Svealand

Svealand is the middle of the three lands of , between and . It is home to , and a mixed landscape, with archipelagos and plains in the east, forests in the west, and snowy mountains in the north.
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is 's capital and largest city, with nearly a million inhabitants in the city, and 2.4 million within . The inner city is made up of 14 islands across Lake Mälaren and three streams into the brackish Baltic Sea, with the with some 24,000 islands, islets and skerries.

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is a university city in . While sometimes stands in the shade of it maintains a sophisticated identity of its own. Compared to the Swedish capital, is less frantic, with more of a small-town atmosphere, influenced by the student culture and academic traditions of University.

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is a modern city located in the small province of in Svealand in south central . It's on the flat plains, surrounded by vast forest areas. It's Sweden's 7th largest municipality with a population of about 143,000.

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in comprises the country's capital city, , and its surrounding municipalities. With 2.3 million inhabitants, it is both the country's most populous region and the most densely populated one.

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, latinized form Dalecarlia, is a province and county in the region Svealand, in . It has a population of almost 280,000; nearly half of them in the southeastern twin cities and .

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, Uppsala län, is in eastern Svealand in middle , and has around 360,000 inhabitants. The county makes up most of the Uppland province; the south-eastern part belongs to .

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is a province in the Svealand region in , consisting of farmlands, forests and lakes. is the largest city.

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, Södermanlands län, is part of the Svealand region in , east of island and , which belong to .

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, archaic spelling Wermland, is a province in the Svealand region in . It borders the provinces of , , , and . It also borders in the west and Sweden's largest lake, Vänern.

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, archaic spelling Nerike, is a province in the Svealand region in , bordering to , , Södermanland, and .

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is a county or län in central . It borders the counties of , , , , Södermanland and Östergötland.

Svealand

Latitude of center
59.8° or 59° 48′ north
Longitude of center
15.24° or 15° 14′ 24″ east
Population
4,040,000
Wiki­data ID
Q203835
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Frisian—“Svealand” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Svealand”
  • Arabic: “سفيلاند”
  • Basque: “Svealand”
  • Belarusian: “Свеаланд”
  • Belarusian: “Свэалянд”
  • Breton: “Svealand”
  • Bulgarian: “Свеаланд”
  • Catalan: “Svealand”
  • Chinese: “Svealand”
  • Chinese: “斯韋阿蘭”
  • Chinese: “斯韦阿兰”
  • Croatian: “Svealand”
  • Czech: “Svea Rike”
  • Czech: “Svealand”
  • Danish: “Svealand”
  • Dutch: “Svealand”
  • Esperanto: “Svealand”
  • Esperanto: “Sveonlando”
  • Estonian: “Svealand”
  • Finnish: “Svealand”
  • Finnish: “Sveanmaa”
  • Finnish: “Sveeanmaa”
  • French: “Svealand”
  • Galician: “Svealand”
  • German: “Mittelschweden”
  • German: “Svealand”
  • German: “Zentralschweden”
  • Greek: “Κεντρική Σουηδία”
  • Greek: “Σβίαλαντ”
  • Hebrew: “סביאלנד”
  • Hungarian: “Svealand”
  • Icelandic: “Svíaríki”
  • Indonesian: “Svealand”
  • Italian: “Svealand”
  • Japanese: “スヴェアランド”
  • Korean: “스베알란드”
  • Latin: “Sueonia”
  • Latvian: “Svēlande”
  • Lithuanian: “Svealandas”
  • Macedonian: “Свеаланд”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Svealand”
  • Mingrelian: “სვეალანდი”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Svealand”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Svealand”
  • Norwegian: “Svealand”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Svealand”
  • Ossetian: “Свеаланд”
  • Persian: “سویالاند”
  • Polish: “Svealand”
  • Portuguese: “Svealand”
  • Russian: “Свеаланд”
  • Scots: “Svealand”
  • Serbian: “Svealand”
  • Serbian: “Свеаланд”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Svealand”
  • Slovenian: “Svealand”
  • Spanish: “Sueonia”
  • Spanish: “Svealand”
  • Swedish: “Svealand”
  • Turkish: “Svealand”
  • Ukrainian: “Свеаланд”
  • Urdu: “سویالینڈ”
  • Vietnamese: “Svealand”
  • Volapük: “Svealäniän”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Svealand”
  • Western Frisian: “Svealand”

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