Provinces of Sweden
Landskap is the Swedish term for a historical province in Sweden and the present-day Finland, also translated as " landscape".
In the Middle Ages the historic provinces autonomous areas of law with its own laws ( landskapslagen ) and political and administrative tasks. By creating a feudal system end of the 13th century, the historic provinces lost their political and administrative functions and the introduction of a force throughout the empire country right in the middle of the 14th century gradually their independence as a legal areas.
Although since the 14th century, the historical provinces have no political meaning more and were replaced by the fief ( swedish län), they still have a great importance in everyday parlance. Many Swedes identify strongly today with their " landscape". The dialects of the Swedish language, costumes and customs are still tied to the individual landscapes. Also in the tourism advertising landscape designations apply. Similarly, many other organizations set up (such as the phonebook regions, regional newspapers, etc. ) to the landscapes.
The historical provinces of Sweden
The historical Swedish provinces were / are the three, four parts of the country until 1809, Swedish landsdelar assigned:
Götaland
- Blekinge belonged before 1658 Denmark
- Bohuslän belonged before 1658 Norway
- Dalsland
- Gotland belonged before 1645 to Denmark
- Halland, belonged before 1645/1658 to Denmark
- Scania (in Swedish Skåne), belonged before 1658 Denmark
- Småland
- Västergötland
- Öland
- Östergötland
Svealand
Norrland
- Ångermanland
- Gastrikland
- Hälsingland
- Härjedalen, belonged before 1645 to Norway
- Jämtland, belonged before 1645 to Norway
- Lapland
- Medelpad
- Västerbotten
- Norrbotten ( was expected until the 20th century to Västerbotten )
Finland
Until 1809 today's Finland was the fourth kingdom land ( Österland ) to Sweden and was also divided into landskap. These were:
- Egentliga Finland (Finnish Varsinais- Suomi)
- Nyland (Finnish Uusimaa )
- Satakunda (Finnish Satakunta )
- Tavastland (Finnish Häme )
- Savolax (Finnish Savo )
- Karelia (Finnish Karjala ) belonged from 1721 to 1811 with Russia, the eastern half russian again since 1940.
- Ingria (Finnish Inkeri, russ Izjorskaja zemlja ) russian since 1721st
Svealand - up to 1809
- Åland (Finnish Ahvenanmaa )
Norrland - up to 1809
- Lapland (Finnish Lappi ) belonged administratively by the year 1809 to Norrland.
- Ostrobothnia (Finnish Ostrobothnia ) belonged administratively by the year 1809 to Norrland.