Fryken
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| Geographical location | Varmland , Sweden | |
| Drain | Norsälven → Vänern | |
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| Coordinates | 59 ° 46 '33 " N , 13 ° 8' 24" E | |
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| Maximum depth | 120 m (Mellanfryken) | |
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Chain of three lakes |
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The Fryken or Fryken-See is a lake in Värmland in Sweden . The narrow, elongated lake extends in a north-south direction and consists of three interconnected lakes: The Upper Fryken, the Middle Fryken and the Lower Fryken. The Upper and Middle Fryken are connected by a sound that gave the place Sunne its name. The Middle and Lower Fryken are connected by the Nilsbysund.
Upper Fryken
At the top of the Upper Fryken ( Swedish : Övre Fryken ) is Torsby . The parish of the place, however, is called Fryksände; this name is often found on older maps instead of Torsby. The river Ljusnan , which flows into the eastern bank, connects the upper Fryken with the lakes Hänsjö , Nedre- and Övre Brocken and Aspsjö . Storö , the largest island in the lake, is at the same height as the Tossebergsklätten mountain on the western shore . The Björkefors mansion on the eastern bank about at the level of Edsbjörke is inhabited by the soccer coach Sven-Göran Eriksson . The Sunnesund, which connects the upper and middle Fryken and is located in the center of the town of Sunne , is spanned by a pedestrian bridge and two originally rotating bridges, one of which is used for cars and the other for rail traffic. The Övre Fryken has an area of 41.5 km² and is at an altitude of 62 m.
Middle Fryken
On the western bank, south of Sunne, lies the Rottneros manor in a sculpture park. An automobile museum and a theater, which is used in the summer months, are housed in an old barn on the estate. The middle Fryken (Swedish: Mellan-Fryken ) separates Västra and Östra Ämtervik . The writer Selma Lagerlöf was born in the former municipality of Östra Ämtervik, now part of Sunne municipality . Her farm Mårbacka is now a museum. She is buried in the Östra Ämtervik cemetery. The largest island in the middle Fryken is called Malö . The Mellan-Fryken has an area of 46.7 km² and is 62 m above sea level.
Lower Fryken
The Nilsbysund is also spanned by a road bridge. At the lower end of the lower Fryken (Swedish Nedre Fryken ) is the village of Fryksta. The river Norsälv connects the three Frykenseen with the Vänern . The area of the Nedre Fryken is 12.5 km² and is 62 m high.
Gosta Berling
The landscape around the Fryken is the setting of Selma Lagerlöf's famous novel Gösta Berling . In the novel, published in 1891, Selma Lagerlöf names the Fryken Löven (in some editions Löfven ). The Rottneros mansion is the model for Ekeby, the main location of the novel. In the Swedish edition of the Gösta Berlings saga there is an overview map of the Fryken with the place names used in the novel. In Gösta Berling there is also what is probably the most impressive description of the Fryken with its continuous personification of the lake:
- “The sources of the lake are up north, and there is wonderful land for a lake. The forest and the mountains keep collecting water for him. Streams and brooks pour into its basin all year round. He can stretch out on fine, white sand, reflect and look at headlands and small islands, the Neck and the mermaid can frolic there happily, and he becomes beautiful and big in a short time. Up there in the north he's happy and cheerful; One only sees him lying drowsy under his veils of fog on a summer morning, and one immediately sees how happy he is. First he played hide-and-seek for a while, then he quietly slips out of the light cover and is so magically beautiful that you can hardly recognize him; but then he throws back the whole blanket as if with a jerk and is now free and shiny, surrounded by the rosy morning light. "
- “But the lake is not yet satisfied with this playful game; he tightens himself into a narrow gap, squeezes through some sand hills in the south and looks for a new kingdom. He also finds it, becomes bigger and stronger, fills bottomless depths and beautifies a fertile landscape. But now its waters are also getting darker, the shores more monotonous, sharper winds rush along, the whole character becomes more severe. Now it is a stately, magnificent lake. Many ships and rafts cut through its floods, and only late, yes, rarely before Christmas, does it have time to hibernate under ice and snow. Often he is also in a bad mood, foams with anger and overturns sailboats, but sometimes he is also in dreamy calm and reflects the sky. "
- “But he wants to go further out into the world, the lake, although the mountains become steeper and steeper, the further south he goes, the space narrows, so that it has to slip through once more as a narrow sound between high banks. Then it spreads for the third time, but no longer with the same beauty and the previous size. "
- “The banks will become flatter and uniform, milder winds will blow, the lake will settle down under the ice cover early. It is still beautiful, but it has lost its youthfulness and manhood, it is a lake like others. With outstretched arms he gropes for the way to Wenern, and when he has found it, in old age he falls down a steep slope and comes to rest with a thunderous roar. "
Others
S / S Freja af Fryken
The S / S Freja af Fryken is a steamship operating on the Fryken. The ship was originally built in 1868 as the third of three structurally identical ships for the Ölandverkehr and used under the name Kalmarsund No. 3 . In 1887 the ship was sold to the shipowner Nils Persson from Lysvik and subsequently used on the Fryksta – Torsby route on the Fryken. The sister ship Kalmarsund No. 1 was also used on the Fryken by another competing shipping company under the name Victoria . On July 23, 1896, the Freja was hit by a thunderstorm gust near Bössviken, capsized and sank. Eleven people were killed in the sinking, only six were able to save themselves on the bank. It was not until 1976 that divers located the wreck at a depth of 52 meters. On July 23, 1994, the 98th anniversary of the sinking, the Freja was lifted. After the restoration, it is now mainly used for tourist traffic from Sunne, but also from Fryksta and Torsby.
Fryksdalsbanan
Between Kil and Torsby, the Kil-Torsby railway line (Swedish: Frykdalsbanan or Fryksdalsbanan ), which is considered to be one of the most beautiful railway lines in Sweden, runs for long stretches directly on the lake shore . In addition to the scenic route, it is particularly known for its station buildings built by Yngve Rasmussen .
Astrid Lindgren
During a train ride from Torsby to Sunne on a winter's day in 1972, the impressive dawn over the Fryken inspired Astrid Lindgren to write the book The Lionheart Brothers .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c SMHI - Sjöareal och sjöhöjd (PDF; 3.5 MB)
- ↑ Quoted here from Selma Lagerlöf: Gösta Berling. Novel . Translated from the Swedish by Pauline Klaiber-Gottschau. Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, Munich 1962, pp. 25f.