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 , so the list is far from comprehensive."Lakes, Streams and Rivers" Smorgasbord, 2007, webpage (English language): SverigeTur-lakes . Using 0.1 km2 surface area as the measuring limit, Sweden places fifth among 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.

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 Statistisk årsbok 2012 Statistiska Centralbyrån. Rank Lake Area1 Vänern2 Vättern3 Mälaren4 Hjälmaren5 Storsjön6 Torneträsk7 Siljan8 Hornavan**9 Akkajaure10 Uddjaure

Deepest lakes Subject to geological variations Hornavan - Torneträsk - Vojmsjön - Stor-Blåsjön - Stor-Rensjön - Virihaure - Kallsjön - Vastenjaure - Siljan - Kultsjön -

Largest lakes by volume Lakes with the most water: Vänern - Vättern - Torneträsk - Mälaren - Hornavan - Siljan - Storsjön - Kallsjön - Akkajaure - Virihaure - Storuman -

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.