Trollhättan Falls

Trollhättan Falls is a waterfall in the Göta river (Göta älv) in Sweden.

The falls starts at Malgö Bridge in central Trollhättan, and has a total height of 32 metres, making up a large part of the 44 metre total fall of the river from Vänern to Kattegat.

Today the river is allowed through its original course only at special occasions, to regulate the waterlevels of Vänern or as a tourist attraction, such as during the Fallens dagar ("Days of the Waterfalls"), arranged on the third Friday of July every year.

Most of the time the falls are used in the hydroelectric powerplants Håjum and Olidan on the eastern banks of the river.

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Trollhättan Falls area between Ekeblad's sluice and Polhem's sluice in 1888.