Vikbolandet is a large peninsula

Peninsula

A peninsula is a piece of land that is bordered by water on three sides but connected to mainland. In many Germanic and Celtic languages and also in Baltic, Slavic and Hungarian, peninsulas are called "half-islands"....

 east of Norrköping

Norrköping

Norrköping is a city in the province of Östergötland in eastern Sweden and the seat of Norrköping Municipality, Östergötland County. The city has a population of 87,247 inhabitants in 2010, out of a municipal total of 130,050, making it Sweden's tenth largest city and eighth largest...

 city in Östergötland

Östergötland

Östergötland, English exonym: East Gothland, is one of the traditional provinces of Sweden in the south of Sweden. It borders Småland, Västergötland, Närke, Södermanland, and the Baltic Sea. In older English literature, one might also encounter the Latinized version, Ostrogothia...

, Sweden

Sweden

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. The area is limited by Bråviken

Bråviken

Bråviken is a bay of the Baltic sea that is located near Norrköping in Östergötland, Sweden....

 to the north, Slätbaken to the south and the Baltic sea

Baltic Sea

The Baltic Sea is a brackish mediterranean sea located in Northern Europe, from 53°N to 66°N latitude and from 20°E to 26°E longitude. It is bounded by the Scandinavian Peninsula, the mainland of Europe, and the Danish islands. It drains into the Kattegat by way of the Øresund, the Great Belt and...

 to the east. The biggest population center is Östra Husby

Östra Husby

Östra Husby is a locality situated in Norrköping Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden with 774 inhabitants in 2005. It lies 20 kilometers east of Norrköping and 16 kilometers northeast of Söderköping, Sweden. There are a few shops in the town and one school...

 with a population of 788, followed by Ljunga

Ljunga

Ljunga is a locality situated in Norrköping Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden with 722 inhabitants in 2005....

 (pop 643) and Arkösund

Arkösund

Arkösund is a small village on the Swedish East Coast, on Vikbolandet peninsula, Norrköping Municipality. Its population swells in the summer, when the yacht people arrive to anchor up in the marina to shop for food...

 (pop 149) on the baltic sea coast at the far east of the peninsula.

The areas to the west (towards Norrköping city) is mostly flat farmland while the areas to the east is mostly wooded with intermixed farmland. During the summer season, ferries run across Bråviken north to Kolmården

Kolmården

Kolmården is a large forest that separates the Swedish provinces of Södermanland and Östergötland, two of the country's main agricultural areas, from each other.-History:...

 and south across Slätbaken.

During 2006 census, the whole area had a population of 6,751.