the original metal arch road bridge and a cable-stayed pedestrian and bicycle bridge that has Sweden's longest bridge span built of wood. The bridge completes the long pedestrian path between the city centre of Vaxholm and the suburban islands of Kullö and Resarö.

Vaxholm Church (Swedish: Vaxholms kyrka) is a church in central Vaxholm, Sweden. The chapel is a single-nave building built in the Neoclassical style. It was completed in 1803 according to drawings by Carl Fredrik Adelcrantz and Olof Tempelman. It replaced an earlier wooden church in Vaxholm.

Kodjupet is a strait in Sweden's Stockholm Archipelago. Along with the Oxdjupet strait, it is one of two shipping routes connecting the open sea to the city of Stockholm, passing either side of the island of Rindö. Today the Kodjupet is suitable only for smaller vessels, due to its narrow and twisting nature together with a minimum water depth of 3.3 metres (11 ft), but it was formerly the principal route for commercial and naval ships. It passes close offshore of the town of Vaxholm. Although winding in nature, the strait runs broadly from north to south on its route from the sea to the city. It is flanked by the islands of Resarö, Edholma and Vaxön to the west, and Stegesund-Hästholmen, Skarpö and Rindö to the east. The very narrow Stegesundet strait provides a short-cut to the northern part of the Kodjupet strait, passing between the islands of Stegesund-Hästholmen and Skarpö. In 1548, Gustav Vasa constructed the Vaxholm Fortress on an islet in the middle of the southern part of the Kodjupet strait between Vaxön and Rindö. The Oxdjupet strait was, at the same time, artificially reduced in depth in order to prevent its use. Thus, the fortress was strategically situated to defend the city of Stockholm against shipborne attacks from the sea. The fortress has resisted several attacks, has been rebuilt on a number of occasions, and still stands. By the latter half of the 19th century, the Kodjupet strait was proving problematic for the period's larger ships, and in 1879 the main shipping route into Stockholm was diverted to use the Oxdjupet strait, which was dredged to remove its previous artificial obstructions. The strait is crossed by the Vaxholmsleden car ferry, which connects Vaxholm to Rindö, and by the Kastellet ferry, an electrically powered cable ferry that provides passenger access to Vaxholm Fortress.

Kullö is an island in the Stockholm archipelago in Sweden. It is situated in Vaxholm Municipality and Stockholm County. In 2010, Kullö was also considered an urban area or locality, as defined by Statistics Sweden, and at that time had 889 inhabitants. In 2020 it was redefined as part of the Vaxholm urban area, and more recent population figures are no longer available. Since 1965 the island has been crossed by county road 274, with a bridge to the south linking it to the island of Vaxön and the rest of the Vaxholm urban area. At the other end of the island, a bridge links to the island of Resarö and, via that, to the mainland. Large portions of the island comprise the Kullö Naturreservat, which translates directly to Kullö Nature Reserve. The Kullö Nature Reserve's purpose is to preserve the traditional landscape of the island as well as offering visitors to immerse themselves into the typical swedish island landscape. The island has one bus stop, called Kullö, which is trafficked by several bus routes including route 670, which is the main communal link between the municipal of Vaxholm and the city of Stockholm.

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.

Karlsudd is a settlement in Vaxholm Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden. It is located at the south-eastern tip of the Bogesundslandet peninsula, but is not within the Bogesundslandet nature reserve that occupies most of that peninsular. It is also the only significant settlement within the Vaxholm Municipality that is on the Swedish mainland, rather than on islands of the Stockholm archipelago.Karlsudd has a mixture of old and new buildings, and about 100 households live there. The land formerly belonged to the Brahe family, who owned the entire Bogesundslandet peninsular and Bogesund Castle. The castle lies some 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) west of Karlsudd.Karlsudd is connected to the Swedish road network. Storstockholms Lokaltrafik operates bus route 681 that passes the entrance to Karlsudd on its way to and from Vaxholm town. Karlsudd pier is also served throughout the ice-free period of the year by passenger ships of the Waxholmsbolaget, providing a connection to Vaxholm town and Stockholm city.

The Kastellet ferry (Swedish: Kastelletleden), also known as the Vaxholmen ferry, is a passenger cable ferry in Sweden's Stockholm archipelago. It connects the town of Vaxholm to Vaxholm Castle, situated on an islet in the middle of the Kodjupet strait between the town and the island of Rindö. At its town terminus, the ferry berths next to the quay used by the Waxholmsbolaget passenger ferries that link Vaxholm to central Stockholm and many other islands of the archipelago.The crossing is some 200 metres (660 ft) in length and takes about 2 minutes. There are between two and four return crossings an hour, each of which conveys a maximum of 130 passengers. The service only operates from the start of May to the end of September.The ferry is run by Trafikverket under contract to the Vaxholm Municipality. The municipality is responsible for defining timetables, ticket prices and ferry conditions, while Trafikverket is responsible for operating the ferry.

Ytterby (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈʏ̂tːɛrˌbyː]) is a village on the Swedish island of Resarö, in Vaxholm Municipality in the Stockholm archipelago. Today the residential area is dominated by suburban homes. The Swedish name of the village translates literally into "outer village". Ytterby is the single richest source of elemental discoveries in the world; the chemical elements yttrium (Y), terbium (Tb), erbium (Er), and ytterbium (Yb) are all named after Ytterby, and the elements holmium (Ho), scandium (Sc), thulium (Tm), tantalum (Ta), and gadolinium (Gd) were also first discovered there. Local roads connect Ytterby to county road 274 and hence the mainland. Except for the winter months, passenger ships of the Waxholmsbolaget call at a pier in Ytterby, providing a connection to Vaxholm town and Stockholm. Ytterby is as well served by several local bus lines of the north east SL district, connecting the area directly to Stockholms Östra station.

Vaxholm Fortress (Swedish: Vaxholms fästning), also known as Vaxholm Castle, is a historic fortification on the island of Vaxholmen in the Stockholm archipelago just east of the Swedish town of Vaxholm. It is home to the Vaxholm Fortress Museum. The fortress is accessed by the Kastellet ferry, an electrically powered cable ferry across the channel from Vaxholm town. In 1970, the fortress was used as a movie location for the pirate stronghold in Pippi in the South Seas. A scenic view of the fortress may be seen from the car ferry which plies the short distance between Vaxholm and the island of Rindö.