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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|ˈjɛ̂lːmarɛn}} <small>or</small> {{IPA-sv|ˈjɛ̂lːmaɳ|}}<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|ˈjɛ̂lːmarɛn}} <small>or</small> {{IPA-sv|ˈjɛ̂lːmaɳ|}}<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 itself is an iconic part of Sweden with music festivals taking place on the banks of the lake.{{Citation needed|date=January 2017}} 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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