• Pestkyrkogården på Öja-Landsort.
    Pestkyrkogården på Öja-Landsort.
    Photo: Länsstyrelsen Stockholm
  • En skylt berättar om pestkyrkogårdens historia.
    En skylt berättar om pestkyrkogårdens historia.
    Photo: Länsstyrelsen Stockholm

Plague cemetery, Öja–Landsort

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Description

At Öja-Landsort's plague cemetery, you can read about how Johan Andersson's wife was buried here in 1710, a bit outside the village, because of "storm and stench". The cemetery was built during the plague years in the 18th century.

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Activities And Facilities

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  • Archaeological

Facts

Protected since: 1985

Size: 570 hectares of which land 178 hectares

Character: archipelago, deciduous forest, cultural environment

Municipality: Nynäshamn

Landowner: the state

Administrator: County Administrative Board

Form of protection : nature conservation area

Directions

From the centre of the village, walk about 650 m north along the gravel road.

Regulations

In order to protect the Öja-Landsort nature reserve, please respect the following rules.

Within the reserve, it is forbidden to:

  1. destroy or damage permanent natural structures,
  2. pick flowers of the lesser butterfly-orchid,
  3. break branches or fell trees,
  4. bring dogs that are not on a leash,
  5. deliberately disturb wildlife,
  6. camp or make a fire outside of designated sites.

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