Trollhätte Canal
The Trollhätte Canal is a canal in Sweden. Trollhätte Canal connects the Göta river with the lake Vänern. The canal was opened in 1800. In 2004, the canal was proclaimed a national monument.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Navigation canal
- Description: canal in Sweden
- Also known as: “Trollhatte Kanal”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Trollhättan Falls and Olidan Hydroelectric Power Station.
Trollhättan Falls
Waterfall
Photo: Tubaist, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Trollhättan Falls is a waterfall in the Göta river in Sweden. The falls starts at Malgö Bridge in central Trollhättan, and has a total height of 32 metres, making up a large part of the 44 metre total fall of the river from Vänern to Kattegat.
Olidan Hydroelectric Power Station
Industrial building
Photo: Tubaist, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Olidan Power Station is a hydroelectric power station located in Trollhättan, Sweden. First opened in 1910, it was the first large scale attempt at generating electricity from water in Sweden.
Trollhättan Mosque
Mosque
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The Trollhättan Shia Mosque is a large Shia Muslim mosque in the country located in Trollhättan, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. After Idi Amin ordered in 1972 the expulsion of all Asians from Uganda, many of them were Shia Muslims who settled in Sweden.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Trollhättan and Velanda.
Trollhättan
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Trollhättan is an industrial city in Sweden. It lies in Västergötland province in the modern Götaland region, and has 53,000 inhabitants.
Velanda
Village
Velanda is a locality situated in Trollhättan Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 581 inhabitants in 2010. Velanda is situated 5 km southeast of Trollhätte Canal.
Trollhätte Canal
- Categories: canal and body of water
- Location: Västra Götaland County, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Welsh—“Trollhätte Canal” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Тральгэтанскі канал”
- Belarusian: “Трольхетанскі канал”
- Cebuano: “Trollhätte Kanal”
- Chinese: “特罗尔海特运河”
- Danish: “Trollhætte kanal”
- Danish: “Trollhätte kanal”
- Dutch: “Trollhättekanaal”
- Egyptian Arabic: “قناة ترولهات”
- Finnish: “Trollhättanin kanava”
- French: “Canal de Trollhattan”
- French: “canal de Trollhättan”
- French: “Canal de Trollhättan”
- German: “Trollhätte-Kanal”
- German: “Trollhätte”
- Icelandic: “Trollhätteskurðurinn”
- Icelandic: “Tröllhettuskurðurinn”
- Japanese: “トロルヘッタン運河”
- Lithuanian: “Trolhetano kanalas”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Trollhätte kanal”
- Norwegian: “Trollhätte kanal”
- Portuguese: “Canal de Trollhättan”
- Portuguese: “Canal de Trollhätte”
- Portuguese: “Trollhätte kanal”
- Russian: “Тролльхетте-канал”
- Slovenian: “prekop Trollhätte”
- Slovenian: “Trollhätte kanal”
- Spanish: “Brinkebergskulle”
- Spanish: “Canal de esclusas de Trollhättan”
- Spanish: “Canal de Trollhättan”
- Spanish: “Esclusas de Trollhättan”
- Spanish: “Karls grav”
- Spanish: “Lilla Edets sluss”
- Spanish: “Polhems slussled”
- Spanish: “Trollhättan sluss”
- Spanish: “Trollhätte kanal”
- Swedish: “Trollhättans kanal”
- Swedish: “Trollhätte kanal- och slussområde”
- Swedish: “Trollhätte kanal”
- Welsh: “Camlas Trollhätte”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Skoftebyn and Åkersvass.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Åkerssjö and Trollhättan Church.
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