we are traveling from stockholm to copenhagen, by train, in early august, and are looking for advice on scenic attractions around the lake vattern region of sweden, as well as lodging recommendations.
thanks.

Hello first-time poster, and welcome to Fodor's!

Anybody out there have any help to offer here?

I'm sorry but when I went from Copenhagen to Stockholm, we flew. This will take your question to the top of the list however. Hope someone responds. You might do a search for Stockholm, Sweden, Copenhagen, or Denmark and threads should show up under those headings and maybe there will something there to help you.

I've done Stockholm <--> Copenhagen several times by train and by auto. If you want scenic then drive it and wander about.

I agree with hopscotch if you're looking for stops drive and explore by car. The area around the lake is quite pretty and driving in Sweden / Denmark relatively easy.

http://www.vattern.se/ is a good site for planning with links to most of the towns on the lake.

We've found the coast between Jonkoping / Odeshog to be a good mid-point between Copenhagen and Stockholm. Also the Swedish coast north of Malmo is very pretty.