Hammarby Sjö
Hammarby sjö ( Swedish: "Lake Hammarby") is a watercourse in central Stockholm, Sweden. Separating Stockholm City Centre from South Stockholm, or, more locally, Norra Hammarbyhamnen on eastern Södermalm from , it connects Saltsjön to Årstasjön. Covering a surface of 34 hectares and having an average depth of 4.5 metres (maximum 6 metres), Hammarby sjö is supplied by a drainage area covering 159 hectares and contains 1,600,000 cubic metres of water. Originally a lake about 3 metres deep, it was transformed into a canal when connected to Saltsjön in the 1920s and a 6 metres deep channel was dug between and Saltsjön and another to . The importance of the water expanse has grown since the late 20th century as new residential areas have been constructed along its shores. Four bridges stretch over Hammarby Sjö and connected bodies of water: Danviksbron, Skansbron, Skanstullsbron and Johanneshovsbron Johanneshovsbron ( Swedish: "The Johanneshov Bridge") is a 756 met ...
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Hammarby may refer to: *Hammarby, Gävleborg, locality in Sandviken Municipality, Gävleborg County, Sweden *Hammarby, Stockholm, part of southern Stockholm, Sweden *Hammarby IF, Swedish sports club based in Stockholm, Sweden *Hammarby Sjö, watercourse in Stockholm, Sweden *Hammarby Sjöstad, part of Stockholm Municipality, Sweden *Linnaeus' Hammarby, a botanical garden in Uppsala Municipality, belonging to Uppsala University in Sweden, the former summer home of Carolus Linnaeus See also *''Hammarbya ''Hammarbya paludosa'' (or ''Malaxis paludosa'') is a small orchid commonly known as bog orchid, bog adder's-mouth or bog adder's-mouth orchid. It grows in bogs in temperate and subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Taxonomy It was or ...