page_title: Vårdö
hierarchical_section_title: Vårdö
caption_attribution_description: English: Vårdö church and cemetery Svenska: Vårdö kyrka och begravningsplats Русский: Церковь и кладбище Вордё
context_page_description: Vårdö is an island municipality of Åland, an autonomous territory of Finland.
  The municipality has a population of 444 and covers an area of 572.56 square kilometres of which 471.16 km² is water. The population density is 4.37 inhabitants per square kilometre.
  The municipality is unilingually Swedish.
  Two notable Finnish authors, Sally Salminen and Anni Blomqvist, were born in Vårdö. Blomqvist spent her whole life on the small Vårdö island of Simskäla.
  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 road from Stockholm to Turku went through Vårdö, from Båthusviken to Hullvik. The local citizens took care of the mail transport in all kinds of weather. The dangerous mail transport lasted for over 300 years.
  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.
context_section_description: Vårdö is an island municipality of Åland, an autonomous territory of Finland.
  The municipality has a population of 444 (31 January 2019) and covers an area of 572.56 square kilometres (221.07 sq mi) of which 471.16 km² (181.92 sq mi) is water. The population density is 4.37 inhabitants per square kilometre (11.3/sq mi).
  The municipality is unilingually Swedish.
  Two notable Finnish authors, Sally Salminen and Anni Blomqvist, were born in Vårdö. Blomqvist spent her whole life on the small Vårdö island of Simskäla.
  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 road from Stockholm to Turku went through Vårdö, from Båthusviken to Hullvik. The local citizens took care of the mail transport in all kinds 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.
caption: Vårdö church and cemetery
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