Storsjön

Storsjön is the great lake at the heart of Jämtland, with the island of Frösön in its waters and the Indalsälven carrying its outflow eastward. Its shores form a settled district amid the forests and mountains of inland Scandinavia. In 1786, King Gustav III founded Östersund on the eastern shore opposite Frösön, hoping to create a Swedish trading town in a region whose commerce had long been drawn westward toward Norway.