Getå (Sweden)

Getå is a minor locality in Norrköping Municipality, Sweden. It had a population of 95 in Getå is located on the shore of Bråviken. In Getå there is a small hotel that for many years was run by the Jameson family. The so-called Getå Gorge is a nature conservation area where there are also brook trout that are protected. At the end of the 1800s, Robert Nobel, brother of Alfred Nobel, was living here. He built a house and had roads built in the area. At Getå Turisthotell there is a memorial room dedicated to him. On 1 October 1915, the railway stop Getå was opened, the bay was closed on 28 May 1967. In 1920, the railway stop Getå Tourist Station was opened, which, after a name change on 10 June 1953 to Bråviksstrand, was closed down on 12 May 1968.