• in Åland on 18 October 2015, alongside elections for sixteen municipal councils: Mariehamn town, nine rural socken on the main island, Fasta Åland, and...
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    (häradsdomare). Starting from 1823, farmers were granted the right to vote at the socken meeting. The assize courts convened for sessions called thing, where legal...
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    original on 8 April 2022. Retrieved 28 October 2023. "Stadsholmen, Stockholm socken, Stockholms domkyrkoförs., Stockholms Kommun, Stockholm, Sweden". Archived...
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    2011. Retrieved 2 September 2009. "Befolkning efter språk 31.12.2000–2011. Ålands statistik- och utredningsbyrå". Archived from the original on 13 September...
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  • Maria Johansdotter was put on trial at Svartö in 1705. The vicar of Åkers socken, Johan Acrelius, testified that she had often been dressed as a man during...
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    enforce the norms. The Swedes used the parish system to collect taxes. The socken (local parish) was at once a community religious organization and a judicial...
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    in central Europe. The local government was based on local settlements (socken) and parishes in the countryside. In the medieval times, the concept of...
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    Trindborgen [sv] is located on the eastern side of Brandalsund [sv] near Ytterjärna socken [sv] in Södertälje Municipality. The fortress was established in the early...
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  • Ordbok över lulemålet: på grundval av dialekten i Antnäs by, Nederluleå socken (PDF) (in Swedish). Umeå: Dialekt-, ortnamns- och folkminnesarkivet. Pamp...
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