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The Swedish provinces: Götaland Posted by jennie on Jun 29, 2010
After a Midsummer’s weekend filled with “Helan går”, herring and homesickness, let’s get back to business and end our journey through the Swedish provinces. The third and final region is Götaland, known as the south part and consists of the provinces Blekinge, Bohuslän, Dalsland, Halland, Skåne, Småland, Västergötland, Östergötland, Gotland och Öland. 16. Östergötland is…
The Swedish provinces: Svealand Posted by jennie on Jun 23, 2010
A few last and final words before we leave the huge royal wedding success behind: My god, wasn’t it absolutely brilliant? I know, I have gone on and on about it so I will stop right now and move on to the slightly broader subject of geography and provinces. Today: Svealand – the middle part of…
The Swedish provinces (landskap) Posted by jennie on Jun 16, 2010
Before getting on with all the fun stuff regarding the World Cup and the exciting royal wedding (three days to go now!), let’s spend some time studying the geography of Sweden. Quite often we seem to mention a few different provinces and I figured it was about time to go through them quickly and what they…
A Little Bit About Skåne Posted by Transparent Language on Jul 8, 2008
I promised you that we would talk about Skåne today. And depending on how we do, we may have to spread it over several posts. Why? There’s much to talk about! Skåne is a very odd part of Sweden. And some may argue that it’s not even Sweden at all. Well, once upon a time…