Husarö

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Husarö is an island in the Stockholm archipelago. There are scheduled ferry services to the island and the journey takes around two and a half hours from the centre of Stockholm.

Husarö housed pilots from the 15th century until 1912 when the piloting station was closed. There is a small pilot museum on the island.

In 1719, during the Great Northern War, the Russians burnt the settlement and much of the forest on the island. In May 2006 a Polish arsonist burnt the island's shop.