
The provinces or ''landskap'' were the subdivisions of Sweden until 1634, when they were replaced by Counties of Sweden in a reform led by Axel Oxenstierna which remains in force in Sweden proper. The county reform also survived until 1997 in Finland, despite its separation from Sweden in 1809. The provinces have no administrative function today but remain as a historical legacy and as a source of cultural identification. Even though the provinces are defunct as official entities their traditions are still maintained by present day authorities. == History == The origin of the division into provinces is in the small kingdoms which combined to form unified Sweden. Even after being united under a List of Swedish monarchs each of these lands had its own laws and ting, a combined political and judicial assembly. The constituent provinces were held as duchies, but newly conquered provinces added to the kingdom received the status of a duchy or a county, depending on its importance. Of the conquests made after the separation from the Kalmar Union in 1523 only some were incorporated as provinces. The most permanent acquisitions were from the Treaty of Roskilde in 1658, in which the former Denmark provinces of Skåne, Blekinge, Halland and Bohuslän, along with the Norway provinces of Jämtland and Härjedalen, became Swedish and eventually fully integrated. Other conquered territories were ruled as separate Dominions of Sweden under the Swedish monarch, which in some cases lasted for two or even three centuries. Norway was in personal union with Sweden for during the 19th century but never became an integral part of Sweden. The division of Västerbotten that took place with the cession of Finland caused the ''new'' province of Norrbotten County to emerge, eventually being recognised as a province in its own right. It was granted a coat of arms in 1995. == Heraldry == At the funeral of King Gustav I of Sweden (Gustav I) in 1560 the coats of arms for the provinces were displayed together for the first time, many having been granted for that particular occasion. After the separation of Sweden and Finland the traditions for respective provincial arms diverged, most noticeably following an order by the Privy Council of Sweden on January 18, 1884. This established that that all ''Swedish'' provinces carry ducal crowns, while the ''Finnish'' provincial arms still distinguished between ducal and county dignity. A complication was that the representation of Finnish ducal and county coronets resemble Swedish coronets of a lower order, namely county and baronial. The division of Lapland necessitated a distinction between the Swedish and the Finnish arms. == Götaland == Götaland consists of the following ten provinces all within present day Sweden:
== Svealand ==
Svealand consists of the following six provinces all within present day Sweden:
== Norrland ==
Norrland consists of the following nine provinces, out of which Westrobothnia and Lapponia are divided between present day Sweden and present day Finland, and Ostrobothnia which is wholly located within present day Finland:
== Österlanden ==
Österland consists of the following seven provinces all within present day Finland:
''See also: Dominions of Sweden, Historical provinces of Finland, Counties of Sweden''
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The basic templates for each of the province articles are covered in two WikiProjects: Wikipedia:WikiProject Swedish provinces and Wikipedia:WikiProject historical provinces in Finland. -- User:Mic 08:02 18 Jul 2003 (UTC) Why are you using the outdated Latinized forms of the province names, names never used and only to be found in age-old official Swedish documents? In English, or any other non-Swedish, literature you will only find the Swedish names or transcripts thereof (Scania-Skåne being the sole exception). And when the Latinzed forms are nothing but transcripts themselves why not use the normal Swedish/English names that, not surprisingly, actually are used by all other sources?: User:Matle 15:54, 7 Mar 2004 (UTC) == These 'landskap' are not archaic! == The English Wikipedia gives the impression that the Swedish Provinces are some archaic division of Sweden no longer used and very much written in the past tense (and for some reason even uses the old latin names). This is completely wrong. The provinces may not have anything to do with the current governance of the the country, but they are still very much used as geographic regions, and identity for the people who live in them. Wikipedia in this instance has even posioned Google's Index so if you for example do a [http://www.google.com/search?q=Smalandia Google search for Smalandia] nearly all of the top links can be traced back to Wikipedia. I would like to hear any objections to moving these provinces to their modern names, and arguments against doing so. --User:Pflodo 14:23, 2004 Sep 25 (UTC) I will continue my discussion to Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Swedish provinces, as that is a more logical place --User:Pflodo 10:14, 2004 Sep 27 (UTC)
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The provinces or ''landskap'' were the subdivisions of Sweden until 1634, when they were replaced by Counties of Sweden in a reform led by Axel Oxenstierna which remains in force in Sweden proper. The county reform also survived until 1997 in Finland, despite its separation from Sweden in 1809. The provinces have no administrative function today but remain as a historical legacy and as a source of cultural identification. Even though the provinces are defunct as official entities their traditions are still maintained by present day authorities. == History == The origin of the division into provinces is in the small kingdoms which combined to form unified Sweden. Even after being united under a List of Swedish monarchs each of these lands had its own laws and ting, a combined political and judicial assembly. The constituent provinces were held as duchies, but newly conquered provinces added to the kingdom received the status of a duchy or a county, depending on its importance. Of the conquests made after the separation from the Kalmar Union in 1523 only some were incorporated as provinces. The most permanent acquisitions were from the Treaty of Roskilde in 1658, in which the former Denmark provinces of Skåne, Blekinge, Halland and Bohuslän, along with the Norway provinces of Jämtland and Härjedalen, became Swedish and eventually fully integrated. Other conquered territories were ruled as separate Dominions of Sweden under the Swedish monarch, which in some cases lasted for two or even three centuries. Norway was in personal union with Sweden for during the 19th century but never became an integral part of Sweden. The division of Västerbotten that took place with the cession of Finland caused the ''new'' province of Norrbotten County to emerge, eventually being recognised as a province in its own right. It was granted a coat of arms in 1995. == Heraldry == At the funeral of King Gustav I of Sweden (Gustav I) in 1560 the coats of arms for the provinces were displayed together for the first time, many having been granted for that particular occasion. After the separation of Sweden and Finland the traditions for respective provincial arms diverged, most noticeably following an order by the Privy Council of Sweden on January 18, 1884. This established that that all ''Swedish'' provinces carry ducal crowns, while the ''Finnish'' provincial arms still distinguished between ducal and county dignity. A complication was that the representation of Finnish ducal and county coronets resemble Swedish coronets of a lower order, namely county and baronial. The division of Lapland necessitated a distinction between the Swedish and the Finnish arms. == Götaland == Götaland consists of the following ten provinces all within present day Sweden:
| *Bohuslän (''Bahusia'') *Blekinge (''Blechingia'') *Dalsland (''Dalia'') *Gotland (''Gotlandia'') *Halland (''Hallandia'') *Skåne (''Scania'') *Småland (''Smalandia'') *Öland (''Oelandia'') *Östergötland (''Ostrogothia'') *Västergötland (''Westrogothia'') |
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| *Dalarna (''Dalecarlia'') *Närke (''Nericia'') *Södermanland (''Sudermannia'') *Uppland (''Uplandia'') *Värmland (''Wermelandia'') *Västmanland (''Westmannia'') |
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| *Ångermanland (''Angermannia'') *Gästrikland (''Gestricia'') *Hälsingland (''Helsingia'') *Härjedalen (''Herdalia'') *Jämtland (''Jemtia'') *Lappland (''Laponia'') *Medelpad (''Medelpadia'') *Österbotten (''Ostrobothnia'') *Västerbotten (''Westrobothnia'') |
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| *Åland (''Alandia'') *Egentliga Finland (''Finland Proper'') *Finnish Karelia (''Karelia'') *Nyland (''Nylandia'') *Satakunda (''Satakunda'') *Savolaks (''Savonia'') *Tavastland (''Tavastia'') |
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The basic templates for each of the province articles are covered in two WikiProjects: Wikipedia:WikiProject Swedish provinces and Wikipedia:WikiProject historical provinces in Finland. -- User:Mic 08:02 18 Jul 2003 (UTC) Why are you using the outdated Latinized forms of the province names, names never used and only to be found in age-old official Swedish documents? In English, or any other non-Swedish, literature you will only find the Swedish names or transcripts thereof (Scania-Skåne being the sole exception). And when the Latinzed forms are nothing but transcripts themselves why not use the normal Swedish/English names that, not surprisingly, actually are used by all other sources?: User:Matle 15:54, 7 Mar 2004 (UTC) == These 'landskap' are not archaic! == The English Wikipedia gives the impression that the Swedish Provinces are some archaic division of Sweden no longer used and very much written in the past tense (and for some reason even uses the old latin names). This is completely wrong. The provinces may not have anything to do with the current governance of the the country, but they are still very much used as geographic regions, and identity for the people who live in them. Wikipedia in this instance has even posioned Google's Index so if you for example do a [http://www.google.com/search?q=Smalandia Google search for Smalandia] nearly all of the top links can be traced back to Wikipedia. I would like to hear any objections to moving these provinces to their modern names, and arguments against doing so. --User:Pflodo 14:23, 2004 Sep 25 (UTC) I will continue my discussion to Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Swedish provinces, as that is a more logical place --User:Pflodo 10:14, 2004 Sep 27 (UTC)
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