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{{Short description|Fourth largest lake in Sweden}}
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Hjälmaren is 63 kilometres long, about 20 kilometres wide, and has an average depth of 6 metres, and a surface of 483 km². The largest towns around the lake is [[Örebro]] and [[Eskilstuna]] situated at the western and eastern ends of the lake.
Between 1878 and 1887, a damming project lowered the surface level of Hjälmaren {{Convert|1.3|m|ft}} to free up land for agriculture and to reduce the risk of flooding.
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==References==
{{commons category|Hjälmaren}}
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{{Large lakes of Sweden}}
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