Hammarby sjö ( Swedish: "Lake Hammarby") is a

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in central

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. Separating

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from

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, or, more locally, Norra Hammarbyhamnen on eastern

Södermalm Södermalm, often shortened to just Söder, is the southern district of Stockholm City Centre. Overview The Södermalm district covers the island of the same name (formerly called ''Åsön''), which, however, is not fully separated from th ...

from , it connects Saltsjön to Årstasjön. Covering a surface of 34

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s 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 Skansbron ( Swedish: "The Fortlet Bridge") is a bascule bridge in central Stockholm, Sweden. Stretching over the canal Hammarbykanalen, it connects the major island Södermalm to the southern mainland district Södra Hammarbyhamnen. Before the l ...

Skanstullsbron Skanstullsbron (Swedish language, Swedish: "The Fortlet Tollgate Bridge") is a bridge in central Stockholm, Sweden. Overpassing the older bridge Skansbron, it connects the major island Södermalm to the southern district Johanneshov. The first p ...

and

Johanneshovsbron Johanneshovsbron ( Swedish: "The Johanneshov Bridge") is a 756 metres long and 17,9 metres wide road bridge in central Stockholm, Sweden. Overpassing two older bridges, Skansbron and Skanstullsbron, and one newer bridge, Fredriksdalsbron, it co ...

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