List of lakes in Sweden

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Contents

Top 10

Area

Subject to geological variations

  1. Vänern 5,648 km²
  2. Vättern 1,893 km²
  3. Mälaren 1,140 km²
  4. Hjälmaren 484 km²
  5. Storsjön 464 km²
  6. Siljan including Orsasjön 354 km² (*)
  7. Torne träsk Lake Torne 330 km²
  8. Akkajaure 240 km²
  9. Hornavan 220–283 km² **
  10. Uddjaure 210 km²
  11. Bolmen 184 km²
* Siljan counted separately covers 290km².
** Different figures occur; most commonly 250 or 280 km².

Deepest

Subject to geological variations

  1. Hornavan 228 meters
  2. Torneträsk 168
  3. Vojmsjön 145
  4. Stor-Blåsjön 144
  5. Stor-Rensjön 140
  6. Virihaure 138
  7. Kallsjön 134
  8. Vastenjaure 134
  9. Siljan 134
  10. Kultsjön 130

Most water

  1. Vänern 153,000 million m³.
  2. Vättern 77,600
  3. Torne träsk 17,100
  4. Mälaren 14,300
  5. Hornavan 11,900
  6. Siljan 8,090
  7. Storsjön 8,020
  8. Kallsjön 6,140
  9. Virihaure 4,430
  10. Storuman 4,180

Water life

  • In lakes and rivers, there are a total of 52 species of fresh water fishes; but several of them are rare.

Sources

  • Fakta och Fiske, Fiskeriverket, 2003
  • Data from SMHI, 2002.

See also

cs:Seznam švédských jezer sk:Zoznam jazier vo Švédsku sl:Seznam jezer na Švedskem