Sea bathing for everyone on Ingmarsö
Ingmarsö village association will prepare and make accessible two natural bathing places that will become meeting places for permanent residents, summer guests, and visitors to Ingmarsö.
About the project
The grant recipient will prepare two shared bathing places on Ingmarsö. The purpose is for the bathing places to be made accessible to more people, contribute to swimming skills, and create natural meeting places between permanent residents, summer guests, and visitors. The bathing places are attractive meeting spots and through increased social interaction, they contribute to understanding between different groups residing on Ingmarsö.
An existing bathing place in the protected inner bay Femsund will be made accessible by leveling and widening a path leading to the bathing place. The bathing place will receive a new dock facility with swimming ladders and sand. The second bathing place is located on a small islet where bathing occurs from the cliffs. By building a walkway out to the islet and pouring a staircase with a handrail, the cliff bathing will become accessible even for groups with lower mobility.
The village association has involved the island's preschool class and leisure activities by announcing a kind of ”Poster competition” where the children create ideas about the new baths, how they should look, and what should be there. The children have drawn, written, or cut and pasted. Good ideas are taken into account within the project and the posters will be displayed in connection with the inauguration of the bathing beach.
The project is led by Ingmarsö village association in collaboration with Norrgårdsstiftelsen and the local business community.
Are more bathing places needed in the archipelago?
One might think that the Stockholm archipelago and its 30,000 islands are full of good bathing places. The truth is that only a few islands have good bathing places, which is due to the land being privately owned.
Islands that are primarily for recreation, such as Grinda or Finnhamn, have nice bathing places, while islands with year-round residents often lack good bathing opportunities. Ingmarsö is one of several examples of islands with year-round housing, year-round businesses, but lacking good bathing options. Tourists come there and ask where they can swim without receiving good answers.
Creating accessible bathing places increases the opportunity for activities such as swimming school, which can become a meeting place for families with children and provides both children and adults – regardless of permanent or part-time residency – a place to connect with each other and create new networks and social contexts.
About the project
Project period
April – October 2024
Project owner
Ingmarsö village association
Project manager
Name Nameson
Phone number
Email address
About funding
Granted leader support
504,000 kronor
Own private funding
21,019 kronor
Total funding
525,019 kronor
The leader support consists of funding from the EU, the state, Region Stockholm, and the six municipalities of Leader Stockholmsbygd
Incoming EU funds have been granted from:
The Rural Development Fund
