The locality Torsby is situated at the north end of Upper Fryken with the main tributary Ljusnan and the smaller river Röjdån.
The football trainer Sven-Göran Eriksson owned a country house at the south-east side of Upper Fryken.
The locality Rottneros is situated in the north-west of Middle Fryken as well as the largest tributary Rottnan.
The Nobel Prize in Literature winner Selma Lagerlöf is buried in Östra Ämtervik.
Lower Fryken is drained in the south-west by Norsälven down to Lake Vänern.