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Västergötland (Swedish: [ˈvɛ̂sːtɛrˌjøːtland] ⓘ), also known as West Gothland or the Latinized version Westrogothia in older literature, [2] is one of the 25 traditional non-administrative provinces of Sweden (landskap in Swedish), situated in the southwest of Sweden.
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).
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.
Skövde (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈɧœ̂vːdɛ] ⓘ) is a locality and urban centre in Skövde Municipality and Västra Götaland County, in the Västergötland (Western Gothland region) in central southern Sweden.
Map of Götaland, the areas of the Geats, which politically merged with the Swedes to form Sweden. Note that Värmland, north of Dalsland and Västergötland, also was a part of Götaland originally, while the large island of Gotland was not.
Östergötland (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈœ̂sːtɛrˌjøːtland] ⓘ; English exonym: East Gothland) [2] is one of the traditional provinces of Sweden (landskap in Swedish) in the south of Sweden.
A passage grave in Luttra in Falbygden, Sweden. Falbygden is a geographical area, centered at the town of Falköping in Västergötland, in southwestern Sweden, and covered mostly by farmland.
Kata Farm in 2019. Kata Farm (Swedish: Kata Gård) is the remains of a large Viking-age farming estate, located in Varnhem, Västra Götaland.The ruins include a crypt dated to the late 10th century A.D., which could make it the oldest Christian church in Sweden.