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the third-largest lake in sweden, quietly moving stockholm's water and history for a thousand years.
means a large freshwater lake in southeastern sweden, connected to the baltic sea, on whose islands stockholm itself was built.
from old norse root mal meaning gravel or sediment, describing the lake bed; the definite article -en simply means the lake, so malaren is literally the mal-lake.
sizethird-largest lake in sweden, over 1100 square kilometers
stockholm linkstockholm sits directly on its outflow to the baltic
water levelregulated since the 1800s to prevent flooding
islandsover 1200 islands dot its surface