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{{Short description|Fourth largest lake in Sweden}}
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{{Infobox lakebody of water
| name = Hjälmaren
| image = Hjälmaren.jpg
| alt = View of Hjälmaren
| caption =
| image_bathymetry = La2-demis-hjalmaren.png
| caption_bathymetry =
| alt_bathymetry = Bathymetric map
| location =
| coords = {{coord|59|15|N|15|45|E|region:SE_type:waterbody_scale:1000000|display=inline,title}}
| type =
| inflow =
| pushpin_map = Sweden
| pushpin_map_alt = Location of lake
| outflow = [[Eskilstunaån]]
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| islands =
| cities = [[Örebro]]
| reference = <ref name="smhi">{{citeCite web |year=2001 |title=Vattenståndsmätningar i Hjälmaren |url=http://www.smhi.se/sgn0102/n0205/artikelserier/v200111_18.pdf| title|url-status=Vattenståndsmätningardead i Hjälmaren| publisher=[[Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute]]| year=2001| accessdate=2009-01-03| url-status=dead| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929091823/http://www.smhi.se/sgn0102/n0205/artikelserier/v200111_18.pdf| |archivedate=2007-09-29}}</ref>
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'''Hjälmaren''' ({{IPA-sv|ˇjɛlːmarɛnˈjɛ̂lːmarɛn}} <small>or</small> {{IPA-sv|ˇjɛlːmaɳˈjɛ̂lːmaɳ|}}<ref name="Bergman">{{cite-Cite book |last=Jöran Sahlgren |url=httphttps://runeberg.org/ortnamn/0016.html|author1=Jöran Sahlgren|author2=Gösta Bergman|title=Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter |languagelast2=svGösta Bergman |year=1979 |page=12 |language=sv}}</ref>), also spelled '''Jälmaren''',<ref name="Bergman" /> is [[Sweden]]'s fourth largest lake. It is situated in the [[Central Swedish lowland]] and drains through [[Eskilstunaån]] into the adjacent Lake [[Mälaren]], which in turn drains into the [[Baltic Sea]], west of [[Stockholm]]. It is connected by waterway with Stockholm by the 13 kilometres long [[Hjälmare kanal]].▼
[[File:Hjälmaren in Sweden.png|thumb|left|Lake Hjälmaren (see red arrow)|180px]]
 
▲'''Hjälmaren''' ({{IPA-sv|ˇjɛlːmarɛn}} <small>or</small> {{IPA-sv|ˇjɛlːmaɳ|}}<ref name="Bergman">{{cite-book|url=http://runeberg.org/ortnamn/0016.html|author1=Jöran Sahlgren|author2=Gösta Bergman|title=Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter|language=sv|year=1979|page=12}}</ref>), also spelled '''Jälmaren''',<ref name="Bergman"/> is [[Sweden]]'s fourth largest lake. It is situated in the [[Central Swedish lowland]] and drains through [[Eskilstunaån]] into the adjacent Lake [[Mälaren]], which in turn drains into the [[Baltic Sea]], west of [[Stockholm]]. It is connected by waterway with Stockholm by the 13 kilometres long [[Hjälmare kanal]].
 
It is bounded by the [[Provinces of Sweden|provinces]] of [[Södermanland]], [[Närke]], and [[Västmanland]].
 
Hjälmaren is 63 kilometres long, about 20 kilometres wide, and has an average depth of 6 metres, and a surface of 483&nbsp;km²<sup>2</sup>. The townlargest oftowns around the lake is [[Örebro]] isand [[Eskilstuna]] situated at the western endand eastern ends of the lake.
The lake, however, has become an iconic part of Sweden with music festivals taking place on the banks of the lake.{{Citation needed|date=January 2017}} Such notable bands to play there are [[The Smashing Pumpkins]], [[Sonic Youth]] and [[Pearl Jam]].
 
Between 1878 untiland 1887, thea projectdamming [[Hjälmarsänkningen]]project lowered the surface level of Hjälmaren {{Convert|1.3m3|m|ft}} to free up land for agriculture and to reduce the risk of flooding.
 
The rebelRebel [[Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson]], was assassinated in 1436 at [[Engelbrektsholmen]], an islet in Lake Hjälmaren.
 
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