Jämtland County

Jämtland County is a division of the region in , containing the Jämtland province, as well as the smaller province . With 130,000 inhabitants on a land area slightly larger than , these provinces are known for winter sport and hiking, with some of Sweden's busiest ski resorts.
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is the seat of Jämtland County in in . It was founded in 1786, as the only Swedish city founded during the 18th century.

, Latinized form Herdalia, is a province in , . With only 10,500 inhabitants, it is Sweden's least populous province. Sveg is the largest town, and the seat of municipality, roughly corresponding to the province, and belonging to Jämtland County.

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is 's busiest ski resort in Jämtland, 100 km west of the city of . In summer, visitors come for hiking, trail running, and mountain biking.

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is a village and ski resort located in in Jämtland, Sweden, two kilometres from the Swedish-Norwegian border. The primary bases of the settlement are tourism and outdoor life – alpine skiing, snowmobiling, cross-country skiing, hunting, fishing and hiking.

Jämtland County

Latitude of center
63° north
Longitude of center
14.6667° or 14° 40′ east
Population
133,000
Elevation
402 metres (1,319 feet)
Geo­Names ID
2703330
Wiki­data ID
Q103679
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Wu Chinese—“Jämtland County” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: qarku i Jamtlandit
  • Arabic: محافظة يمتلاند
  • Arabic: مقاطعة يمتلاند
  • Aragonese: Condau de Jämtland
  • Armenian: Եմտլանդ լեն
  • Asturian: Provincia de Jämtland
  • Balinese: County Jämtland
  • Basque: Jämtlandeko konderria
  • Belarusian: Емтланд (лен)
  • Belarusian: Емтланд
  • Belarusian: Емтлянд (лэн)
  • Belarusian: Емтлянд
  • Belarusian: лен Емтланд
  • Belarusian: лэн Емтлянд
  • Bengali: জামটল্যান্ড কাউন্টি
  • Bosnian: Jämtlands län
  • Bosnian: Jämtlandski kotar
  • Bosnian: Kotar Jämtland
  • Bosnian: Okrug Jämtland
  • Bulgarian: Йемтланд
  • Bulgarian: Йемтландска област
  • Bulgarian: провинция Йемтланд
  • Catalan: Comtat de Jämtland
  • Catalan: Jämtland
  • Cebuano: Jämtlands län
  • Chinese: Jämtland Koān
  • Chinese: 耶姆特兰省
  • Chinese: 耶姆特蘭省
  • Chuvash: Емтланд
  • Cornish: Konteth Jämtland
  • Croatian: Jämtlands län
  • Croatian: Županija Jämtland
  • Croatian: Županija Jämtlands
  • Czech: Jämtland
  • Danish: Jämtlands län
  • Dutch: Jämtland
  • Dutch: Jamtlands lan
  • Dutch: Jämtlands län
  • Egyptian Arabic: محافظة يامتلاند
  • Esperanto: Jämtlands län
  • Estonian: Jämtlandi lään
  • Faroese: Jämtlands län
  • Finnish: Jämtlandin lääni
  • Finnish: Jämtlannin lääni
  • French: Comte de Jamtland
  • French: Comté de Jämtland
  • French: Département de Jämtland
  • French: Jämtland
  • Galician: condado de Jämtland
  • Galician: Condado de Jämtland
  • Galician: Jämtland
  • German: Jämtlands län
  • Greek: Κομητεία Γιέμτλαντ
  • Greek: κομητεία της Ιεμτλανδς
  • Greek: Κομητεία της Ιεμτλανδς
  • Gujarati: જેમ્ટલેન્ડ કાઉન્ટી
  • Hebrew: ימטלנד
  • Hindi: येम्तलान्द लैन
  • Hindi: येम्तलैंड काउंटी
  • Hungarian: Jämtland megye
  • Icelandic: Jämtlands län
  • Ido: Komtio Jämtland
  • Indonesian: Daerah Jämtland
  • Indonesian: Jamtland
  • Indonesian: Jämtland
  • Irish: Jämtland
  • Italian: contea di Jämtland
  • Italian: Contea di Jämtland
  • Japanese: イェムトランド県
  • Kannada: ಜಾಮ್ಟ್ಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್ ಕೌಂಟಿ
  • Korean: 옘틀란드주
  • Kurdish: Jämtland (län)
  • Kurdish: Jämtland
  • Ladin: Contea de Jämtland
  • Latvian: Jemtlande
  • Latvian: Jemtlandes lēne
  • Latvian: Jēmtlandes lēne
  • Latvian: Jēmtlandes lēnis
  • Limburgan: Jämtlands län
  • Lithuanian: Jamtalandas
  • Lithuanian: Jemtlandas
  • Lithuanian: Jemtlando lėnas
  • Lombard: contea de Jämtland
  • Lombard: Contea de Jämtland
  • Low German: Lehn Jämtland
  • Macedonian: Јемтланд
  • Macedonian: Округ Јемтланд
  • Malay: Daerah Jämtland
  • Maltese: Jämtland
  • Marathi: जॅटलँड काउंटी
  • Mazanderani: گولبوری اوستان
  • Min Nan Chinese: Jämtland Kōan
  • Mingrelian: ემტლანდი (ლენი)
  • Mingrelian: ემტლანდი
  • Northern Frisian: Jämtland
  • Northern Sami: Jämtlándda leatna
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Jämtlands län
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Jämtlands län
  • Norwegian: Jämtlands län
  • Ossetian: Емтланд
  • Persian: استان یمتلاند
  • Persian: شهرستان یمتلاند
  • Polish: Jamtland
  • Polish: Jämtland
  • Polish: Jämtlands län
  • Polish: Jemtland
  • Portuguese: condado da Jämtland
  • Portuguese: Condado da Jämtland
  • Portuguese: Condado de Jämtland
  • Portuguese: Jämtland
  • Portuguese: Jamtlands
  • Portuguese: Jämtlands
  • Romanian: Comitatul Jämtland
  • Romanian: Jämtlands län
  • Russian: Емтланд
  • Russian: Лен Емтланд
  • Rusyn: Край ємтланд
  • Rusyn: Край Ямтланд
  • Scots: Jämtland Coonty
  • Scottish Gaelic: Jämtlands län
  • Serbian: Jemtland
  • Serbian: Јемтланд
  • Serbian: Јемтландски округ
  • Serbo-Croatian: Jämtland
  • Sinhala: ජාම්ට්ලන්ත පළාත
  • Slovak: Jämtland
  • Slovenian: Jämtlands län
  • Slovenian: Jämtlandsko okrožje
  • Slovenian: Okrožje Jämtland
  • Spanish: Jämtlands län
  • Spanish: Provincia de Jämtland
  • Spanish: Provincia de Jemtia
  • Swahili: Jämtlands län
  • Swedish: Jämtlands län
  • Swedish: SE-Z
  • Tamil: ஜமிட்லண்ட் கவுண்டி
  • Telugu: జామ్ట్‌లాండ్ కౌంటీ
  • Thai: เทศมณฑลเย็มต์ลันด์
  • Turkish: Jamtland ili
  • Turkish: Jämtland ili
  • Turkish: Jamtland lan
  • Turkish: Jämtland
  • Turkish: Jamtlands lan
  • Turkish: Jämtlands län
  • Ukrainian: Емтланд
  • Ukrainian: Ємтланд (лен)
  • Ukrainian: Ємтланд
  • Ukrainian: лен Ємтланд
  • Urdu: جامتلنڈ کاؤنٹی
  • Vietnamese: hạt Jämtland
  • Vietnamese: Hạt Jämtland
  • Vietnamese: Jämtland
  • Volapük: Yämtläniän
  • Waray (Philippines): Condado han Jämtland
  • Welsh: Sir Jämtland
  • Western Frisian: Jämtlands län
  • Wu Chinese: 耶姆特兰省

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