List of lakes of Sweden

The list of lakes of Sweden contains the major lakes in the nation of Sweden. However, Sweden has 22,600 lakes larger than 0.1 km² (100,000 m²) and over 97,500 lakes larger than 2 acres (8,100 m²), so the list is far from comprehensive.^[1][2] Using 0.1km² surface area as the measuring limit, Sweden place fifth on Countries with most lakes in the world. 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.^[3]

Alphabetical list

Some of the major lakes in Sweden:

• Agunnarydsjön
• Alkvettern
• Ånnsjön
• Åresjön
• Bolmen
• Boren
• Bosarpasjön
• Dellen
• Edasjön
• Gammelstadsviken, Norbotten
• Glan
• Hjälmaren
• Ikesjaure
• Kedträsket
• Lake Immeln
• Hornavan
• Mälaren
• Mien
• Roxen
• Runn
• Siljan
• Sommen
• Sparren
• Storavan
• Storvindeln
• Storsjön
• Torneträsk
• Tåkern
• Vänern
• Väsman
• Vättern
• Yngen

Largest lakes by area

Lakes of Sweden by area^[4]

Rank	Lake	Area
1	Vänern	5,519 km2 (2,131 sq mi)
2	Vättern	1,886 km2 (728 sq mi)
3	Mälaren	1,090 km2 (420 sq mi)
4	Hjälmaren	477 km2 (184 sq mi)
5	Storsjön	456 km2 (176 sq mi)
6	Torneträsk	330 km2 (130 sq mi)
7	Siljan	292 km2 (113 sq mi)
8	Hornavan**	262 km2 (101 sq mi)
9	Akkajaure	260 km2 (100 sq mi)
10	Uddjaure	249 km2 (96 sq mi)

Deepest lakes

Subject to geological variations

1. Hornavan - 228 m (748 ft)
2. Torneträsk - 168 m (551 ft)
3. Vojmsjön - 145 m (476 ft)
4. Stor-Blåsjön - 144 m (472 ft)
5. Stor-Rensjön - 140 m (460 ft)
6. Virihaure - 138 m (453 ft)
7. Kallsjön - 134 m (440 ft)
8. Vastenjaure - 134 m (440 ft)
9. Siljan - 134 m (440 ft)
10. Kultsjön - 130 m (430 ft)

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

• Lakes portal

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