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In Swedish local governance, a Region (Swedish: region), or in English, County Council, and County Council Area, [1] (previously designated landsting, roughly ”local assembly”), is a self-governing local authority and geographical entity of Sweden. There are 21 regions (one of which is a municipality having the same responsibilities as a ...
The 25 provinces of Sweden (Swedish: Sveriges landskap) are historical, geographical and cultural regions. They have no administrative function (except in some sports contexts), but retain their own cultural identities, dialects and folklore. Several were administrative subdivisions until 1634, when they were replaced by the counties of Sweden ...
The names of the first two refer to ancient tribes, and the third is a geographical reference. They are still commonly used as geographical references. The boundaries have changed over time, with the most significant in 1658 (the cession of provinces from Denmark-Norway to Sweden) and 1812 (due to the loss of Finland to Russia in 1809).
Sweden: Unitary 21 counties (län) 20 county councils (landsting) 290 municipalities (kommuner) 2,523 registration districts: Switzerland: Federal 26 cantons [bz] 137 districts [citation needed] (not in all cantons, names vary) 2,131 municipalities or communes [35] (varies by canton) Syria: Unitary 14 governorates (muḥāfaẓāt) 60 districts
Modern Sweden is divided into counties and municipalities. There are also three metropolitan areas of Sweden which exist in parallel to the main subdivisions and are used for planning and statistical purposes. The metropolitan areas of Sweden should not be confused with the urban areas in Sweden, based on the concept of tätort.
Map of Sweden Stockholm, capital of Sweden Gothenburg Malmö. This is a list of cities in modern Sweden that once enjoyed city privileges, thus were entitled to call themselves town (Swedish: stad, plural städer). The year indicates the year they were established or when they were granted a royal charter.
The former lands of Sweden. Sweden was historically divided into the four lands: Götaland, Svealand, Norrland and Österland. Österland (literally Eastland) is an old name for southern Finland. The term has been obsolete since the 15th century and is virtually unknown in Sweden today. In most dictionaries, "österlandet" simply means the orient.
Map of Sweden. Much of Sweden is heavily forested, with 69% [1] of the country being forest and woodland, while farmland constitutes only 8% of land use. [2] Sweden consists of 39,960 km 2 of water area, constituting around 95,700 lakes. [3] [A] The lakes are sometimes used for water power plants, especially the large northern rivers and lakes.