Vättern

Vättern is the second-largest in , after , and the sixth-largest lake in Europe. It is a long, finger-shaped body of fresh water in south central Sweden, to the southeast of Vänern, pointing at the tip of .
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  • Type: Lake
  • Description: second largest lake in Sweden
  • Also known as: Lake Vätter”, “Lake Wether”, “Lake Wetter”, “Vaettern”, “Vätter Lake”, “Vättern Lake”, “Vetter Lake”, “Vettern”, “Wetter”, and “Wettern

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rogslösa.

Hamlet
is a hamlet, which is situated 9 km east of Vättern.

Vättern

Latitude
58.4° or 58° 24′ north
Longitude
14.6° or 14° 36′ east
Elevation
88 metres (289 feet)
Open location code
9FCPCH2X+2X
Geo­Names ID
2663591
Wiki­data ID
Q188195
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Wu Chinese—“Vättern” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Vätternmeer
  • Arabic: بحيرة فاترن
  • Arabic: بحيرة فترن
  • Armenian: Վեթեռն
  • Azerbaijani: Vettern gölü
  • Basque: Vattern
  • Basque: Vättern
  • Belarusian: Ветэрн
  • Belarusian: Возера Ветэрн
  • Belarusian: Вэтэрн
  • Bosnian: Vättern
  • Breton: Vättern
  • Bulgarian: Ветерн
  • Catalan: Vättern
  • Chinese: 韋特恩湖
  • Chinese: 韦特恩湖
  • Chuvash: Веттерн
  • Croatian: Vättern
  • Czech: Vattern
  • Czech: Vättern
  • Czech: Vätternské jezero
  • Danish: Vättern
  • Dutch: Vattermeer
  • Dutch: Vättermeer
  • Egyptian Arabic: بحيره فترن
  • Esperanto: Vattern
  • Esperanto: Vättern
  • Estonian: Vättern
  • Finnish: Vättern
  • French: Lac de Vättern
  • French: Lac Vättern
  • French: Vätter
  • French: Vattern
  • French: Vättern
  • French: Vetter
  • Galician: Lago Vättern
  • Georgian: ვეტერნი
  • German: Vätter-See
  • German: Vättern-See
  • German: Vättern
  • German: Vätternsee
  • German: Vättersee
  • German: Wettersee
  • Greek: Βέτερν
  • Hebrew: אגם וטרן
  • Hungarian: Vättern-tó
  • Hungarian: Vättern
  • Icelandic: Veitur
  • Indonesian: Danau Vattern
  • Indonesian: Danau Vättern
  • Interlingua: Vättern
  • Irish: Vättern
  • Italian: Lago Vättern
  • Italian: Vättern
  • Japanese: ヴェッテルン湖
  • Kirghiz: Веттерн көлү
  • Korean: 베테른 호
  • Korean: 베테른호
  • Kurdish: Vättern
  • Latin: Lacus Veter
  • Latvian: Vättern
  • Latvian: Veterna ezers
  • Latvian: Veterns
  • Lithuanian: Veternas
  • Macedonian: Ветерн
  • Northern Frisian: Vättern
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Vättern
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Vättern
  • Norwegian: Vättern
  • Ossetian: Веттерн
  • Persian: دریاچه وترن
  • Piemontese: Lagh Vättern
  • Polish: Jezioro Wetter
  • Polish: Vättern
  • Polish: Wetter
  • Portuguese: Lago Vättern
  • Portuguese: Vättern
  • Romanian: Lacul Vättern
  • Russian: Веттерн
  • Russian: Веттерна
  • Scots: Loch Vättern
  • Serbian: Vättern
  • Serbian: Vetern
  • Serbian: Ветерн
  • Serbo-Croatian: Vättern
  • Slovenian: Vättern
  • Spanish: Lago Vättern
  • Spanish: Vattern
  • Spanish: Vättern
  • Swedish: Vättern
  • Thai: เว็ตเติน
  • Thai: เวเทิร์น
  • Turkish: Vättern Gölü
  • Turkish: Vättern
  • Ukrainian: Веттерн
  • Venetian: Vättern
  • Welsh: Llyn Vättern
  • Western Frisian: Vättermar
  • Wu Chinese: 韦特恩湖

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