Provinces of Sweden - Citizendia

The provinces of Sweden, landskap, are historical, geographical and cultural regions. "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. Landskap is common Scandinavian word which means landscape or province and can refer to Districts of Norway - The historical provinces Sweden has 25 provinces and they have no administrative function, but remain historical legacies and the means of cultural identification.

Several of them were subdivisions of Sweden until 1634, when they were replaced by the counties of Sweden (län). "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. The Counties of Sweden, or Län, are the first level administrative and political Subdivisions of Sweden. Some were conquered later on from Denmark-Norway. Denmark–Norway ( Danish: Danmark-Norge Norwegian: Danmark-Norge or Danmark-Noreg is the historiographical name for a former political entity union Others like the provinces of Finland were lost. The historical provinces (historialliset maakunnat singular historiallinen maakunta, historiska landskap of Finland is a legacy of the country's joint history with Lapland is the only province acquired through colonization. Lapland (Lappland is a province in northernmost Sweden. It borders Jämtland, Ångermanland, Västerbotten, Norrbotten

In some cases, the administrative counties correspond almost exactly to the provinces, as is Blekinge to Blekinge County and Gotland, which is a province, county and a municipality. is a one of the Provinces of Sweden ( landskap) situated in the south of the country Blekinge County ( Blekinge län) is a county or Län in the south of Sweden. is a county, province and municipality of Sweden and the largest Island in the Baltic Sea. Gotland County ( Gotlands län) is a county or Län of Sweden. Gotland Municipality ( Gotlands kommun) is a municipality that covers the entire Island of Gotland in Sweden. While not exactly corresponding with the province, Härjedalen Municipality is beside Gotland the only municipality named after a province. Härjedalen Municipality ( Härjedalens kommun) is a municipality in Jämtland County in the middle of Sweden. In other cases, they do not, which then enhances the cultural importance of the provinces. In addition, the administrative units are subject to continuous changes – several new counties were for instance created in the 1990s – while the provinces have had their historical borders outlined for centuries.

The provinces of Sweden are still used in colloquial speech and cultural references, while for example the provincial Småländskt glasblåseri, referring to Småland glass-blowing manufactures, is an accepted formulation, the county counterpart Kalmarskt glasblåseri would be regarded as a misnomer. The provinces of Sweden can therefore not be regarded as an anachronistic concept. An anachronism (from the Greek "ana" " ανά " "against anti-" and "chronos" " χρόνος " The main exception is Lapland where the population see themselves as a part of Västerbotten or Norrbotten, based on the counties. is a province or landskap in the north of Sweden. It borders Ångermanland, Lapland, Norrbotten and the Gulf Norrbotten (English meaning Northbottom) is a Swedish province ( landskap) in northernmost Sweden. The Counties of Sweden, or Län, are the first level administrative and political Subdivisions of Sweden.

1 Provinces
2 History
- 2.1 History provinces according to lands
3 Heraldry
4 See also

Provinces

* Latin forms used occasionally in the English and some other non-Swedish languages. is a one of the Provinces of Sweden ( landskap) situated in the south of the country is one of the 25 traditional non-administrative Provinces of Sweden ( landskap in Swedish situated on the west coast of the country Dalsland is one of the traditional Swedish provinces ( landskap) in the south west of Sweden. is a county, province and municipality of Sweden and the largest Island in the Baltic Sea. is a historical province or landskap on the eastern coast of Sweden. is one of the traditional Provinces of Sweden ( landskap in Swedish on the western coast of Sweden. is a historical province or landskap in central Sweden. It borders to Gästrikland, Dalarna, Härjedalen, Medelpad is a historical province or landskap in the centre of Sweden. or Jamtland (ˈjamtˌlanː in Jamtish) is a historical province or Landskap in the center of Sweden in Northern Lapland (Lappland is a province in northernmost Sweden. It borders Jämtland, Ångermanland, Västerbotten, Norrbotten is a historical province or landskap in the north of Sweden. It borders to Hälsingland, Härjedalen, Jämtland, Norrbotten (English meaning Northbottom) is a Swedish province ( landskap) in northernmost Sweden. is a traditional Swedish province or landskap in middle Sweden. Scania ( in Swedish and Danish) is a geographical region on the southernmost tip of the Scandinavian peninsula, a traditional province ( Scania ( in Swedish and Danish) is a geographical region on the southernmost tip of the Scandinavian peninsula, a traditional province ( is a historical province ( landskap) in southern Sweden. Småland borders Blekinge, Scania or Skåne Halland, sometimes referred to under its Latin form Sudermannia, is a historical province or landskap on the south eastern coast of Sweden. Uppland ( is a historical province or landskap on the eastern coast of Sweden, just north of Stockholm, the capital is a historical province or landskap in the west of middle Sweden. is a historical Swedish province, or landskap, in middle Sweden. is a province or landskap in the north of Sweden. It borders Ångermanland, Lapland, Norrbotten and the Gulf is one of the 25 traditional non-administrative Provinces of Sweden ( landskap in Swedish situated in the southwest of Sweden. is a historical province or landskap in the north of Sweden. It borders to Medelpad, Jämtland, Lapland, Västerbotten is the second largest Swedish island and the smallest of the traditional Provinces of Sweden. Östergötland is a one of the traditional Provinces of Sweden ( landskap in Swedish) in the south of Sweden.

History

Sweden's provinces from 1658 to 1809.

The origins of the provincial divisioning lays in the petty kingdoms that were gradually more and more submitted to the rule of the King of Sweden during the consolidation of Sweden. A petty kingdom is an independent realm recognizing no suzerain and controlling only a portion of the territory held by a particular ethnic group or nation The monarch is the Head of state of the Kingdom of Sweden. Sweden being a Constitutional monarchy with a Representative democracy based on a The consolidation of Sweden was a long process during which the loosely organized social system consolidated under the power of the king Until the country law of Magnus Ericson in the 1360s, each of these lands still had its own laws with its own assembly (the thing), and in effect governed themselves. Magnus Eriksson or Magnus VII of Norway and Magnus IV of Sweden was king of Sweden (spring 1316 &ndash December 1, 1374) Norway, and See also Medieval Scandinavian laws A thing or ting ( Old Norse, Old English and Icelandic: þing; other modern The historical provinces were held as duchies, but newly conquered provinces added to the kingdom either received the status of a duchy or a county, depending on its importance. A duchy is a territory fief, or domain ruled by a Duke or Duchess.

Of the conquests made after the separation from the Kalmar Union in 1523 only some were incorporated as provinces. The Kalmar Union ( Danish, Norwegian and Swedish: Kalmarunionen) is a historiographical term meaning a series of Personal The most permanent acquisitions were from the Treaty of Roskilde in 1658, in which the former Danish Scanian lands – the provinces of Skåne, Blekinge, Halland and Gotland – along with the Norwegian Bohuslän, Jämtland and Härjedalen, became Swedish and gradually integrated. The Treaty of Roskilde was signed on February 26, 1658 in the Danish city of Roskilde. The Kingdom of Denmark ( ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊ (archaic ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊ commonly known as Denmark, is a country in the Scandinavian region of northern Europe This region should not be confused with Skånland in Norway Official status When Skåneland was an official entity in its original Danish Scania ( in Swedish and Danish) is a geographical region on the southernmost tip of the Scandinavian peninsula, a traditional province ( is a one of the Provinces of Sweden ( landskap) situated in the south of the country is one of the traditional Provinces of Sweden ( landskap in Swedish on the western coast of Sweden. is a county, province and municipality of Sweden and the largest Island in the Baltic Sea. is one of the 25 traditional non-administrative Provinces of Sweden ( landskap in Swedish situated on the west coast of the country or Jamtland (ˈjamtˌlanː in Jamtish) is a historical province or Landskap in the center of Sweden in Northern is a historical province or landskap in the centre of Sweden. Other foreign territories were ruled as Swedish Dominions under the Swedish monarch, in some cases lasting for two or three centuries. The Dominions of Sweden or Svenska besittningar were territories that historically came under control of the Swedish Crown, but never became fully integrated Norway was in personal union with Sweden from 1814 to 1905, but never became an integral part of Sweden. Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional A personal union is the combination by which two different States are governed by the same Monarch, while their boundaries their laws and their interests remain distinct Year 1814 ( MDCCCXIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting

The division of Västerbotten that took place with the cession of Finland caused Norrbotten to emerge as a county, and eventually being recognized as a province in its own right. is a province or landskap in the north of Sweden. It borders Ångermanland, Lapland, Norrbotten and the Gulf Norrbotten County ( Norrbottens län) is a Swedish county or Län in the extreme north of Sweden. It was granted a coat of arms in 1995.

History provinces according to lands

Sweden was historically divided into the four lands:

Götaland (Sweden)
Svealand (Sweden)
Österland (Finland)
Norrland (Sweden)

Götaland and Svealand consisted before (circa) 1000 AD of petty kingdoms: The main tribe of Götaland was the Geats; the main tribe of Svealand was the Suiones (or the "historical Swedes"). Götaland ( Gothia, Gothland, Gothenland, Gotland, Gautland, Geatland is one of three lands of Sweden Svealand ( or (rarely or historically Sweden Proper is the historical core region of Sweden. Österland or Österlanden was formerly a term used for the southern part of Finland. Geography Norrland comprises the historical provinces ( landskap) Gästrikland, Medelpad, Ångermanland, Hälsingland, Jämtland A petty kingdom is an independent realm recognizing no suzerain and controlling only a portion of the territory held by a particular ethnic group or nation Geats, Geatas, Gautar, Goths, Gotar, Gøtar, Götar were a North Germanic tribe inhabiting Götaland The Swedes (svear Old Norse: svíar; Old English: Sweonas; Suiones Suehans or Sueones) were an ancient North Norrland was the denomination for all the unexplored northern parts. Österland (the name had early come out of use) in Finland, was an integral part of Sweden, but was in 1809 annexed by Russia as the Grand Duchy of Finland, and since 1917 the independent country Finland. The Grand Duchy of Finland (Magnus Ducatus Finlandiæ Великое княжество Финляндское ' Velikoe knjažestvo finljandskoe) was the Predecessor Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. The borders of these regions have changed several times throughout history and Norrland, Svealand and Götaland are only parts of Sweden, a collective of provinces.

Heraldry

At the funeral of King Gustav Vasa (Gustav I) in 1560 some early versions of coats of arms for 23 of the provinces listed below were displayed together for the first time, most of them having been created for that particular occasion. Gustav I, born Gustav Eriksson (Colloquial 15th century Upplandic Gösta Jerksson) and later known as Gustav Vasa (12 May 1496 – 29 September Erik XIV of Sweden modeled the funeral processions for Gustav Vasa on the continental renaissance funerals of influential German dukes, who in turn may have styled their display of power on Charles V's funeral procession, where flags where used to represent each entry in the long list of titles of the dead. Eric XIV (Erik XIV (13 December 1533 &ndash 26 February 1577 was King of Sweden from 1560 until he was deposed in 1568 The Renaissance (from French Renaissance, meaning "rebirth" Italian: Rinascimento, from re- "again" and nascere Charles V (24 February 1500 &ndash 21 September 1558 was Having only three flags as a representation of the entities Svealand, Götaland and Wends mentioned in Vasa's title, "King of Sweden, the Goths and the Wends", would have been diminutive in comparison with the pompous displays of ducal power on the continent, so flags were promptly created to represent each of the provinces. Svealand ( or (rarely or historically Sweden Proper is the historical core region of Sweden. Götaland ( Gothia, Gothland, Gothenland, Gotland, Gautland, Geatland is one of three lands of Sweden At the funeral of Charles X Gustav more flags were added to the procession, namely the coat of arms for Estonia, Livonia, Ingria, Narva, Pommerania, Bremen and Verden, as well as coat of arms for the German cities Kleve, Sponheim, Jülich, Ravensburg and Bayern. Charles X Gustav (Karl X Gustav (8 November 1622 – 13 February 1660 was King of Sweden from 1654 until his death Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia ( Eesti or Eesti Vabariik) is a Country in Northern Europe in the Baltic region Livonia (Līvõmō Latvian and Livonija Estonian: Liivimaa; Finnish: Liivinmaa; German and Swedish: Livland For the Italian municipality see Ingria Italy. For the Brachiopod Genus, see Ingria (brachiopod. Narva is the third largest City in Estonia. It is located at the eastern extreme point of Estonia, by the Russian border on the Narva Bremen (ˈbʁeːmən is a Hanseatic city in northwestern Germany (official name Stadtgemeinde Bremen / City Municipality of Bremen Verden (Aller, or Verden (ˈfeːɐdn is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany, on Cleves redirects here for the Duchy of Cleves and the conjoined states of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, see those articles Sponheim is a municipality in the district of Bad Kreuznach in Rhineland-Palatinate Jülich (in old spellings also known as Guelich or Gülich, cf Ravensburg is a town in Upper Swabia in Southern Germany, capital of the district of Ravensburg, Baden-Württemberg. Bavaria ( German:, with an area of 70553 Km² (27241 square miles and almost 12

Since most of the historical Swedish provinces did not have set coat of arms at the time of Gustav Vasa's death, they were promptly created and granted. However, some of the coat of arms designed for the occasion were short-lived, such as the beaver picked to represent Medelpad, the wolverine in the coat of arms for Värmland and the rose adorned coat of arms for Småland. is a historical province or landskap in the north of Sweden. It borders to Hälsingland, Härjedalen, Jämtland, is a historical province or landskap in the west of middle Sweden. is a historical province ( landskap) in southern Sweden. Småland borders Blekinge, Scania or Skåne Halland, Östergötland was for the occasion represented by two coats of arms, one with a Västanstång dragon and one with a Östanstång lion. Östergötland is a one of the traditional Provinces of Sweden ( landskap in Swedish) in the south of Sweden. The current coat of arms for Östergötland, listed below, was created in 1884. The savage representing Lappland was not used in Vasa's procession, but was adopted as a coat of arms at the funeral procession of Charles IX in 1612, where the savage was initially black. Charles IX may refer to Charles IX of France (1550–1574 Charles IX of Sweden (1550–1611 The current coat of arms for Lappland, with a red, club-carrying man, was created in 1949. The list of coat of arms appearing below is thus different than the funeral procession flags, and consists of more recent inventions, many created during a period of romantic nationalism in the 19th century. Romantic nationalism (also National Romanticism, organic nationalism, identity nationalism) is the form of Nationalism in which the state derives

After the separation of Sweden and Finland the traditions for respective provincial arms diverged, most noticeably following an order by the Privy Council on January 18, 1884. The High Council of Sweden or Council of the Realm (in Swedish Riksrådet until 1687 sometimes Latinised as Senatus Regni Sueciae) consisted originally Events 350 - Generallus Magnentius deposes Roman Emperor Constans and proclaims himself Emperor Year 1884 ( MDCCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year This established that that all Swedish provinces carry ducal crowns, while the Finnish provincial arms still distinguished between ducal and county dignity. A complication was that the representation of Finnish ducal and county coronets resemble Swedish coronets of a lower order, namely county and baronial. The division of Lapland necessitated a distinction between the Swedish and the Finnish arms. Laponia (Swedish Lappland) was a historical Swedish province, or landskap, in the north of Sweden which evolved from Lappmarken

For more information, see Lands of Sweden or articles on respective land or province. Historical lands Sweden was historically divided into the four lands Götaland, Svealand, Norrland and

Götaland

Götaland consists of ten historical provinces located in the southern part of Sweden. Götaland ( Gothia, Gothland, Gothenland, Gotland, Gautland, Geatland is one of three lands of Sweden Until 1645 Gotland and Halland were parts of Denmark. is a county, province and municipality of Sweden and the largest Island in the Baltic Sea. is one of the traditional Provinces of Sweden ( landskap in Swedish on the western coast of Sweden. Furthermore, until 1658 Blekinge and Scania were parts of Denmark and Bohuslän part of Norway. is a one of the Provinces of Sweden ( landskap) situated in the south of the country Scania ( in Swedish and Danish) is a geographical region on the southernmost tip of the Scandinavian peninsula, a traditional province ( is one of the 25 traditional non-administrative Provinces of Sweden ( landskap in Swedish situated on the west coast of the country Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional

Bohuslän	Blekinge	Dalsland	Gotland	Halland
Skåne (Scania)	Småland	Västergötland	Öland	Östergötland

Svealand

Svealand consists of the following six provinces:

Norrland

Norrland consists today of nine provinces. is one of the 25 traditional non-administrative Provinces of Sweden ( landskap in Swedish situated on the west coast of the country is a one of the Provinces of Sweden ( landskap) situated in the south of the country Dalsland is one of the traditional Swedish provinces ( landskap) in the south west of Sweden. is a county, province and municipality of Sweden and the largest Island in the Baltic Sea. is one of the traditional Provinces of Sweden ( landskap in Swedish on the western coast of Sweden. Scania ( in Swedish and Danish) is a geographical region on the southernmost tip of the Scandinavian peninsula, a traditional province ( is a historical province ( landskap) in southern Sweden. Småland borders Blekinge, Scania or Skåne Halland, is one of the 25 traditional non-administrative Provinces of Sweden ( landskap in Swedish situated in the southwest of Sweden. is the second largest Swedish island and the smallest of the traditional Provinces of Sweden. Östergötland is a one of the traditional Provinces of Sweden ( landskap in Swedish) in the south of Sweden. Svealand ( or (rarely or historically Sweden Proper is the historical core region of Sweden. is a traditional Swedish province or landskap in middle Sweden. sometimes referred to under its Latin form Sudermannia, is a historical province or landskap on the south eastern coast of Sweden. Uppland ( is a historical province or landskap on the eastern coast of Sweden, just north of Stockholm, the capital is a historical province or landskap in the west of middle Sweden. is a historical Swedish province, or landskap, in middle Sweden. Geography Norrland comprises the historical provinces ( landskap) Gästrikland, Medelpad, Ångermanland, Hälsingland, Jämtland Until 1645 the provinces of Jämtland and Härjedalen were parts of Norway. or Jamtland (ˈjamtˌlanː in Jamtish) is a historical province or Landskap in the center of Sweden in Northern is a historical province or landskap in the centre of Sweden. Swedish Lapland was united with Finnish Lapland as Lapland until 1809. Lapland (Lappland is a province in northernmost Sweden. It borders Jämtland, Ångermanland, Västerbotten, Norrbotten The Province of Lapland ( Lappi in Finnish and Sami Lappland in Swedish is one of the Provinces of Finland. Laponia (Swedish Lappland) was a historical Swedish province, or landskap, in the north of Sweden which evolved from Lappmarken Norrbotten developed as a province of its own during the 19th century

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