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    and Västmanland. The two largest islands in Mälaren are Selaön (91 km2) and Svartsjölandet (79 km2). Mälaren is low-lying and mostly relatively shallow...
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    water area excludes the four largest lakes in Sweden (Vänern, Vättern, Mälaren and Hjälmaren). Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner 30 september 2013 och...
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    Archbishopric of Sweden prior to 1273, when the seat was moved to Östra Aros (Östra Aros was then renamed Uppsala due to a papal request). The old cathedral...
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    Köping–Hult railway was intended to connect to steamboats on the lakes Mälaren and Vänern, giving a motorised connection between Gothenburg and Stockholm...
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  • (Operational) List of heritage railways Wikimedia Commons has media related to Östra Södermanlands Järnväg. Östra Södermanlands Järnväg - Official website...
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    locations and light beacons. Beacons were located around the entirety of Lake Mälaren. Huddinge's coat of arms has its origins in this tradition. The name Huddinge...
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    have reached the area. Around 1500 to 400 BC, the strait between Lake Mälaren and the Baltic Sea narrowed due to the post-glacial rebound. Thereafter...
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    Hedlund was born on the island of Eldgarn, now in Ekerö Municipality at Mälaren, Stockholm County, Sweden, He was the son of the farmer Carl Adolf Hedlund...
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    most prominent landscape painters. He was mainly interested in the lake Mälaren, the countryside of Stockholm (such as Tyresö, where he spent his summers)...
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    The town is located at Eskilstunaån's very first rapids upstream of Lake Mälaren, creating a natural trading and reloading site. Several archeological digs...
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