Western Finland (Finnish: Länsi-Suomen lääni, Swedish: Västra Finlands län) was a province of Finland from 1997 to 2009. It bordered the provinces of...
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Between 1634 and 2009, Finland was administered as several provinces (Finnish: Suomen läänit, Swedish: Finlands län). Finland had always been a unitary...
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(Sveriges län) Provinces of Finland (Suomen läänit / Finlands län, abolished 2010) Historically the term guberniya (Russian: губе́рния) was used for the län/lääni...
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Counties of Sweden (redirect from Län of Sweden)
The counties of Sweden (Swedish: Sveriges län) are the administrative subdivisions of Sweden. They are not regarded as geographical areas by Swedes as...
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Gothenburg (redirect from Gothenburg, Västra Götaland Län)
abbreviated Gbg; Swedish: Göteborg [jœtɛˈbɔrj] ) is the gubernational seat of Västra Götaland County in Sweden. It is the second-largest city in Sweden, after...
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ISO 3166-2:FI (redirect from ISO 3166-2 codes for Finland)
ISO 3166-2:FI is the entry for Finland in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO)...
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län Anders Karlsson, member for Jönköpings län Anders Ådahl, spokesperson for science and higher education, member for Västra götalands läns västra Anna...
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Hallands län O, OA, OB – Göteborgs och Bohus län (today part of Västra Götalands län) P, PA – Älvsborgs län (today part of Västra Götalands län) R – Skaraborgs...
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Västerås (redirect from Västerås, Västmanlands län, Sweden)
the oldest cities in Sweden and Northern Europe. The name originates from Västra Aros (West Aros), which refers to the river mouth of Svartån. The area has...
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län to Uppsala län. Kristianstads län was abolished by the election of 1998. The constituency is now referred to as Skåne läns norra, and Skåne läns östra...
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Nyland (Loviisa) Saima (Kuopio) Syd-Österbotten (Närpes) Vasabladet (Vasa) Västra Nyland (Ekenäs) Åbo Underrättelser (Turku) California Veckoblad (Los Angeles)...
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Grönvik (category Villages in Finland)
Retrieved 6 August 2008. "Finlands områdesindelning (/Län: Västra Finland/Korsholm)" (in Swedish). Ministry of the Interior (Finland). Archived from the original...
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Hälsingland (redirect from Västra Hälsingland Ting)
the case of Hälsingland the province constitutes the northern part of the län ('administrative county') Gävleborg County. Minor parts of the province are...
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Slottslän (category Former subdivisions of Finland)
"castle fief". Although the word "län" literally means fief, in Sweden it is translated as "county" and in Finland as "province". There existed multiple...
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Administratively, Sweden is not divided into provinces but into counties (see Län). Although Götaland is defined in terms of the historical provinces and not...
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[ˈmâlːmøː] ; Danish: Malmø [ˈmælmˌøˀ]) is the largest city in the Swedish county (län) of Skåne (Scania). It is the third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm...
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of the country. Administratively, Sweden is divided into 21 counties, or län. In each county there is a County Administrative Board, or länsstyrelse,...
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Regiment) Later raised Finnish infantry regiments: Finska värvade bataljonen (Finnish Enlisted Battalion) Nylands och Tavastehus västra infanteriregemente...
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N-Y9454 Sweden (Västra Götaland County, Örebro County), Finland, Russia N-Y20911 Finland (Western Finland Province, Southern Finland Province) N-Y7795...
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Sweden (category Articles containing Finnish-language text)
Historisk Tidskrift för Finland (3). Tarkiainen, Kari (2008). Sveriges Österland: Från forntiden till Gustav Vasa. Finlands svenska historia 1. Skrifter...
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2013. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. "Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner 30 september 2016 och befolkningsförändringar 1 juli–30 september...
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Västernorrland regional election 2018 Västmanland regional election 2018 Västra Götaland regional election 2018 Örebro regional election 2018 Östergötland...
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interchangeably with comunidad autónoma. Two län (counties) in Sweden are officially called 'regions': Skåne and Västra Götaland, and there is currently a controversial...
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2023. Lars-Olof Larson (1999). "Land och län under kristendomen millennium". Landen kring sjöarna. Kronobergs läns hembygdsförbund i samarbete med Smålands...
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Scania, etc. For the province's modern administrative counterpart, Skåne län, the endonym Skåne is used in English. In the Alfredian translation of Orosius's...
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3–4, 8) Agnes-Nicole Winter is a Swedish actress and writer from Borås, Västra Götaland County. She moved to the United States at the end of the 1980s...
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(in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 2019-07-22. "Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner 30 juni 2018 och befolkningsförändringar 1 april–30 juni 2018...
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och år (Read 4 januari 2019) Statistiska centralbyrån: Utrikes födda efter län, kommun och födelseland 31 december 2017 (XLS-fil) Läst 4 januari 2019 "Borgerliga...
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Machine (Read 4 januari 2019) Statistiska centralbyrån: Utrikes födda efter län, kommun och födelseland 31 december 2017 Archived 23 March 2020 at the Wayback...
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List of etymologies of administrative divisions (category Pages with Finnish IPA)
the year 1000. Officially Sweden now subdivides into counties (Swedish: län), introduced in 1634. Historical provinces: Blekinge: from the adjective...
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