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Theme: Geography: |
Landskap (province) Overview |
a *** SweGGate StarGuide *** ®
| Name | Abbr | Comments | Provinces | Map |
| Three Regions: | ||||
| Götaland | = Land of "goter" (or göter), southern 1/5 of Sweden, 93 000 sqkm, 4 million inhabitants | Skåne, Blekinge, Halland, Småland, Öland, Gotland, Östergötland, Bohuslän, Västergötland and Dalsland | ||
| Svealand | = Land of "Svear" [sve'ar, not swear], middle 1/5 of Sweden, 87 000 sqkm, 3 million inhabitants (Stockholm abt 1 million) | Uppland, Södermanland, Västmanland, Närke, Värmland, and Dalarna | ||
| Norrland | = The Northern Lands, northern 3/5 of Sweden, 261 000 sqkm, 1.2 million inhabitants (15% of all). | Gästrikland, Hälsingland, Medelpad, Härjedalen, Jämtland, Ångermanland, Västerbotten, Norrbotten and Lappland | ||
| All County coats of arms | >Go> Clickable map. | |||
| All County coats of arms | >Go> | |||
| Provinces: | ||||
| Order: C-clockwise | . | Corresponding "län" . Approximation only ! | ||
| Stockholms stad (city) | Sthlm | not a province but part of Uppland and Södermanland | None | |
| Uppland | Uppl | Uppsala län, western part in Västmanlands län | ||
| Södermanland | Sörml | Also Sörmland. | Södermanlands län | |
| Östergötland | Ög | Östergötlands län | ||
| Småland | Smål | Jönköpings, Kronobergs and Kalmar län | ||
| Öland | Öl | Part of Kalmar län | ||
| Gotland | Gotl | Gotlands län | ||
| Blekinge | Blek | Blekinge län | ||
| Skåne | Sk | Today: Skåne län Prev: Malmöhus and Kristianstads län |
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| Halland | Hall | Hallands län | ||
| Bohuslän | Boh | Today: Västra Götalands
län Prev: Göteborgs och Bohuslän |
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| Västergötland | Vg | Today: Västra Götalands
län Prev: Älvsborgs län, southern 2/3 + Skaraborgs län |
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| Dalsland | Dalsl | Today: Västra Götalands
län Prev: Älvsborgs län, northern 1/3 |
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| Värmland | Vrml | Värmlands län | ||
| Närke | Närke | Örebro län, western half | ||
| Västmanland | Västm | Västerås stift. Originally 9 hundaren | West 1/2: Örebro län, East 1/2: Västmanlands län | |
| Dalarna | Dal | Today: Dalarnas län, Prev: Kopparbergs län | ||
| Gästrikland | Gästr | Gävleborgs län, southern half | ||
| Hälsingland | Häls | Gävleborgs län, northern half | ||
| Härjedalen | Härj | Jämtlands län, southern half | ||
| Jämtland | Jämtl | Jämtlands län, northern half | ||
| Medelpad | Medelp | Västernorrlands län, southern 1/5 | ||
| Ångermanland | Ångerm | Västernorrlands län, northern 4/5 | ||
| Västerbotten | Vbtn | Västerbottens län, eastern half | ||
| Norrbotten | Nbtn | Norrbottens län, eastern half | ||
| Lappland | Lappl | Västerbottens län, west + Norrbottens län, west | ||
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