Riddersholm

Protected since: 1998 extended in 2018

Size: 655 hectares of which land 370 hectares

Character: agricultural landscape, mixed forest, marine environments

Municipality: Norrtälje

Landowners: Archipelago Foundation, Port of Stockholm, State

Trustees: Archipelago Foundation and County Administrative Board

Form of protection : nature reserve

Other : Natura 2000 area Riddersholm SE0110113

By public transport: Bus 676 from Tekniska Högskolan towards Norrtälje. At Norrtälje bus station, change to bus 631 towards Kapellskär, stop Riddersholm.

By car: Take the E18 towards Kapellskär from Norrtälje. The reserve is signposted and is on the right just before Kapellskär harbor.

To protect the Riddersholm Nature Reserve, there are rules you must follow.

In the reserve it is forbidden to

1. destroy or damage rock, soil or stone by drilling, hacking, blasting, carving, digging, painting or similar
2. break branches, fell or otherwise damage living or dead trees and shrubs or otherwise damage vegetation by digging up plants such as rice, herbs, mosses or lichens
3. disturbing wildlife (e.g. by climbing nest trees, trapping or killing mammals, birds, reptiles or amphibians)
4. bringing an unleashed dog
5. camping for more than two consecutive days
6. make a fire other than in a designated place
7. riding a horse or bicycle other than on a designated road
8. park other than in a designated place
9. set up a caravan or boat. However, boat mooring may take place within the marina area
10. put up a sign, poster or similar or make an inscription
11. enter the bird protection area marked on the attached map, appendix 2 in the decision and management plan 2018, between April 1 and July 15.