Biskopsön
# Biskopsön

59°6′10″N 18°43′27″E﻿ / ﻿59.10278°N 18.72417°E﻿ / 59.10278; 18.72417

Biskopsön (Bishop Island) is an island in the archipelago of Stockholm, Sweden. Nearby islands in the same region of the archipelago include Kastön and Svärtskär.

## History

According to August Strindberg, the Swedish author, the local people at his time told him that the island had been given its name because a bishop (Swedish: Biskop) had been murdered there.

