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A quiet area, in the southwest "Malären"


Hjälmare Canal | Sweden: Characteristics & Overview

Rating of waterway

Degree of difficulty:
Some experience is an advantage

Requirements:
no rating

Character of waterway:
back to nature, Waterway in reclusion

Profile of waterway:
Hardly ever used

Facilities groundside:
Not sufficiant



Hjälmare Canal | Sweden: Tips & Detailed information

Wharfs, Marinas, Harbors, Facilities, Houseboat hirers, Restaurants and Shops.

Facts to this waterway:

13.7 km
30.00 x 7.00 m
9
1.90 m
17.00 m


Stömsholms Canal | Sweden




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was built between 1629 and 1639 by Gustav II Adolf and connects the Mälarsee over the river Arbogaan mit the Hjälmaren See.
Originally, this short canal was planed to be the first part of a connection between the Baltic Sea and the Kattegatt. It should have gone from Stockholm over Malären, Hjälmaren to the Vänern and from its southern end over River Göta (today’s Trollhättekanal) to Göteborg.
The idea of a connection Baltic Sea – Kattegatt was later realised a bit further to the south with the Göta- and Trollhätte-Kanal.




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