Lake · Västra Götaland County

Vänern

43 m141 ft

Area: 5,381 km²
Max depth: 106 m
Tonight: 8°CPartly cloudy · Wind 24 km/h SE

Vänern is a lake at 43 m above sea level in Västra Götaland County, Sweden, 5,381 km² in area and 146.4 km long.

All facts

Surface elevation: 43 m
Length: 146.4 km
Shoreline: 3,205.3 km

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3D map

Vänern 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Vänern topographic map

2 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.

Index contours every 10 mShowing west → east through the centre

Vänern elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Downloads

Vänern downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGVänern satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-07-27.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Lake

Vänern in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline: 3,205.3 km

Weather

Vänern weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 8°C (46°F) · 1.3 mm · Wind 24 km/h SE

Vänern forecast for about 43 m.

Tonight8°1.3 mm24 km/h SE
Today9°11°1.7 mm39 km/h SE
Sun8°10°7.4 mm53 km/h SE
Mon10°12°0.4 mm37 km/h SW
Tue10°11°3.4 mm40 km/h S
Wed10°11°–40 km/h SW
Thu9°11°–16 km/h W
Fri8°9°–14 km/h SW
Sat8°9°–17 km/h E
Sun8°9°–15 km/h SE
Mon7°8°–15 km/h NE

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 24, 00:30 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 100% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

99.6%

Moderate, 15–30°

0.4%

Steep, 30–45°

0.0%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 0.0% of the 400 km² view
Relief in view: 43 m low point 42 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Water 75.9%Trees 16.5%Cropland 4.3%Grassland 2.8%Wetland 0.5%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 10 km; 47 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Small Copper3
Great Sundew2
Water Lobelia2
Black Meadowhawk2
Twin-lobed Deer Fly2
Moose2

Where it sits

Where Vänern sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

MälarenLake · 1 m235 km ENE

Sources

Data sources

Terrain: Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-07-27)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Official website · Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia