Norrland

Svealand

Götaland

Historical map: Lands of Sweden

Sweden is divided into the tre lands: Götaland, Svealand, Norrland. Götaland makes up the southern parts of Sweden and Svealand is adjacently to its north. Norrland (literally "Northern lands") is the name for the lands the north. Image File history File links Map_Norrland_Sweden. ... Image File history File links Map_Norrland_Sweden. ... Image File history File links Map_Svealand_Sweden. ... Image File history File links Map_Svealand_Sweden. ... Image File history File links Map_Götaland_Sweden. ... Image File history File links Map_Götaland_Sweden. ... Map Lands of Sweden File links The following pages link to this file: Lands of Sweden Österland Sweden-Finland Categories: Images with unknown source ... Map Lands of Sweden File links The following pages link to this file: Lands of Sweden Österland Sweden-Finland Categories: Images with unknown source ... Götaland, Gothia, Gothland [1], Gotland (AHD), Gautland or Geatland, is a historical land of Sweden, and was once divided into petty kingdoms. ... Svealand or Sweden Proper[1] is a historical region of Sweden. ... Norrland is a name for the northernmost part of Sweden, historically one of the four lands of Sweden. ...

Historical lands

Sweden was historically divided into the four lands: Götaland, Svealand, Norrland. Götaland and Österland (literally Eastern lands) is the old name for Finland, but today it only represents the southern and middle parts of Finland. Norrland (literally "Northern lands") is the name for the lands annexed as the realm expanded to the north on both sides of the Gulf of Bothnia. Götaland, Gothia, Gothland [1], Gotland (AHD), Gautland or Geatland, is a historical land of Sweden, and was once divided into petty kingdoms. ... Svealand or Sweden Proper[1] is a historical region of Sweden. ... Norrland is a name for the northernmost part of Sweden, historically one of the four lands of Sweden. ... The Baltic Sea The Gulf of Bothnia (Fin. ...

Götaland and Svealand were in Sweden's prehistoric times known in folklore and legends, and fragmentary foreign sources, as rival kingdoms, before being united under one Crown by Svea kings. Österland, on the other hand, may possibly have had its own prehistoric kings, based on other sources. In the 11th and 12th centuries, Götaland and Svealand sporadically supported rival kings against each other, thus sometimes continuing these separated ancient kingdoms. Eventually the kingdoms were united as Sweden under one dominion (but the strife manytimes arose again in the beginning of next reign). Sweden, as well as the adjacent country Norway, has a high concentration of petroglyphs (ristningar or hällristningar in Swedish) throughout the country, with the highest concentration in the province of Bohuslän. ...

By the time of the Treaty of Stolbovo, 1617, the significance of these particular lands of Sweden was chiefly historical and diffusely geographical. Thus the concept of Norrland could easily cover also the new territories in the North, colored green on the map. Similarly, but not quite as smothly, since the Treaty of Roskilde of 1658 Denmark's Scanian lands have been considered as "Southern Götaland" by the Swedes. This notion is still in use, although some Danes and Scanians may deplore such usage as historically incorrect. After nearly two months of negotiations, representatives from Sweden and Russia, met at the (now derelict) village of Stolbovo, south of Lake Ladoga, February 27, 1617, to sign a peace treaty to end the Ingrian War. ... Events Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Ahmed I (1603-1617) to Mustafa I (1617-1623). ... The Treaty of Roskilde was signed on February 26, 1658 in the Danish city Roskilde, whereby the king of Denmark-Norway sacrificed nearly half his territory to save the rest. ... Events January 13 - Edward Sexby, who had plotted against Oliver Cromwell, dies in Tower of London February 6 - Swedish troops of Charles X Gustav of Sweden cross The Great Belt (Storebælt) in Denmark over frozen sea May 1 - Publication of Hydriotaphia, Urn Burial and The Garden of Cyrus by... SkÃ¥neland is a denomination for the area once making up the eastern part of Denmark, which was permanently ceded to Sweden under the Treaty of Roskilde (1658). ...

After the Finnish War (1808-1809) the eastern half of Sweden was ceded to Russia, thus becoming the Imperial Russian Grand Duchy of Finland. Norrland was divided between these two states. The Swedish portion of Norrland still represents more than half of Sweden's territory; it remains, however, sparsely populated compared to the south and middle. The town of Stockholm, which became the Swedish capital mostly because it was centrally located in Sweden of its medieval boundaries (i.e. the brightest area on the map) now became situated at the eastern border. The Finnish War was fought between Sweden and Russia from February 1808 to September 1809. ... 1808 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1809 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Imperial Russia is the term used to cover the period of history from the expansion of Russia under Peter the Great, through the expansion of the Russian Empire from the Baltic to the Pacific Ocean, to the deposal of Nicholas II of Russia, the last tsar, at the start of... The Grand Duchy of Finland was a state that existed 1809–1917 as part of the Russian Empire. ... The Old town in Stockholm from the air ▶(?) is the capital of Sweden, located on the east coast at the entrance of lake Mälaren. ...

See also

• Provinces of Sweden
• Historical provinces of Finland
• Dominions of Sweden
• Old Finland