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Vänern

lake in Sweden
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Vänern is a lake. It is located in Sweden.

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Karlstad Municipality[3], Hammarö Municipality[4], Kristinehamn Municipality[5], Gullspång Municipality[6], Mariestad Municipality[7], Götene Municipality[8], Lidköping Municipality[9], Vänersborg Municipality[10], Grästorp Municipality[11], Mellerud Municipality[12], Åmål Municipality[13], Säffle Municipality[14], Grums Municipality[15]
  • Country: Sweden[16]
  • Shares border with: Grumsfjärden[17]
  • Inflows: Klarälven[18], Gullspångsälven[19], Byälven[20], Norsälven[21], Lidan River[22], Tidan[23], Nossan[24], Glumman[25], Alsterälven[26], Dalbergsån[27], Holmsån[28], Dalsland Canal[29], Åmålsån[30], Forsviksån[31]
  • Outflows: Göta älv[32], Trollhätte Canal[33]
  • Basin country: Sweden[34]
  • Commons category: Vänern[35]
  • Official website: http://www.vanern.se/engelsk/eng_index.asp[36]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Vänern[37]
  • Commons gallery: Vänern[38]
  • Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[39], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[40], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[41], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[42], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[43], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 11[44]
  • Native label: Vänern[45]
  • Length: 140 km[46]
  • Elevation above sea level: 44.4 m[47]
  • Area: 5650 km²[48]
  • Width: 60 km[49]
  • Watershed area: 41,182 km²[50]
  • Volume as quantity: 153,000,000,000 cubic metre[51]
  • Perimeter: 1790 km[52]

Why It Matters

Vänern has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[53] Vänern is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[54]

Related Entities

Göta älv Sweden

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  49. [51] ↑ . smhi.se. smhi.se. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  50. [52] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [53] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [54] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8w ago · ~2026-44856-68 · 2026-08-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image purged at → —
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Karlstad Municipality, Hammarö Municipality, Kristinehamn Municipality +10
    Official website → http://www.vanern.se/engelsk/eng_index.asp
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 58.916666666667, 'lon': 13.5}
    + 32 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Coordinate location: 60°N, 10°E"
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