Fryken (){{cite book, url=https://runeberg.org/ortnamn/0012.html, author1=Jöran Sahlgren, author2=Gösta Bergman, title=Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter, language=sv, year=1979, page=8 is a chain of three lakes in

Värmland Värmland () is a ''Provinces of Sweden, landskap'' (historical province) in west-central Sweden. It borders Västergötland, Dalsland, Dalarna, Västmanland, and Närke, and is bounded by Norway in the west. Name Several Latinized version ...

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: Upper, Middle and Lower Fryken. The lakes are separated by two sounds, Sunnesundet and Nilsbysundet. The total length of Fryken is 80 km, but it is only 3 km wide at the widest part. The maximum depth is 120 meters and it is located at 62 meters above

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. Fryken is drained by

Norsälven Norsälven () is a river flowing between Fryken and Vänern in Värmland, Sweden. It used to be an important river for log driving Log driving is a means of moving logs (sawn tree trunks) from a forest to sawmills and pulp mills downstream us ...

Upper Fryken (Övre Fryken)

The

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Torsby Torsby () is a locality and the seat of Torsby Municipality in Värmland County, Sweden with 4,049 inhabitants in 2010. Fortum Ski Tunnel Torsby, the world's longest ski tunnel, is located in Torsby. There is an airport located near the locali ...

is situated at the north end of Upper Fryken with the main tributary

Ljusnan Ljusnan (from Old Norse: ''Lusn'' — light) is a river in Sweden, which is 440 kilometers long. The river starts in northwestern Härjedalen and then continues throughout the province into Hälsingland all the way to the Bothnian Sea. The bigge ...

and the smaller river Röjdån. The football manager

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owned a country house at the south-east side of Upper Fryken until his death in 2024. The locality Sunne is situated in the south at the sound between Upper Fryken and Middle Fryken.

Middle Fryken (Mellan-Fryken)

The locality Rottneros is situated in the north-west of Middle Fryken as well as the largest tributary

Rottnan or is a long river in Norway and Sweden. The river starts south of the Hof Finnskog Church in Solør, Norway and discharges into lake Mellan-Fryken at Rottneros in Värmland, Sweden. The main river begins at the Rundtjern, but that lake is f ...

. Middle Fryken separates the localities Östra Ämtervik and Västra Ämtervik. The

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winner

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is buried in Östra Ämtervik.

Lower Fryken (Nedre Fryken)

The sound Nilsbysundet, separates Middle Fryken from Lower Fryken. The locality Kil is situated near the south end of Lower Fryken. Lower Fryken is drained in the south-west by

down to Lake

Vänern Vänern ( , , ) is the largest lake in Sweden, the largest lake in the European Union and the third-largest lake in Europe after Ladoga and Onega in Russia. It is located in the provinces of Västergötland, Dalsland, and Värmland in the sou ...

References

Lakes of Värmland County