Björkö is located in Lake Mälaren, 30 kilometers west of contemporary Stockholm, in the municipality of Ekerö.

Birka was on an island in Lake Mälaren ( mälar ) that is called Björkö ( birköö ).

Ownership of Björkö is today mainly in private hands, and used for farming.

Its location is on Björkö in lake Mälaren.

Map of Björkö and Birka today

During the Viking Age, Birka ( Birca in medieval sources ), on the island of Björkö ( literally: " Birch Island ") in Sweden, was an important trading center which handled goods from Scandinavia as well as Central and Eastern Europe and the Orient.

However, the island of Björkö was first claimed to have been Birka already about 1450 in the so-called " Chronicle of Sweden " ( Prosaiska krönikan ):

In the late 19th century, Hjalmar Stolpe, an entomologist by education, arrived on Björkö to study fossilized insects found in amber on the island.

The Viking Age settlements Birka on the island of Björkö and Hovgården on the neighbouring island Adelsö have been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1993, as has Drottningholm Palace on the island of Lovön.

The administrative center of the important Viking settlement Birka ( on the neighbouring island Björkö ) was situated at Hovgården on Adelsö.

## Björkö, a Lake Mälaren island in Ekerö Municipality, Stockholm County, the location for the excavation and World Heritage Site Birka.

## Björkö, an island in Öckerö Municipality, Västra Götaland County.

## Björkö, an island in Haninge Municipality, Stockholm County.

## Björkö, the southern part of Väddö island in northern Roslagen, Norrtälje Municipality, Stockholm County.

## Björkö, an island in Västervik Municipality, Kalmar County.

## Björkö, a Kvarken island in Korsholm Municipality, Ostrobothnia.

## Björkö, an island and a village in Kumlinge Municipality in the Åland Islands.

## Björkö, an island in the former municipality Korpo in the Archipelago Sea.

The royal castle Alsnö hus reflects the importance of Birka, the trade settlement on Björkö island just south of Adelsö.

Map of Björkö, late 17th century, from Suecia antiqua et hodierna.

In search of Birka, National Antiquarian Johan Hadorph was the first to attempt excavations on Björkö in the late 17th century.

After Björkö came to be identified with ancient Birka, it has been assumed that the original name of Birka was simply Bierkø ( sometimes spelt Bjärkö ), an earlier form of Björkö.

Germanic Neopaganism | Heathen altar for Wheel of the Year | Haustblot in Björkö, Öckerö | Björkö, Västergötland | Westgothland, Sweden.

File: Valkyrie. jpg | A silver figure of a woman holding a drinking horn found in Birka, Björkö, Uppland, Sweden.

The old trading town on Helgö began to emerge around the year 200 AD, 500 years before Birka at Björkö.

## Björkö, one of the main islands of the former municipality Houtskär in the Archipelago Sea.

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