Björkö (Swedish for "Birch Island") can signify:
- In Sweden:
- Björkö, a Lake Mälaren island in Ekerö Municipality, Stockholm County, the location for the excavation and World Heritage Site Birka. Swedish ( is a North Germanic language spoken by more than nine million people predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along the Birch is the name of any Tree of the genus Betula ( Bé-tu-la) in the family Betulaceae, closely related to the "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. Björkö ( Swedish for " Birch Island" is an Island in Lake Mälaren in eastern-central Sweden. Lake Mälaren ( (historically occasionally referred to as Lake Malar in English is the third-largest Lake in Sweden, after Lakes Vänern and Ekerö Municipality ( Ekerö kommun) is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Stockholm County ( Stockholms län) is a county or Län on the Baltic sea coast of Sweden. A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a site (such as a Forest, Mountain, Lake, Desert, Monument, Building, complex For a group of islands in the Gulf of Finland, see Berezovye Islands.
- Björkö, an island in Öckerö Municipality, Västra Götaland County. Öckerö Municipality ( Öckerö kommun) is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Västra Götaland County or Western Gothland County ( Västra Götalands län) is a county or Län on the western coast of Sweden
- Björkö, an island in Haninge Municipality, Stockholm County. Haninge Municipality ( Haninge kommun) is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden.
- Björkö, the southern part of Väddö island in northern Roslagen, Norrtälje Municipality, Stockholm County. Väddö is an island in the Baltic Sea in Roslagen district Sweden. Roslagen is the name of the coastal areas of Uppland province in Sweden, which also constitutes the northern part of the Stockholm archipelago. Norrtälje Municipality ( Norrtälje kommun) is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. (Also a former parish there. )
- Björkö, an island in Västervik Municipality, Kalmar County. Västervik Municipality ( Västerviks kommun) is a municipality in Kalmar County, south-eastern Sweden, with its seat in the city Kalmar County ( Kalmar län) is a county or Län in southern Sweden.
- In Finland:
- Björkö, an Kvarken island in Korsholm Municipality, Ostrobothnia. Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. Björkö (Korsholm is an island in Korsholm municipality (Finnish Mustasaari) Finland Kvarken (alternative spelling Quarken, Swedish Kvarken, Finnish Merenkurkku, or North Kvarken as opposed to South Korsholm in Swedish or Mustasaari in Finnish is a municipality of Finland. Ostrobothnia (Österbotten Pohjanmaa is a Region of Finland (landskap maakunta
- Björkö, an island and a village in Kumlinge Municipality in the Åland Islands. History The first visitors to Kumlinge were Vikings who stopped there during their voyages
- Björkö, an island in Korpo Municipality in the Archipelago Sea. Archipelago Sea ( Finnish Saaristomeri, Swedish Skärgårdshavet) is a part of the Baltic Sea between the Gulf of Bothnia
- In Russia:
- The Swedish name for Primorsk and the Beryozovye Islands in the Leningrad Oblast,
- The Treaty of Björkö, signed by Nicholas II of Russia and William II of the German Empire in 1905. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Primorsk (Примо́рск Koivisto Björkö is a coastal town in Vyborgsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, and the Beryozovye Islands (Берёзовые острова literally "Birch Islands" alternatively spelled Berezovye Islands, is an island group in Leningrad Oblast Leningrad Oblast (Ленингра́дская о́бласть Leningradskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an Oblast) The Treaty of Björkö was a secret mutual defense accord signed on July 24, 1905 between Wilhelm II of the German Empire and Tsar Nicholas The German Empire is the name commonly used in English to describe Germany from 1871 to 1918 when it was a semi- Constitutional monarchy: beginning with the Unification
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