Facts about the canals
Sweden and Norway together have eleven canals. Each has its own character. Each canal has its story to tell and its own particular environment. Wide canals with modern locks that we must share with commercial shipping, small passages which have been blasted out with manually-operated locks, linked systems of lakes which invite us to sail in beautiful, untouched natural landscapes, aqueducts and bridges...
Maximum size of boats
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| Canal | Built | Length | Number of locks | Difference
in level |
Length | Beam | Height | Draught | Charts | Recc. length
of journey, days |
The Bergslag Canal |
1850-1857 | 64 km
34,5 NM |
6 | 17 m | 20,7 m | 3,6 m | 2,6 m | 1,2 m | Sjökort/Karta + farledsbeskrivning Bergslagskanalen | 1-3 days |
The Dalsland Canal |
1864-1868 | 254 km
137,2 NM |
31 | 66 m | 22,75 m | 4,05 m | 15 resp
12 m |
1,8 m | Båtsportkort/
kanalbeskriving Dalslands kanal |
4-7 days |
The Göta Canal |
1810-1832 | 190,5 km
102,9 NM |
58 | 91,8 m | 30 m | 7 m | 22 m | 2,82 m | Båtsportkort / kanalbeskrivning Göta kanal med Vättern |
5-7 days |
The Hjälmare Canal |
1629-1639 | 13 km
7 NM |
9 | 22 m | 30 m | 7 m | fri | 1,95 m | Nr 114 Hjälmaren | 0,5-2 days |
The Kinda Canal |
1865-1871 | 90 km
43,2 NM |
15 | 50 m | 24,5 m | 4,5 m | 3,09 m | 1,5 m | Sjökarta best:
013-12 99 00 bokhandeln |
3-7 days |
The Strömsholm Canal |
1777-1795 | 109 km
59 NM |
26 | 100 m | 18 m | 5 m | 2,5 m | 1,35 m | Båtsportkort/
kanalbeskriving Strömsholms kanal, nr 1132 |
5-7 days
tur och retur |
The Säffle Canal / the Viking Route |
1837 | 80 km
43,2 NM |
1 | 0,6 m | 42 m | 7,5 m | 16 m | 3 m | Nr 134 Vänern | 2-4 days |
The Södertälje Canal |
1819, 1924 | 6 km
3,2 NM |
1 | 0,8 m | 135/
124 m |
19/
18 m |
40,5/
34 m |
6,8/
6,5 m |
Nr 6181 | 1-3 hours |
The Trollhätte Canal |
1800, 1844,
1916 |
82 km
44,3 NM |
6 | 44 m | 88 m | 13,2 m | 27 m | 5,4 m | Nr 1351 | 2-3 days |
The Halden Canal |
1852-1860 | 80 km
43,2 NM |
8 | 39 m | 24 m | 6 m | 5,7 m | 1,6 m | Båtsportkart for
Haldenkanalen |
2-3 days |
The Telemark Canal |
Første
etappe: 1854-1861 Andre etappe: 1887-1892 |
105 km | 18 | 72 m | 31,4 m | 6,6 m | til Dalen
12,8 m til Notodden 16 m |
2,4 m | Båtsportkart for Telemarkskanalen. | Skien – Notodden
t/r 2 – 3 days Skien – Dalen t/r 6 – 7 days |