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The name for Sweden is generally agreed to derive from the Proto-Indo-European root *s(w)e, meaning "one's own", referring to one's own tribe from the tribal period. [16] [17] [18] The native Swedish name, Sverige (a compound of the words Svea and rike, first recorded in the cognate Swēorice in Beowulf), [19] translates as "realm of the Swedes", which excluded the Geats in Götaland.
Most of Sweden is located in the rain shadow of the Scandinavian Mountains through Norway and north-west Sweden. The blocking of cool and wet air in summer, as well as the greater landmass, leads to warm and dry summers far north in the country, with quite warm summers at the Bothnia Bay coast at 65 degrees latitude, which is unheard of ...
Norra Sverige: Norrbotten County + Västerbotten County + Jämtland County + Västernorrland County + Nordanstig and Hudiksvall; Bergslagen: the rest of Gävleborg County + Dalarna County + Örebro County + Värmland County; Mälardalen: Stockholm County + Uppsala County + Södermanland County + Västmanland County + Gotland County
Population of Swedish provinces in 2016 [1]. 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.
The Nordic countries (also known as the Nordics or Norden; lit. ' the North ') [2] are a geographical and cultural region in Northern Europe and the North Atlantic.It includes the sovereign states of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway [a] and Sweden; the autonomous territories of the Faroe Islands and Greenland; and the autonomous region of Åland.
Exact location of the Lionga ting is not known, but it was along the Eriksgata. The term " -köping " means there was a market there. Historically, Linköping is famed for being an early diocese , c. 1082, [ 3 ] second in Sweden (within its pre-1658 boundaries) only to Skara .
Jönköping (/ ˈ j ɜː n (t) ʃ ɜː p ɪ ŋ /, [3] [4] Swedish: [ˈjœ̂nːˌɕøːpɪŋ] ⓘ) is a city in southern Sweden with 112,766 inhabitants (2022). [5] Jönköping is situated on the southern shore of Sweden's second largest lake, Vättern, in the province of Småland.
SE SWEDEN (SVERIGE) SE1 EAST SWEDEN (ÖSTRA SVERIGE) SE11 Stockholm (Stockholm) SE110 Stockholm County (Stockholms län) SE12 East Middle Sweden (Östra Mellansverige) SE121 Uppsala County (Uppsala län) SE122 Södermanland County (Södermanlands län) SE123 Östergötland County (Östergötlands län) SE124 Örebro County (Örebro län)