The etymological origin of the name Mälaren stems from the Old Norse word mælir appearing in historical records in the 1320s and meaning gravel. The lake was previously known as Lǫgrinn, which is Old Norsefor

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By the end of the last ice age about 11,000 years ago, much of northern Europe and North America was covered by ice sheets up to 3 km thick. At the end of the ice age when the glaciers retreated, the removal of the weight from the depressed land led to a

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According to Norse mythology as contained in the thirteenth-century Icelandic work Prose Edda, the lake was created by the goddess Gefjon when she tricked Gylfi, the Swedish king of

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The most common nestingbirds on the skerries of Mälaren are also the most common in the Baltic Sea. After a survey in 2005, the ten most

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• Mälaren Valley (Mälardalen)
• Lakes of Sweden
• Geography of Stockholm

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• Mälarguiden - Guide to Mälaren (mostly in Swedish but a lot of maps and some English text)
• Castles around Mälaren

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• Mälardrottningen (Lake Mälar Queen) is a poetic name for Stockholm well known in Swedish literature.
• Utter Inn, an underwater hotel designed by the artist Mikael Genberg, is in the lake.
• The area around the lake hosted the cycling events at the 1912 Summer Olympics

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