My travels in Sweden:
A cruise with M/S Saga Lejon, 2008

Content:

1. From Skeppsbron to Hammarby sluss
2. From Hammarby to Essingen
3. From Essingen to Birka
4. From Birka to Södertälje sluss
5. From Södertälje to Skanssund
6. From Skanssund to Oaxen
7. From Oaxen to Sävö
8. From Sävö to Stendörren
9. From Stendörren to Nyköping

4, From Birka to Södertälje sluss:

Björkö:

Södertälje Canal:

The entrance of Södertälje Canal in North.

Me happy, it's nice with cruises !

Ship's machinery controls.

Telge center.

Along the canal there is a walk path that's nice to follow. There are a lot of signs with information to read at.

The bridge has to open for our ship.

Remains of the old lock.

The Swedish King Carl XIV Johan, memory sign of the opening of the canal and lock (the old canal and lock).

Remains of the old bridge, used until the 1950s I think.

Boats waiting for the lock to open.

Canal office.

We are now inside the new lock.

Our Swedish King Gustaf V opened this "new" canal / lock 1924.

Lotsarna Södertälje (Pilots of Södertälje).

The difference in level between the lake Mälaren and the Baltic Sea is not much, maybe 0.3 meters.