Bolmen () is a

lake A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much large ...

Småland Småland () is a historical province () in southern Sweden. Småland borders Blekinge, Scania, Halland, Västergötland, Östergötland and the island Öland in the Baltic Sea. The name Småland literally means ''Small Lands''. The Latinized fo ...

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...

. Covering 184 km², and with a maximum depth of 37 m, it supplies a considerable part of

Skåne Scania, also known by its native name of Skåne (, ), is the southernmost of the historical provinces (''landskap'') of Sweden. Located in the south tip of the geographical region of Götaland, the province is roughly conterminous with Skåne C ...

with fresh water by means of an 82-km long tunnel, the

Bolmen Water Tunnel The Bolmen Water Tunnel ( sv, Bolmentunneln) is a water supply tunnel, long. It goes from the lake Bolmen in Kronoberg County to the province of Skåne, all in Sweden, and it serves around 700,000 people with drinking water. It has a cross section ...

, built during the 1970s and 80s. Bolmen is situated at the heart of Finnveden, one of the ''small lands'' of today's

. It is the tenth largest lake in Sweden. It contains 365 islands, of which the largest is

Bolmsö Bolmsö is an island located in lake Bolmen near Växjö in Småland. It had 382 inhabitants in 1998. History It presents 530 ancient remains, including dolmens and cobble-clad graves in various forms, especially large triangular ones. The dominat ...

, which was historically the meeting-place of the local

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Småland Lakes of Kronoberg County {{Kronoberg-geo-stub