Öland Province, Sweden Genealogy

History
Information about the Landskap, its location and history. Öland Province belongs to Kalmar County.

The island of Öland existed since about 8000 BC, showing traces of the presence from hunter-gatherers. At least as early as 6000 BC, Öland was inhabited with stone age settlements at Alby and other locations on the island, coming from the mainland across the ice bridge that connected the island across the Kalmar Strait. Burial grounds, also including stone ships, from Iron Age through Viking Age are found on several places on the island. In Swedish history, Öland served particularly as a royal game park.

The population of Öland was roughly 24,600 people in 2009.