Hjälmaren

Hjälmaren, also spelled Jälmaren, is 's fourth largest lake. It is situated in the Central Swedish lowland and drains through into the adjacent Lake , which in turn drains into the Baltic Sea, west of .
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  • Type: Lake
  • Description: lake in central Sweden
  • Also known as: Hielmar Lake”, “Lake Hjalmar”, “Lake Hjalmaren”, and “Lake Hjälmaren

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lunger.

Hamlet
Photo: Phlanx, CC BY 3.0.
is a hamlet, which is situated 9 km northwest of Hjälmaren.

Hjälmaren

Latitude
59.25° or 59° 15′ north
Longitude
15.75° or 15° 45′ east
Elevation
24 metres (79 feet)
Open location code
9FFQ7Q22+22
Geo­Names ID
2706304
Wiki­data ID
Q211425
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Venetian—“Hjälmaren” goes by many names.
  • Basque: Hjälmaren
  • Belarusian: Возера Ельмарэн
  • Belarusian: Ельмарэн
  • Bulgarian: Йелмарен
  • Catalan: Hjälmaren
  • Cebuano: Hjälmaren
  • Chinese: 耶尔马伦湖
  • Chinese: 耶爾馬倫湖
  • Chuvash: Ельмарен
  • Croatian: Hjälmaren
  • Czech: Hjalmaren
  • Czech: Hjälmaren
  • Danish: Hjälmaren
  • Dutch: Hjalmarmeer
  • Dutch: Hjälmarmeer
  • Egyptian Arabic: بحيره هچالمارين
  • Esperanto: Hjalmaren
  • Esperanto: Hjälmaren
  • Estonian: Hjälmaren
  • Finnish: Hjälmaren
  • French: Hjälmar
  • French: Hjalmaren
  • French: Hjälmaren
  • Galician: Lago Hjälmar
  • Galician: Lago Hjälmaren
  • Georgian: ელმარენი
  • German: Hjälmaren
  • Greek: Γιέλμαρ
  • Greek: Γιέλμαρεν
  • Hebrew: ילמארן
  • Icelandic: Hjälmaren
  • Italian: Hjälmaren
  • Japanese: イェルマーレン湖
  • Japanese: イェルマル湖
  • Japanese: イェルマレン湖
  • Korean: 옐마렌호
  • Kurdish: gola Hjalmaren
  • Kurdish: Hjälmaren
  • Latvian: Hjalmaren
  • Latvian: Hjälmaren
  • Latvian: Jelmarens
  • Lithuanian: Elmarenas
  • Lithuanian: Jelmarenas
  • Macedonian: Јелмарен
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Hjälmaren
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Hjälmaren
  • Norwegian: Hjälmaren
  • Persian: هیلمارن
  • Polish: Hjalmar
  • Polish: Hjälmar
  • Polish: Hjälmaren
  • Portuguese: Hjälmaren
  • Portuguese: Lago Hjälmaren
  • Russian: Ельмарен
  • Serbo-Croatian: Hjälmaren
  • Spanish: Hjalmaren
  • Spanish: Hjälmaren
  • Spanish: Lago Hjalmaren
  • Spanish: Lago Hjälmaren
  • Swedish: Hjälmaren
  • Thai: ทะเลสาบเยลมาเรน
  • Thai: เยลมาเรน
  • Thai: เย็ลมาเริน
  • Turkish: Hjalmaren Gölü
  • Turkish: Hjälmaren Gölü
  • Turkish: Hjälmaren
  • Turkish: Meren Gölü
  • Ukrainian: Єльмарен
  • Venetian: Hjälmaren

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Hjälmaren”. Photo: Nordelch, CC BY-SA 3.0.