Ancient World

Björkö (Ekerö)

Björkö (Swedish for "Birch Island") is an island in Lake Mälaren in eastern-central Sweden. It is mostly famous for housing the excavation site Birka populated c. AD 750-975, together with Hovgården on Adelsö declared a World Heritage Site in 1993. Located just south of Adelsö and west of Ekerö and Munsö islands, it is one of the islands in Ekerö Municipality.

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See also

• ▸Chillon Castle
• ▸Hendrick van Balen the Elder
• ▸Jublains archeological site

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