Sommen
- Area
- 130 km²
- Max depth
- 53 m
- Tonight
- 8°CLight rain · Wind 29 km/h SW
Sommen is a lake at 146 m above sea level in Östergötland County, Sweden, 130 km² in area and 36.6 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 146 m
- Length
- 36.6 km
- Shoreline
- 411.4 km
Sommen in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 411.4 km
Sommen 3D map
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Sommen terrain and contours
10 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
Sommen elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Sommen weather
Today · Light rain · 8 / 8°C (46 / 46°F) · 1.0 mm · Wind 29 km/h SW
Sommen forecast for about 146 m.
- Today8°8°1.0 mm29 km/h SW
- Mon8°11°1.8 mm28 km/h SW
- Tue9°11°0.7 mm28 km/h S
- Wed9°12°–18 km/h SW
- Thu6°11°–17 km/h SW
- Fri5°10°–13 km/h NW
- Sat6°9°–9 km/h SW
- Sun5°8°–10 km/h NE
- Mon4°8°–13 km/h NE
- Tue5°8°–15 km/h W
Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 25, 13:31 UTC.
Camping & parking near Sommen
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Sommen, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
1.7 km WSW
Nearest campsite
Torpöns Camping
Nearest caravan site
5.4 km WNW
All mapped places 6
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 1.7 km WSW |
| Parking | 5.0 km WSW |
| Parking | 5.3 km WNW |
| Torpöns CampingCampsite | 5.3 km WNW |
| Caravan site | 5.4 km WNW |
| Malexanders CampingCampsite | 6.3 km ENE |
Slope
Share of the 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly gentle: 92% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 0.2% of the 400 km² view
- Relief in view
- 163 m low point 143 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 10 km; 146 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Black-tailed Skimmer5
- European Firebug4
- Eurasian Bee Beetle4
- Lingonberry4
- Roman Snail4
- Arran Brown4
Where Sommen sits
Nearby places
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Data sources
- Terrain
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- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025 (scene 2025-08-18)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Camping & parking, Geometry
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)