Göta Kanal
The Göta Canal project – Sweden’s largest visitor destination
Simply a unique canal with a beautiful history.
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History of the Göta Canal
The Göta Canal was one of the largest civil engineering projects ever undertaken in Sweden. The Canal stretches from Sjötorp on Lake Vänern to Mem on the east coast. It has a length of 190 kilometres and a total of 58 locks. Of this distance, 87 kilometres are man-made. The lakes through which the Canal passes make up 103 kilometres of its length.
A dream dating back 300 years
As early as the sixteenth century, the renowned Bishop Brask in Linköping proposed a Canal across Sweden from the Baltic to the North Sea. Plans for such a waterway came to be discussed many times before Baltzar von Platen finally transformed them into reality.
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Göta Kanal Charter has been renting out pleasure boats on the Göta Canal in Sweden since 1999. Since 2014, the business is owned and operated by Pontus Björsner.
