Fryken is a chain of three lakes in Värmland

Värmland

' is a historical province or landskap in the west of middle Sweden. It borders Västergötland, Dalsland, Dalarna, Västmanland and Närke. It is also bounded by Norway in the west. Latin name versions are Vermelandia and Wermelandia. Although the province's land originally was Götaland, the...

, Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

: Upper, Middle and Lower Fryken. The lakes are separated by two sounds, Sunnesundet and Nilsbysundet. The total length of Fryken is 80 km, but it is only 3 km wide at the widest part. The maximum depth is 120 meter and it is located at 62 meters above sea level

Sea level

Mean sea level is a measure of the average height of the ocean's surface ; used as a standard in reckoning land elevation...

. Fryken is drained by Norsälven

Norsälven

Norsälven is a river flowing between Fryken and Vänern in Värmland, Sweden. It used to bee an important river for log driving. During the 1950s, there were 6.23 million logs annually floating in the river. The length is 28 km ....

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Upper Fryken (Övre Fryken)

The locality Torsby

Torsby

Torsby is a locality and the seat of Torsby Municipality in Värmland County, Sweden with 4,012 inhabitants in 2005.Fortum Ski Tunnel Torsby, the world's longest ski tunnel, is located in Torsby. Sebra Film is located in Torsby. Football manager Sven-Göran Eriksson and footballer Marcus Berg are...

 is situated at the north end of Upper Fryken with the main tributary Ljusnan

Ljusnan River (Värmland)

Ljusnan is a forest river in Northern Värmland, Sweden. The river spring is near the Norwegian border....

 and the smaller river Röjdån.

The football trainer Sven-Göran Eriksson

Sven-Göran Eriksson

Sven-Göran Eriksson , in Sweden commonly referred to just by his nickname Svennis, is a Swedish ex-football manager. From October 2010 to October 2011 he managed Football League Championship side Leicester City....

 owns a country house at the south-east side of Upper Fryken.

The locality Sunne is situated in the south at the sound between Upper Fryken and Middle Fryken.

Middle Fryken (Mellan-Fryken)

The locality Rottneros

Rottneros

Rottneros is a locality situated in Sunne Municipality, Värmland County, Sweden with 444 inhabitants in 2005.Rottneros means "roaring river mouth" in old swedish. The river Rottnan used to have three waterfalls close to the discharge in to lake Fryken. The waterfalls were built in 1927 for...

 is situated in the north-west of Middle Fryken as well as the largest tributary Rottnan

Rottnan

Rottnan is a 110 km long river in Norway and Sweden. The river starts south of Hof Finnskog in Solør, Norway and discharges into lake Fryken at Rottneros in Värmland, Sweden....

. Middle Fryken separates the localities Östra Ämtervik and Västra Ämtervik

Västra Ämtervik

Västra Ämtervik is a locality situated in Sunne Municipality, Värmland County, Sweden with 371 inhabitants in 2005....

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The Nobel Prize in Literature

Nobel Prize in Literature

Since 1901, the Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded annually to an author from any country who has, in the words from the will of Alfred Nobel, produced "in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction"...

 winner Selma Lagerlöf

Selma Lagerlöf

Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf was a Swedish author. She was the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, and most widely known for her children's book Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige ....

 is buried in Östra Ämtervik.

Lower Fryken (Nedre Fryken)

The sound Nilsbysundet, separates Middle Fryken from Lower Fryken. The locality Kil is situated near the south end of Lower Fryken. It is drained in the south-west by Norsälven

Norsälven

Norsälven is a river flowing between Fryken and Vänern in Värmland, Sweden. It used to bee an important river for log driving. During the 1950s, there were 6.23 million logs annually floating in the river. The length is 28 km ....

 down to Vänern

Vänern

Vänern is the largest lake in Sweden, the largest lake in the EU 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.- History :...

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