Tiken, Fishing lake in Småland, Sweden

Tiken is a lake south of Tingsryd in Tingsryds kommun, Småland, within the Bräkneån main drainage basin. It covers 6.03 square kilometres, reaches 8.5 metres in depth and lies 124 metres above sea level, stretching about six kilometres north to south and up to one kilometre wide. Its outlet runs south through the Bräkneån, and low deciduous-wooded shores surround it except at the northern end, where Tingsryd's built-up area gathers.

Tiken lies south of Tingsryd in Kronoberg, Småland, and drains south through the Bräkneån, which reaches the Baltic Sea. On the far shore stood Tingsryd's air spa with its bathing hotel; in the 1920s a regular steamboat ran from the station park in Tingsryd to the spa. The lake is classified as having good ecological and good chemical status under the water directive.

Tiken gives its name to the surrounding area: the village of Tingsryd grew up at its northern end, and in the 1920s a regular steamboat ran from the station park in Tingsryd across the water to the air spa and bathing hotel on the opposite shore. Test fishing in the lake has recorded perch, bream, pike, zander, roach, rudd, tench and bleak.

Tiken drains south through the Bräkneån, and the catchment above its outlet covers 251 km², taking in lakes such as Ygden, Fiskestadsjön and Hyllesjön. A bathing spot is found at Mårdlyckesand. The lake lies just south of Tingsryd, where the northern end gathers the main settlement.

The lake drains south through the Bräkneån, whose catchment above the outlet covers 251 km² and takes in several other lakes, among them Ygden, Fiskestadsjön and Hyllesjön. The village of Tingsryd gathers only at the northern end.