The list of lakes of Sweden contains the major lakes in the nation of
Sweden. However, Sweden has over 97,500 lakes larger than , so the list is not comprehensive.
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Alfred Gabriel Nathorst
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Alphabetical list
Some of the major lakes in Sweden:
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Agunnarydsjön
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Ånnsjön
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Åresjön
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Bolmen
Bolmen () is a lake in Småland, Sweden. Covering 184 km², and with a maximum depth of 37 m, it supplies a considerable part of Skåne with fresh water by means of an 82-km long tunnel, the Bolmen Water Tunnel, built during the 1970s a ...
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Boren
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Dellen
Dellen is a lake system in the province of Hälsingland, Sweden. It consists of two lakes, ''Northern Dellen'' and ''Southern Dellen'', appreciated among fly-fishermen for their population of brown trout.
Southern Dellen has a surface area of 52 ...
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Glan
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Hjälmaren
Hjälmaren ( or ), also spelled Jälmaren, is Sweden's fourth largest lake. It is situated in the Central Swedish lowland and drains through Eskilstunaån into the adjacent Lake Mälaren, which in turn drains into the Baltic Sea, west of Stockh ...
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Ikesjaure
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Hornavan
Hornavan is a lake in northern Sweden. Located in Arjeplog Municipality in the province of Swedish Lapland, administratively known as Norrbotten County, it is the deepest lake in Sweden at . Being a high mountain lake downstream from the source of ...
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Mälaren
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Mien
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Roxen
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Runn
Runn, is a lake in Dalarna in central Sweden, between the cities of Falun and Borlänge.
Runn has many islands and is popular for recreational boating in the summer.
In winter, Runn is popular for Tour skating and over 30 km of skating tr ...
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Siljan
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Sommen
Sommen () is a lake in the South Swedish highlands lying across the border of the provinces of Östergötland and Småland. Situated about 147 metres above mean sea level, the lake has an area of and has a maximum depth of 60 metres. The lake is ...
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Sparren
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Storavan
Storavan is a lake in Norrbotten County, Lapland, Sweden, southeast of Lake Uddjaure
Uddjaure is a lake in Norrbotten County, Lappland, Sweden, adjacent to Lake Hornavan
Hornavan is a lake in northern Sweden. Located in Arjeplog Municipali ...
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Storsjön
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Torneträsk
Torneträsk or Torne träsk (; Saami: ; Finnish and fit, Tornio or ) is a lake in Kiruna Municipality, Lapland, Norrbotten County in Sweden, in the Scandinavian Mountains. ''Träsk'' is the local word for ''lake'' (in Standard Swedish it me ...
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Tåkern
Lake Tåkern () is a lake in Östergötland County, Sweden. It is considered one of northern Europe's foremost bird lakes. It is 12 km (7.5 mi) long and 8 km (5 mi) wide, with an average depth only 0.8 metres (2.6 ft). The ...
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Vänern
Vänern ( , also , ) is the largest lake in Sweden, the largest lake in the European Union and the third-largest lake of all Europe after Ladoga and Onega in Russia. It is located in the provinces of Västergötland, Dalsland, and Värmland i ...
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Lake Väsman
Lake Väsman () is a lake in Ludvika Municipality in Dalarna County of Sweden, in the Norrström main basin.
Description
Lake Väsman is deep, has an area of and is above sea level.
It is about long in a southeasterly direction, with a width ...
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Vättern
Vättern ( , ) is the second largest lake by surface area in Sweden, after Vänern, and the sixth largest lake in Europe. It is a long, finger-shaped body of fresh water in south central Sweden, to the southeast of Vänern, pointing at the tip ...
Largest lakes by area
Deepest lakes
''Subject to geological variations''
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Hornavan
Hornavan is a lake in northern Sweden. Located in Arjeplog Municipality in the province of Swedish Lapland, administratively known as Norrbotten County, it is the deepest lake in Sweden at . Being a high mountain lake downstream from the source of ...
- 228 meters
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Torneträsk
Torneträsk or Torne träsk (; Saami: ; Finnish and fit, Tornio or ) is a lake in Kiruna Municipality, Lapland, Norrbotten County in Sweden, in the Scandinavian Mountains. ''Träsk'' is the local word for ''lake'' (in Standard Swedish it me ...
- 168 m
#Vojmsjön - 145 m
#Stor-Blåsjön - 144 m
#Stor-Rensjön - 140 m
#Virihaure - 138 m
#Kallsjön - 134 m
#Vastenjaure - 134 m
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Siljan - 134 m
#Kultsjön - 130 m
Largest lakes by volume
Lakes with the most water:
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Vänern
Vänern ( , also , ) is the largest lake in Sweden, the largest lake in the European Union and the third-largest lake of all Europe after Ladoga and Onega in Russia. It is located in the provinces of Västergötland, Dalsland, and Värmland i ...
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Vättern
Vättern ( , ) is the second largest lake by surface area in Sweden, after Vänern, and the sixth largest lake in Europe. It is a long, finger-shaped body of fresh water in south central Sweden, to the southeast of Vänern, pointing at the tip ...
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Torneträsk
Torneträsk or Torne träsk (; Saami: ; Finnish and fit, Tornio or ) is a lake in Kiruna Municipality, Lapland, Norrbotten County in Sweden, in the Scandinavian Mountains. ''Träsk'' is the local word for ''lake'' (in Standard Swedish it me ...
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Mälaren -
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Hornavan
Hornavan is a lake in northern Sweden. Located in Arjeplog Municipality in the province of Swedish Lapland, administratively known as Norrbotten County, it is the deepest lake in Sweden at . Being a high mountain lake downstream from the source of ...
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Siljan -
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Storsjön -
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Akkajaure
Akkajaure (from smj, Áhkájávrre) is one of the largest reservoirs in Sweden. It lies at the headwaters of the Lule River in Norrbotten County, in Swedish Lappland, within the Stora Sjöfallet national park. The lake formed after the cons ...
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#Storuman -
Water life
* In lakes and rivers, there are a total of 52 species of
fresh water fish; but several of them are rare.
See also
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Geography of Sweden
Sweden is a country in Northern Europe on the Scandinavian Peninsula. It borders Norway to the west; Finland to the northeast; and the Baltic Sea and Gulf of Bothnia to the south and east. At , Sweden is the largest country in Northern Europe, t ...
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List of islands of Sweden
This is a list of islands of Sweden. According to 2013 statistics report there are in total 267,570 islands in Sweden, fewer than 1000 of which are inhabited. Their total area is 1.2 million hectares, which corresponds to 3 percent of the total l ...
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List of rivers of Sweden
This is a list of the rivers of Sweden.
Baltic Sea
From south to north
* Helgeå
* Ljungbyån
* Ronnebyån
*Motala ström with Svartån
* Norrström with Svartån
Bothnian Sea
*Dalälven
* Ljusnan
* Ljungan
* Indalsälven
* Ångermanälve ...
Notes
References
* ''Fakta och Fiske'', Fiskeriverket, 2003.
* Data from
Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute
The Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute ( sv, Sveriges meteorologiska och hydrologiska institut, abbreviated SMHI) is a Government agency in Sweden and operates under the Ministry of the Environment. SMHI has expertise within the a ...
, 2002.
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