Svealand

Coordinates: 60°52′N 14°44′E / 60.867°N 14.733°E / 60.867; 14.733
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For the ferry, see
MS Svealand
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The historical four divisions of Swedish territory.

Svealand (Swedish:

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Svealand consists of the capital region

Mälardalen in the east, Roslagen in the north-east, the former mining district Bergslagen in the center, and Dalarna and Värmland in the west. It includes an extensive archipelago of thousands of small islands in Södermanland and Uppland and has lakeshores on the four largest lakes in the country. In the interior, there are several ski resorts in the southern parts of the Scandinavian Mountains. Two large rivers run through Svealand. Klarälven originates in Norway and enters lake Vänern through Värmland, whereas Dalälven runs from Dalarna through the lake of Siljan. The other major river basins in Svealand are Norrström that runs up in Bergslagen through lakes Hjälmaren and Mälaren, along with Nyköpingsån that covers the post-glacial lake district of Södermanland. Svealand generally has a moderate continental climate
with a gradual decline of precipitation and increase of temperatures moving eastwards as the elevation descends.

Falun, Karlstad, Nyköping, Uppsala, Västerås and Örebro
.

The older name of Sweden in

Swedes, "Swea Region", originally only referred to Svealand. Other forms are Sweoðeod (Old Norse/Icelandic Svíþjóð), and Sweorice. As the domains of the Swedish kings grew, the name Svealand began to be used to separate the original territory from the new.[citation needed
]

Provinces

Svealand is made up of the following six provinces:

Stockholm, the Swedish capital, is located in both Uppland and Södermanland, and a border stone can be found in the street Västerlånggatan in Stockholm Old Town (Gamla stan).

Counties

Svealand. Värmland was counted to Götaland until the 19th century, which is indicated on the map by a darker shade.

Since 1634, Sweden has been divided into counties instead of provinces (see Län). Although Svealand is defined in terms of the historical provinces and not the counties, it roughly comprises the modern counties of Dalarna, Örebro, Södermanland, Stockholm, Uppsala, Värmland and Västmanland.

History

Svealand was the original

Old English, Svealand and Sweden are synonymous, and described as a separate country from Götaland
/Gautland/Geatland.

In the early Middle Ages the modern province of Gästrikland was part of Tiundaland, one of the three constituent parts of the modern province of Uppland, and therefore counted as a part of Svealand.

For a time in the early 19th century, the province of Värmland belonged to the Court of Appeal for Svealand. Even though Värmland historically belonged to Götaland (from 1815 until a new court, Court of Appeal for Western Sweden, was instituted), it has by custom long been considered part of Svealand.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Folkmängd i landskapen den 31 december 2021" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Archived from the original on 23 August 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Sögubrot af nokkrum fornkonungum í Dana ok Svíaveldi" (in Icelandic). Snerpa.is. Archived from the original on 23 January 2008. Retrieved 6 June 2010.
  3. ^ "Hervarar saga og Heiđreks" (in Icelandic). Snerpa.is. Archived from the original on 7 August 2011. Retrieved 6 June 2010.

External links

Media related to Svealand at Wikimedia Commons

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