title: Strynø
text: # Strynø
  
  Strynø is a small Danish island lying west of Langeland, north-east of Ærø, and south of Tåsinge in the South Funen Archipelago. A constituent part of Langeland municipality, Strynø covers an area of 4.88 $km^2.$
  
  The population of the island on 1 January 2019 was 188.
  
  Strynø hosts one shop, an inn, a kindergarten, a school (ages 5–10), and Øhavets Smakkecenter: a small maritime museum and activities centre.
  
  A ferry service of around eight 30-minute crossings per day connects Strynø with Rudkøbing on Langeland.
  
  ## Notable people
  
  * Hans Egede Saabye (1746 on Strynø – 1817) a Danish priest and a missionary to Greenland where he became an accomplished botanist.
  