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 southwest of the country.
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Sweden
- Also known as: “Dalbosjön”, “Jezioro Wener”, “Lac Väner”, “Lac Vanern”, “Lac Vänern”, “Lago Vanern”, “Lake Wener”, “Llyn Vänern”, “Vaenern”, “Vænern”, “Väner”, “Väner Lake”, “Vanermeer”, “Vanern”, “Vanern Gölü”, “Vänern Lake”, “Vanernmeer”, “Vänernské jezero”, “Vänersee”, “Värmlandssjön”, “Vener”, “Vener Lake”, “Venerns”, “Wenern”, “Wenner”, “ВЕНЕРН”, “Веннерна”, and “ทะเลสาบแวเนิน”
Vänern
- Category: body of water
- Location: Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
58.91667° or 58° 55′ north
Longitude
13.5° or 13° 30′ east
Elevation
44 metres (144 feet)
Open location code
9FCMWG82+M2
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Vänern” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Vänernmeer”
- Arabic: “بحيرة فنرن”
- Armenian: “Վենեռն”
- Asturian: “Llagu Vänern”
- Azerbaijani: “Vanern gölü”
- Azerbaijani: “Venern gölü”
- Bashkir: “Венерн”
- Basque: “Vänern”
- Belarusian: “Венерн”
- Belarusian: “Возера Венерн”
- Belarusian: “Вэнэрн”
- Bosnian: “Vänern”
- Breton: “Vänern”
- Bulgarian: “Венерн”
- Catalan: “llac Vänern”
- Catalan: “Llac Vänern”
- Cebuano: “Vänern”
- Chinese: “維納恩湖”
- Chinese: “维纳恩湖”
- Chuvash: “Венерн”
- Croatian: “Vänern”
- Czech: “Vänern”
- Danish: “Vänern”
- Dutch: “Vänermeer”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره فنرن”
- Esperanto: “Vänern”
- Estonian: “Vänern”
- Fiji Hindi: “Vanern Talaab”
- Finnish: “Vänern”
- French: “Vänern”
- Galician: “Lago Vänern”
- Georgian: “ვენერნი”
- German: “Vänern”
- German: “Vänernsee”
- Greek: “Βένερν”
- Hebrew: “ונן”
- Hebrew: “ונרן”
- Hindi: “वेनर्न”
- Hungarian: “Vänern-tó”
- Hungarian: “Vänern”
- Icelandic: “Vænir”
- Indonesian: “Vänern”
- Italian: “Vänern”
- Japanese: “ヴェーネルン湖”
- Kazakh: “Venern”
- Kazakh: “Венерн”
- Kazakh: “ۆەنەرن”
- Kirghiz: “Венерн көлү”
- Korean: “베네른 호”
- Korean: “베네른호”
- Kurdish: “Vänern”
- Latin: “Lacus Vener”
- Latvian: “Vēnerns”
- Lithuanian: “Venernas”
- Macedonian: “Венерн”
- Mingrelian: “ვენერნი”
- Northern Frisian: “Vänern”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vänern”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vänern”
- Norwegian: “Vänern”
- Ossetian: “Венерн”
- Persian: “دریاچه ونرن”
- Piemontese: “Lagh Vänern”
- Polish: “Wener”
- Portuguese: “Lago Vänern”
- Romanian: “Lacul Vänern”
- Russian: “Венерн”
- Scots: “Loch Vänern”
- Scots: “Vänern”
- Serbian: “Venern”
- Serbian: “Венерн”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Vänern”
- Slovak: “Vänern”
- Slovenian: “Vänern”
- Spanish: “lago Vänern”
- Spanish: “Lago Vänern”
- Swahili: “Ziwa Vänern”
- Swedish: “Vänern”
- Thai: “ทะเลสาบแวแนร์น”
- Thai: “แวเนิน”
- Turkish: “Vänern Gölü”
- Ukrainian: “Венерн”
- Uzbek: “Venern”
- Venetian: “Vänern”
- Vietnamese: “Hồ Vänern”
- Waray (Philippines): “Vänern”
- Welsh: “Vänern”
- Western Frisian: “Vänermar”
- Wu Chinese: “维纳恩湖”
- Yue Chinese: “維納恩湖”
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