are held in many of the small villages and in the larger cities. Dalarna is a region full of historical associations, and both its products and its people...
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Dalarna County (Swedish: Dalarnas län) is a county or län in central Sweden (Svealand). It borders on the counties of Uppsala, Jämtland, Gävleborg, Västmanland...
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Dalarna University (Swedish: Högskolan Dalarna) is a university college (högskola) located in Falun and Borlänge, in Dalarna County, Sweden. Dalarna University...
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The Dalarna Regiment (Swedish: Dalregementet), designation I 13, is a Swedish Army infantry unit that traced its origins back to the 16th century. The...
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A region (Swedish: region) is a self-governing local authority of Sweden. There are 21 regions (one of which is a municipality having the same responsibilities...
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from and/or have significant genealogical connection to the Swedish region Dalarna. The feminine counterparts are kulla (girl), keling or käring (married...
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Dalecarlian languages (category Dalarna)
dalmål) is a group of North Germanic languages and dialects spoken in Dalarna County, Sweden. Some Dalecarlian varieties can be regarded as part of the...
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Svealand (redirect from Swea Region)
the capital region Mälardalen in the east, Roslagen in the north-east, the former mining district Bergslagen in the center, and Dalarna and Värmland...
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"Vaccinationsläget i Region Dalarna: 14 januari 2021" [The vaccination situation in Dalarna Region: 14 January 2021] (Press release) (in Swedish). Region Dalarna. 14 January...
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Gävleborg County (redirect from Gävleborg Region)
Sea coast of Sweden. It borders the counties of Uppsala, Västmanland, Dalarna, Jämtland and Västernorrland. The capital is Gävle. Gävleborg County encompasses...
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Region Dalarna Region Västra Götaland Region Blekinge Din Tur Region Örebro Län Region Uppsala Region Västmanland Region Östergötland Region Kronoberg...
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used in English to describe the specifically Swedish bagpipe from the Dalarna region. Medieval paintings in churches suggest that the instrument was spread...
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Örebro County (redirect from Örebro Region)
Götaland, Värmland, Dalarna, Västmanland, Södermanland and Östergötland. It is frequently culturally divided into the hilly northern region of Bergslagen,...
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and Ångermanland, plus two small strips of Lapland and Dalarna. It borders the counties of Dalarna, Gävleborg, Västernorrland, and Västerbotten, as well...
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Ogaden (redirect from Ogaden region)
and its impact on political stability in Somalia from 1960 -1991" (PDF). Dalarna University. p. 25. "The 1963 Rebellion in the Ogaden". Proceedings of the...
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became famous for his snowy landscape paintings from the Norrland region. Dalarna and Jämtland were also popular settings for his work. He was Vice-Chairman...
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Swedish Army (section Northern Military Region)
in 1521. Svea Life Guards dates back to the year 1521, when the men of Dalarna chose 16 young able men as body guards for the insurgent nobleman Gustav...
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Gustav Vasa (section In Dalarna)
brutally suppressing subsequent uprisings (three in Dalarna – which had once been the first region to support his claim to the throne – one in Västergötland...
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Swedish War of Liberation (section Dalarna)
January 1521, when Gustav Vasa was appointed hövitsman (commander) over Dalarna by representatives of the people in the northern part of the province....
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Uppsala County (redirect from Uppsala Region)
Sweden, whose capital is the city of Uppsala. It borders the counties of Dalarna, Stockholm, Södermanland, Västmanland, Gävleborg, and the Baltic Sea. The...
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countries and related colonies, which historically was used to divide a larger region into smaller administrative divisions. The equivalent term in Swedish is...
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Dalälven (category Dalarna)
(Swedish: Dalälven) is a river in central Sweden that flows from the north of Dalarna and runs into the sea in northern Uppland; it is commonly considered to...
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Pillory from Dalarna Region, Sweden (Nordic Museum, Stockholm)...
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Scania (redirect from Scania (region))
information, even sometimes as Skane with the diacritic omitted. Scania (as also Dalarna) is one of the few Swedish provinces for which exonyms are widely used...
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355 at the 2010 census. The name comes from the English name of the Dalarna region of Sweden. The community is centered on the lake of the same name, which...
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Boda, Sweden (category Populated places in Dalarna County)
Rättvik Municipality, Dalarna County, Sweden with 541 inhabitants in 2010. The Styggforsen waterfall is located within this region. "Tätorternas landareal...
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Dalarna. Two-end knitted garments continue to be included in several of Dalarnas traditional local costumes. The history of knitting in this region can...
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used often in most region of Sweden in the vicinity of Dalarna, but in present time mostly used as a term for a woman from Dalarna ("dalkulla"). In the...
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Skåne predominates in English. Some English exonyms, such as the Dales for Dalarna, East Gothland for Östergötland, Swedish Lapland for Lappland and West...
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County (merged as Västra Götaland County in 1998) Kopparberg County (became Dalarna County in 1997) Malmöhus County + Kristianstad County (merged as Skåne...
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