Norrland

Norrland is one of three lands of , besides and . Norrland encompasses two thirds of the country's surface, but no more than 12 per cent of its population; about 1.18 million in 2016.
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, called Ume by locals, is a city near the mouth of the Ume River. It is the capital of in northern , and with about 110,000 citizens it is the largest city in Norrland.

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, also called Lule, is the seat of in northern . The city lies at the mouth of the Lule River, in the north-west corner of the Gulf of Bothnia. It has about 70,000 inhabitants, a technical university, and a steel mill.

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is the seat of in Norrland in . It was founded in 1786, as the only Swedish city founded during the 18th century.

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, Norrbottens län, is the northernmost part of Norrland, . Bordering to and it covers 100,000 square kilometres, from the tall mountains in the west to the coast and archipelagoes in the east.

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, Gävleborgs län, consists of two provinces, Gästrikland and Hälsingland, which make up the southernmost part of Norrland in . Most of the country consists of forests.

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, Västerbottens län, in Norrland in consists of the coastal province Västerbotten and southern Lappland.

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, Västernorrlands län in , largely consisting of provinces Ångermanland and Medelpad. The region is dominated by forests, with most of the 240,000 inhabitants living in the coastal cities of , and .

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is a division of the Norrland 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 a renowned long-distance hiking trail in northern , stretching approximately 450 kilometres from Abisko in the north to in the south.

Norrland

Latitude of center
64.47° or 64° 28′ 12″ north
Longitude of center
17.18° or 17° 10′ 48″ east
Population
1,180,000
Wiki­data ID
Q203505
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Frisian—“Norrland” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Norrland”
  • Arabic: “نورلند”
  • Basque: “Norrland”
  • Belarusian: “Норланд”
  • Belarusian: “Норлянд”
  • Breton: “Norrland”
  • Catalan: “Norrland”
  • Chinese: “Norrland”
  • Chinese: “诺尔兰”
  • Chinese: “諾爾蘭”
  • Croatian: “Norrland”
  • Czech: “Norrland”
  • Czech: “Österbotten”
  • Danish: “Norrland”
  • Dutch: “Norrland”
  • Esperanto: “Norlando”
  • Esperanto: “Norrland”
  • Estonian: “Norrland”
  • Finnish: “Norlanti”
  • Finnish: “Norrland”
  • Finnish: “Norrlanti”
  • French: “Norrland”
  • Galician: “Norrland”
  • German: “Norrland”
  • Greek: “Βόρεια Σουηδία”
  • Greek: “Νόρλαντ”
  • Hebrew: “נורלנד”
  • Hungarian: “Norrland”
  • Icelandic: “Norðurland”
  • Indonesian: “Norrland”
  • Indonesian: “Swedia Utara”
  • Italian: “Norrland”
  • Italian: “Norrlandia”
  • Japanese: “ノールランド”
  • Korean: “노를란드”
  • Latin: “Nordlandia”
  • Latin: “Norrlandia, Borealia”
  • Latvian: “Norlande”
  • Lithuanian: “Norlandas”
  • Macedonian: “Норланд”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Norrland”
  • Mingrelian: “ნორლანდი”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Norrland”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Norrland”
  • Norwegian: “Norrland”
  • Ossetian: “Норрланд”
  • Persian: “نورلاند”
  • Polish: “Norrland”
  • Polish: “Norrlandia”
  • Portuguese: “Norlândia”
  • Portuguese: “Norrland”
  • Romanian: “Norrland”
  • Russian: “Норрланд”
  • Serbian: “Norland”
  • Serbian: “Norrland”
  • Serbian: “Норланд”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Norrland”
  • Shona: “Norrland”
  • Slovenian: “Norrland”
  • Spanish: “Norlandia”
  • Spanish: “Norrland”
  • Swedish: “Nedre Norrland”
  • Swedish: “Nordsverige”
  • Swedish: “Norra norrland”
  • Swedish: “Norra Sverige”
  • Swedish: “Norrland”
  • Swedish: “Norrländska landskapen”
  • Swedish: “Norrlänning”
  • Swedish: “Norrlänningar”
  • Swedish: “Södra Norrland”
  • Turkish: “Norrland”
  • Ukrainian: “Норланд”
  • Ukrainian: “Норрланд”
  • Uzbek: “Norland”
  • Vietnamese: “Norrland”
  • Volapük: “Norläniän”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Norrland”
  • Western Frisian: “Norrland”

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