List of lakes of Sweden

The list of lakes of Sweden contains the major lakes in the nation of Sweden. However, Sweden has over 97,500 lakes larger than 2 acres (8,100 m²), so the list is not comprehensive. The great number of lakes in southern Sweden could according to Alfred Gabriel Nathorst be indebted to the creation of basins due to the stripping of an irregular mantle of weathered rock by glacier erosion.

Alphabetical list

Some of the major lakes in Sweden:

Largest lakes by area

Deepest lakes

Subject to geological variations

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

Largest lakes by volume

Lakes with the most water:

1. Vänern - 153 km³ (37 cu mi)
2. Vättern - 77.6 km³ (18.6 cu mi)
3. Torneträsk - 17.1 km³ (4.1 cu mi)
4. Mälaren - 14.3 km³ (3.4 cu mi)
5. Hornavan - 11.9 km³ (2.9 cu mi)
6. Siljan - 8.09 km³ (1.94 cu mi)
7. Storsjön - 8.02 km³ (1.92 cu mi)
8. Kallsjön - 6.14 km³ (1.47 cu mi)
9. Akkajaure - 5.9 km³ (1.4 cu mi)
10. Virihaure - 4.43 km³ (1.06 cu mi)
11. Storuman - 4.18 km³ (1.00 cu mi)

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

• Geography of Sweden
• List of islands of Sweden
• List of rivers of Sweden

Notes

References

• Fakta och Fiske, Fiskeriverket, 2003.
• Data from Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, 2002.

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