Republic of Jamtland
The Republic of Jämtland is a cultural and marketing project in the Swedish Jämtland with regional political persuasions. The historical background is the fact that Jämtland was a virtually independent kingdom in the Middle Ages, which was controlled by the Jamtamot to 1470 and only in 1645 came to Sweden. The cultural, historical and linguistic ties to the Norwegian Trøndelag have always been stronger than the surrounding Swedish provinces.
The beginnings of the movement lie in 1963, when Yngve Gamlin be called out during the music festival in Östersund Storsjöyran as "President of Jämtland ". In 1967, the republic a kind of official recognition, as Gamlin was invited to Harpsund and sat together with other statesmen and the Swedish Prime Minister Tage Erlander in a rowboat. In the 1970s it was quiet around the Republic, but she lived again in 1983, as Moltas Erikson was elected as the new president. Since 1989, Ewert Ljusberg held the office of president. Ministerial posts today hold the known Jämten Olof Johansson, Bodil Malmsten and Kim Anderzon.
The Republic is manifested in its own flag, in Jämtland language ( Jamska ) and Storsjöyran Festival. The Jämtlandlied Så Taga vi Tillsammans bort ( "So we pull away together " ), the " National Anthem " of the Republic of Jämtland, written by Wilhelm Peterson -Berger, is annually during the Storsjöyran festivals according to Ewert Ljusbergs presidential address of 25,000 Jämten in the central square loudly sung by Östersund.
Under the title " United Republics of Jämtland, Härjedalen and Ravund " ( Förenade republic nutrition Jamtland, Herjeådalen och Ravund ) there exists an extension that also Härjedalen and Ravund (the area of today's Ragunda ) involving.
Supported the objectives of the " liberation movement for the United Republics of Jämtland, Härjedalen and Ravund " ( Befrielserörelsen för de Förenade republic nutrition Jamtland, Herjeådalen och Ravund ) of the quasi- military " JRA - Jamtland Republican Army ", mainly with "so-called abductions make way duties, passport and visa checks and other nonsense ' attention.
Following the Republic of Jämtland, the American football team named from Ostersund Jamtland Republicans and elected as team colors of blue, white and green.