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introduction. 3
Population of Sweden, compared with population of Belgium, and Stcitzerland.
6,750,000 ini.
5,140,000 inh.
3,300,000 inh.
Like most other countries, Sweden is differently divided from an administrative
and an historical point of view. The old historical division into provinces is
shown on the map p. 4. As this division is yet of importance in the general
conception, the area and population of the provinces in 1900 may here be stated.
Prorincas.
Sq. kilom.
Uppland.................... 12,848 484,000
Södermanland............ 8,990 312,000
Vestmanland............. 8,908 177,000
Nerike...................... 4,347 120,000
Vermland.................. 20,006 269,000
Dalarne.................... 30,792 219.000
Östergötland.............. 11,054 279,000
Smlland................... 30,642 552,000
Öland....................... 1,346 30,000
Gotland.................... 3,158 53,000
Blekinge................... 3.015 146,000
Sklne..................... 11,274 628,000
Halland.................... 4.921 142,000
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Provinces,
Vestergötland......................18,587 630,000
Bohuslän..................................4,508 163,000
Dalsland....................................4,196 73,000
Gestrikland..........................4,445 94,000
Helsingland ........................15,529 144,000
Herjedalen..............................12,858 11,000
Jemtland..................................37,015 99,000
Medelpad...............................7,238 94,000
Ingermanland....................20,952 152,000
Vesterbotten........................16,068 97,000
Norrbotten..............................27,404 107,000
Lappland..................................118,652 61,000
The fonr large lakes. 9,109 —
Sq. kilom.
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The boundaries of the provinces being somewhat differently determined, the
above figures are only approximative. Of the population of the city of Stockholm,
90,000 are here counted to Södermanland and 211,000 to Uppland.
On the map referred to above, the three main sections af Sweden: Svealand,
Götaland, and Norrland, are also given. The area of Norrland amounts to
2617104 sq. km.; that of Svealand to 84,947 sq. km.; and that of Götaland to
92,702 sq. km. To obtain the entire area of Sweden, the extent of the four
large lakes in Central Sweden, which is not ordinarily included in the area of
the surrounding provinces, must be added to the above figures.
In the matter of the Swedish geographical names, these are given in the
maps reproduced in this work, and ordinarily also in the text, in their Swedish
form. Thus we have written Skåne, in the Swedish way, instead of Scania;
Dalarne, instead of Dalecarlia; etc.; however, the English name »Gothenburg» is
here used instead of the Swedish name Göteborg.
As regards the most ordinary geographical expressions, we may direct the
reader’s attention to the fact that elf (with the definite article, elfven; plural:
elfvar, def. elfvarna) = rather large river; ström — smaller river; sjö (with the
article: sjön; plural: sjöar, def. sjöarna) = lake, or, in the case of salt waters,
= sea; berg = mountain; dal = valley; land — country; ö = island; holme
= islet; vik = gulf, or bay; sund = strait, or sound; halfö = peninsula, etc.
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