Vårdö

The municipality is unilingually Swedish. Håkan Skogsjö has documented the permanently residing population of Vårdö from the 17th century to the present, covering the history of the municipality as a whole, its individual hamlets, down to each original farmstead and the families who lived there. Two notable Finnish authors, Sally Salminen and Anni Blomqvist, were born in Vårdö. Blomqvist lived her whole life on the Vårdö island of Simskäla. • Illustration — Vårdö church and cemetery The word "vårdö" means "the guardian island". On the highest mountain of Vårdö people used to light bonfires to warn the other islands of danger. The old post route from Stockholm to Turku went through Vårdö, by road from Båthusviken to Hullvik on the main island, otherwise by water. The local citizens took care of the mail transport in any type of weather. The dangerous mail transport lasted for over 300 years (1638–1910). Many people drowned on these journeys and in the memory of them the municipality of Vårdö has erected a memorial on the seashore of Hullvik. Today the post route road is marked with milestones.

• Name — Vårdö • Official Name — Vårdö kommun • Settlement Type — Municipality • Image Skyline — Båthus Västra Simskäla.jpg • Image Caption — Boathouses in Simskäla, island in the north of Vårdö • Image Flag — Vårdö flag.svg • Flag Size — 120x80px • Image Shield — Vårdö.vaakuna.svg • Shield Size — 120x80px • Image Map — Vårdö sijainti Suomi.svg • Map Caption — Location of Vårdö in Finland • Pushpin Map — Finland Åland • Pushpin Map Caption — Location in Åland • Pushpin Mapsize — 250 • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Finland • Subdivision Type1 — Region • Subdivision Name1 — Åland • Subdivision Type2 — Sub-region • Subdivision Name2 — Archipelago • Leader Title — Municipal manager • Leader Name — Erik Brunström • Area Footnotes — area_footnotes • Area Total Km2 — area_total_km2 • Area Land Km2 — area_land_km2 • Area Water Km2 — area_water_km2 • Area Rank — area_rank • Population As Of — population_as_of • Population Footnotes — population_footnotes • Population Total — population_total • Population Density Km2 — population_density_km2 • Population Rank — population_rank • Demographics Type1 — demographics_type1 • Demographics1 Footnotes — demographics1_footnotes • Demographics1 Title1 — demographics1_title1 • Demographics1 Info1 — demographics1_info1 • Demographics1 Title2 — demographics1_title2 • Demographics1 Info2 — demographics1_info2 • Demographics1 Title3 — demographics1_title3 • Demographics1 Info3 — demographics1_info3 • Demographics1 Title4 — demographics1_title4 • Demographics1 Info4 — demographics1_info4 • Demographics Type2 — demographics_type2 • Demographics2 Footnotes — demographics2_footnotes • Demographics2 Title1 — demographics2_title1 • Demographics2 Info1 — demographics2_info1 • Demographics2 Title2 — demographics2_title2 • Demographics2 Info2 — demographics2_info2 • Demographics2 Title3 — demographics2_title3 • Demographics2 Info3 — demographics2_info3 • Blank Name — blank_name • Blank Info — blank_info • Timezone — EET • Utc Offset — +02:00 • Timezone Dst — EEST • Utc Offset Dst — +03:00 Vårdö is an island municipality of Åland, an autonomous territory of Finland. The municipality has a population of (sourcedate) and covers an area of km2 of which km2 is water. The population density is PD/km2 of land. The municipality is unilingually Swedish. Håkan Skogsjö has documented the permanently residing population of Vårdö from the 17th century to the present, covering the history of the municipality as a whole, its individual hamlets, down to each original farmstead and the families who lived there. Two notable Finnish authors, Sally Salminen and Anni Blomqvist, were born in Vårdö. Blomqvist lived her whole life on the Vårdö island of Simskäla. • Illustration — Vårdö church and cemetery The word "vårdö" means "the guardian island". On the highest mountain of Vårdö people used to light bonfires to warn the other islands of danger. The old post route from Stockholm to Turku went through Vårdö, by road from Båthusviken to Hullvik on the main island, otherwise by water. The local citizens took care of the mail transport in any type of weather. The dangerous mail transport lasted for over 300 years (1638–1910). Many people drowned on these journeys and in the memory of them the municipality of Vårdö has erected a memorial on the seashore of Hullvik. Today the post route road is marked with milestones.