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Photographer’s Note

Lake Tänndalssjön seems to be just another lake along the roadside when you’re driving from Røros in Norway to Funäsdalen and Sveg in Sweden, one of the many lakes you can find scattered all over this area.

Lake Tänndalssjön is around 5 km long located at an altitude of 700 m.

However, when I did a bit of research for this note I realized this is not an ordinary lake at all! Lake Tänndalssjön has an outstanding fishing history, where mountain trout around 3-4 kilo happens every year! But most impressive is the overall record, held by a Swedish fellow named Karl Sjölund.

Some years ago Mr Sjölund caught a trout of 11,8 kilo, and the fish was almost 1 m long! Believe me, mountain trout of this size is very rare, in fact I have never heard of fish like this at an altitude of 700 m.

So if you happen to pass by Tänndalen this summer, please remember that early morning is the best time for catching the trout, and small spinners the best bait…

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Tänndalen is basically a ski resort located in Funäsdalen, 580 km from Stockholm, and is considered to be one of the most snow-secure ski areas in Sweden. In Funäsdalen there is more than 300 km of prepared Nordic tracks, and Mt Ramundberget has 17 ski lifts and 41 runs.

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