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Frøylandsvatnet is a lake in 
The town of Bryne is located at the south end of the lake. The villages of
Rogaland
Rogaland () is a Counties of Norway, county in Western Norway, bordering the North Sea to the west and the counties of Vestland to the north, Vestfold og Telemark to the east and Agder to the east and southeast. In 2020, it had a population of 47 ...
county, Norway. The lake is located in the district of Jæren. It forms part of the municipal boundary line between Klepp
Klepp is a municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Jæren. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Kleppe. Other villages in Klepp include Klepp stasjon, Orre, Orstad, Polle ...
and Time. The lake is quite shallow, with an average depth of .
The town of Bryne is located at the south end of the lake. The villages of Klepp stasjon
Klepp Stasjon is a village in Klepp municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The village is located on the shore of the lake Frøylandsvatnet, about east of the village of Kleppe and about southwest of the village of Orstad. The village is n ...
, Orstad
The larger Kvernaland area is an amalgamation of villages in Rogaland county, Norway. The village is located along the north end of the lake Frøylandsvatnet. The village is located in both the municipalities of Klepp and Time (and a very small p ...
, and Kvernaland
The larger Kvernaland area is an amalgamation of villages in Rogaland county, Norway. The village is located along the north end of the lake Frøylandsvatnet. The village is located in both the municipalities of Klepp and Time (and a very small ...
are all located around the northern end of the lake. The origin of the name is from the Norse god Frey.
Environmental issues
The lake is located in an area with very intensive agriculture. Early in the 1980s the lake was identified as being one of the worst cases of eutrophication in Norway. Algal bloom was a widespread problem, and there were cases reported of poisonousalgae
Algae (; singular alga ) is an informal term for a large and diverse group of photosynthetic eukaryotic organisms. It is a polyphyletic grouping that includes species from multiple distinct clades. Included organisms range from unicellular mic ...
causing cattle to die from drinking the water.
The release of substances containing nitrogen and phosphorus has since been reduced, but large collections of sediment in the shallow lake cause the problems to decline rather slowly.
See also
*List of lakes in Norway
This is a list of lakes and reservoirs in Norway, sorted by county.
For the geography and history of lakes in that country, see Lakes in Norway, including:
* List of largest lakes in Norway
* List of deepest lakes in Norway
Akershus
*Bjørk ...
References
Lakes of Rogaland Klepp Time, Norway {{Rogaland-geo-stub