Asköviken-Sörfjärden

Marshes in Asköviken-Tidö nature reserve
View from Söderfjärden nature reserve

Asköviken-Sörfjärden

  • Country: 
    Sweden
  • Site number: 
    1114
  • Area: 
    12,251 ha
  • Designation date: 
    19-11-2001
  • Coordinates: 
    59°28'N 16°39'E
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Overview

Asköviken-Sörfjärden consists of two sizable bays of Lake Mälaren and an archipelago of some 160 islands and isles between them, which together are representative of a near-natural wetland type (freshwater lake and permanent marshes) in the EU Boreal region. The site supports more than 20,000 waterbirds and more than 1% the biogeographic population of the bean goose Anser fabalis. The shallow bays are important spawning and nursery grounds for a number of fish species and are also important for foraging birds. The Site supports several rare or commercially important fish species including the eel Anguilla Anguilla and the European pike-perch or zander Sander lucioperca. Mälaren is one of the few lakes in Sweden that harbours Vimba vimba. More than 75 globally and nationally red-listed species are present, including birds, fish and molluscs, fungi, moss and lichen, and insects. The Site has hosted human settlements from the 11th century, and a 17th century royal shipyard in the archipelago encouraged the cultivation of oak trees. The Site has high ornithological, recreational, touristic, historical, and educational values. Lake Mälaren is used as a drinking-water reservoir, for fishing, and for the transport of goods.

Administrative region: 
Västmanland and Södermanland Counties

  • National legal designation: 
    • EU Natura 2000 SCI/SPA (1) - Asköviken-Tidö
    • EU Natura 2000 SCI/SPA (2) - Ridöarkipelagen
    • EU Natura 2000 SCI/SPA (3) - Ridö-Sundbyholmsarkipelagen södra
    • EU Natura 2000 SCI/SPA (4) - Söderfjärden
    • EU Natura 2000 SCI/SPA (5) - Lindön
    • Nature reserve (1) - Asköviken-Tidö
    • Nature reserve (2) - Ridö-Sundbyholmsarkipelagen (North)
    • Nature reserve (3) - Ridö-Sundbyholmsarkipelagen (South)
    • Nature reserve (4) - Sörfjärden
    • Nature reserve (5) - Lindön
    • Riksintresse (Site om importance for nature conservation) - 4 sites covering almost the whole Ramsar site
  • Regional (international) legal designations: 
    • EU Natura 2000
  • Last publication date: 
    25-01-2017

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