Waxholmsbolaget Schedules 2026

Waxholmsbolaget — formally Waxholms Ångfartygs AB — has been the lifeline of the Stockholm archipelago since 1869. Owned today by Region Stockholm, it runs the tax-subsidised public boat network across one of the world's largest archipelagos, reaching from Arholma in the north to Landsort, on the island of Öja, in the south — and calling at some 299 jetties at the height of summer.

Turn up and travel

There is no seat booking on Waxholmsbolaget: you arrive at the jetty, step aboard, and buy your ticket on board — the boats are cashless, so it is card only, and you keep the paper receipt to show the crew as you land. Single fares run from SEK 61 to SEK 186 depending on how far you travel, with concessions for under-20s, over-65s and students, and 5- or 30-day travelcards for regulars. On Midsummer and fine summer weekends the popular jetties get busy, so it pays to arrive early — extra boats are often called in when the crowds build.

Steamships and ice-goers

Part of the appeal is the fleet itself. Two coal-era steamers still sail: S/S Storskär (1908) and S/S Norrskär (1910), the latter long admired for its dining saloon. Working alongside them is a fleet of ice-going motor vessels — Dalarö, Sandhamn, Söderarm and their sisters — built to keep the outer islands connected right through the frozen months, plus a set of fast "V-boats" for quicker runs. A few sailings in the timetable are operated on Waxholmsbolaget's behalf by private boat companies with their own craft.

Many crossings connect with SL's buses and trains on the mainland, so an archipelago trip often starts on land before switching to the water — at Vaxholm, at Stavsnäs out to the east, or from Strömkajen in the heart of central Stockholm.

Fifteen different day patterns on a single route

This is the most complicated calendar in our data. The Gåshaga to Hasseludden leg carries 123 departures — and those departures run on fifteen distinct day masks between them. Not fifteen variations in timing: fifteen different answers to the question “does this boat run today?”

The crossings themselves are tiny, one to five minutes, running 06:57 to 23:35. The Slussen to Strömkajen link is similar — 92 departures at two to three minutes, from just after midnight. In an archipelago where summer and winter demand differ by an order of magnitude, that calendar complexity is the mechanism by which a single operator serves both.