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Västergötland is home to Gothenburg, the second largest city in Sweden, which is situated along a short stretch of the Kattegat strait. The province is bordered by Bohuslän , Dalsland , Värmland , Närke , Östergötland , Småland and Halland , as well as the two largest Swedish lakes Vänern and Vättern .
Västergötland rebellion (Swedish: Västgötaupproret), also known as Västgötabullret ("Västgöta thunder") or Västgötaherrarnas uppror ("rebellion of the nobility in Västergötland" [1]), was a Swedish rebellion which took place in the provinces of Småland and Västergötland in Sweden during the spring of 1529.
Västra Götaland County (Swedish: Västra Götalands län) is a county or län on the western coast of Sweden.. The county is the second most populous of Sweden's counties and it comprises 49 municipalities (kommuner).
Västgötska is a Swedish dialect [1] [2] spoken in the western Swedish province of Västergötland. Specifically, Västgötska commonly refers to several variants of the more broadly defined Götamål spoken across Västergötland except for Gothenburg where the Gothenburg dialect is spoken.
Karlsborg Fortress (Swedish: Karlsborgs fästning) is situated on the Vanäs peninsula in Karlsborg by lake Vättern, the province of Västergötland, Sweden.Construction on the fortress began 1819 to realize the so-called central defense idea adopted by the Swedish military after the Finnish and Napoleonic Wars.
It borders Småland, Västergötland, Närke, Södermanland and the Baltic Sea. In older English literature, the Latinized version Ostrogothia is also used. The corresponding administrative county, Östergötland County , covers the entire province and parts of neighbouring provinces.
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The three former counties that constitute today's Västra Götaland County. Map of the country roads through Älvsborg county and Dalsland in 1731. Älvsborg County (Swedish: Älvsborgs län) was a county of Sweden until 1997, when it was merged with the counties of Gothenburg & Bohus and Skaraborg to form Västra Götaland County.