Where can you go lake ice skating in Southern Sweden?

11/22/2016 10:39:34 AM

Vättern only rarely freezes, and is always quite dangerous to skate on. There are many smaller lakes in the area. For example Västersjön by the airport freezes most winters and is quite popular. As always, read up on ice skating safety and what equipment you need.

2/6/2012 1:00:10 PM

I’m not in Sweden and I’ve only seen Vättern in summer, but I’ve been reading
a lot about skating in Sweden.

Here is an on-line guide of skating lakes to the north-east.

NOTE: In the chapter on Vättern it says that IT IS IRRESPONSIBLE to go out on Vättern if wind speed is over 6 m/sec (about 20 km/hr or 10 knots) because the ice tends to break up.
The wide part of the lake only freezes over about one year in six.

It is strongly recommended that one join a skating club that knows what
they are doing. As others have suggested check the club list
on skridsko-net. Try SVL or a local chapter of Friluftsfrämjandet.

10/24/2011 10:28:37 PM

The site skridsko.net is crowd sourcing information about skating in all regions of sweden. You can search there when it starts to get cold enough. I live in the Stockholm area and here municipalities provide with skating lanes on a couple of lakes and also have information on their home pages about the avilability and ice quality. The lake Norrviken north of Stockholm is a good choice for newcomers to the game. You can choose between 3.5, 7, 10.5 and 14 kms tracks. The very best – of course – is when there hasn’t been any snow yet and you can skate all over the lake but that is very seldom.

I would guess that vättern – a very deep lake – is less likely to freeze over compared to other lakes. Many winters there is no skating at all in southern sweden but the last 2 ones have been exceptional both for skiing and skating.

10/24/2011 12:48:03 PM

I know that Lake Mälaren, in downtown Stockholm, is accessible to ice skaters in winter. But Google Maps disqualifies it as being 324km far from Jönköping.

And for assistance or guided tours on natural ice, you can check Ice Guide.

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