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 acre, 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:


 * 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
 * Lake Väsman
 * Vättern
 * Yngen

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
 * 2) Vättern - 77.6 km3
 * 3) Torneträsk - 17.1 km3
 * 4) Mälaren - 14.3 km3
 * 5) Hornavan - 11.9 km3
 * 6) Siljan - 8.09 km3
 * 7) Storsjön - 8.02 km3
 * 8) Kallsjön - 6.14 km3
 * 9) Akkajaure - 5.9 km3
 * 10) Virihaure - 4.43 km3
 * 11) Storuman - 4.18 km3

Water life

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