Skip to content
Arresø
EntityQ699572· pop 20· linked from 62 articles

Arresø () is the largest lake, by area, in Denmark. It covers 40,72 km2 (15.39 sq mi) and is situated on the island of Zealand 43 kilometers (27 miles) northwest of Copenhagen as the crow flies.

Key facts

Lake.basin_countries
Denmark
Lake.name
Arresø
Lake.image
Arresø, north Zealand.jpg
Lake.location
Hovedstaden region
Lake.inflow
Pøleå
Lake.outflow
Arresø Canal
Lake.residence_time
3.1 years
Lake.pushpin_map
Denmark
Lake.cities
Ølsted, Frederiksværk

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Area
39.7
Image
Arresø, north Zealand.jpg
Width
6
Length
6
Show 4 more facts
Commons category
Arresø
watershed area
216.1
vertical depth
3.1
volume as quantity
122.75
Sources (2)

via Wikidata · CC0

~2 min read

Article

1 sections
Contents
  • Sources

Arresø () is the largest lake, by area, in Denmark. It covers 40,72 km2 (15.39 sq mi) and is situated on the island of Zealand 43 kilometers (27 miles) northwest of Copenhagen as the crow flies.

Arresø is located in the northern parts of Zealand in the region of Hovedstaden just north of Ølsted and east of Frederiksværk. It is a part of the three municipalities Gribskov, Halsnæs, and Hillerød. The lake empties into Roskilde Fjord through the Arresø Canal in Frederiksværk. The artificial canal was begun around 1717 by royal command, and the work was carried out by Danish soldiers and Swedish POWs.

On the map

2 mapped locations

Connections

Categories