Torsö
Sign in to saveTorsö (''Thor's Island'') is the biggest island of Sweden's lake Vänern, area 62.03 km2. Torsö is located in Mariestad Municipality. Torsö formerly consisted of two islands (Torsö and Fågelö), but around 1930 the water in between was pumped out, and the former lakebed is now used for growing crops.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Torsö is referenced by 11 other articles, and connects out to Sweden, geographic coordinate system and International Standard Book Number.
The entry is geolocated on the map, across 2 mapped points.
Vinony files it under Islands of Västra Götaland County and Lake islands of Sweden.
Its subject is documented across 17 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
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- The bridge from the east side of Lake Vänern to Torsö
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- Vänern
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- 62.03
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- Sweden
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- Västra Götaland
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- Mariestad
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Torsö (''Thor's Island'') is the biggest island of Sweden's lake Vänern, area 62.03 km2. Torsö is located in Mariestad Municipality. Torsö formerly consisted of two islands (Torsö and Fågelö), but around 1930 the water in between was pumped out, and the former lakebed is now used for growing crops.
Torsö has around 550 families living year round, and around thrice that number during summers. In 1994 a bridge, "Torsöbron", was opened between the mainland and the island. It is around 900 m long.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Torsö” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations