Vikbolandet

{{Short description|Peninsula in Sweden}}

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Vikbolandet is a large peninsula east of Norrköping city in Östergötland, Sweden. The area is limited by Bråviken to the north, Slätbaken to the south and the Baltic Sea to the east.{{Citation |year=1921 |title=Vikbolandet |encyclopedia=Nordisk familjebok |location=Stockholm |url=https://runeberg.org/nfcl/0221.html |access-date=May 1, 2019 |last=Almqvist |first=E. |editor-last=Meijer |editor-first=B. |editor-last2=Westrin |editor-first2=Th. |display-editors=etal |edition=Owl |volume=32 |page=394 |language=sv}} The biggest population center is Östra Husby with a population of 868, followed by Ljunga (pop 751){{Citation |url=https://www.scb.se/en/finding-statistics/statistics-by-subject-area/environment/land-use/localities-and-urban-areas/pong/tables-and-graphs/localities--population-area-overlap-holiday-home-areas-coordinates/ |title=Localities 2015; population 2010–2018, area, overlap holiday home areas, coordinates |date=March 28, 2019 |publisher=Statistics Sweden |format=XLSX |access-date=April 14, 2019}} and Arkösund (pop 172){{refn|{{Citation |url=https://www.scb.se/hitta-statistik/statistik-efter-amne/miljo/markanvandning/smaorter-arealer-befolkning/pong/tabell-och-diagram/smaorter-2015/ |title=Småorter 2015 |date=December 19, 2016 |publisher=Statistics Sweden |language=sv |format=XLSX |access-date=August 15, 2018}}. The smaller locality code of Arkösund is S1369.{{Citation |url=http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0811/2010A01/Tabell_1_2010_web_v2.xls |title=Småorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010 |publisher=Statistics Sweden |language=sv |format=XLS |access-date=August 15, 2018}}}} (pop figures as of 2015) on the Baltic Sea coast at the far east of the peninsula.

The areas to the west (towards Norrköping city) is mostly flat farmland while the areas to the east is mostly wooded with intermixed farmland. Ferries run across Bråviken north to Kolmården and south across Slätbaken.

According to the 2006 census, the whole area had a population of 6,751.

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