Hulterstad

Hulterstad is a small coastal town on the southeastern part of the island of Öland, Sweden.

Hulterstad is situated at the eastern fringe of the Stora Alvaret, a limestone pavement habitat which hosts a diversity of rare plants and has been designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

[1] Hulterstad is the municipal government center for this district and central records for centuries were kept at the Hulterstad Church.

Significant gravefields and a Viking stone burial ship structure are located immediately south of Hulterstad.

To the north is located the village of Alby, where a mesolithic village of early human settlement has been found,[2] and to the south is the Ottenby Nature Reserve.