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2 I. PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY.
Table 1. The Areas of the Läns of Siveden in 1913.
Län Area in Square Kilometers
Land Water Total
Stockholm (Urban Area)........... 10765 5-78 11343
Stockholm (Län).............. 7 414-07 34903 7 763-10
5 120-87 192-44 5 313 31
Södermanland................ 6 237-55 573-51 6811-06
9 968-39 1 077-56 11 045 95
Jönköping................. 10 616-88 905-14 11 522 02
Kronoberg................. 8 906’66 1003-21 9 909 87
10 961 97 58104 11543 01
3117-94 41-84 3159 78
Blekinge ........ ......... 2 895-71 11902 3014 73
Kristianstad................ 6 242-80 213-25 6 45605
4 726-20 106 55 4 832-75
4 771-34 149 92 4 921-26
Göteborg och Bohus ......\..... 4 89559 151-57 5047 16
Alvsborg .................. 11 677-91 1 050 72 12 728-63
Skaraborg................. 8 074-96 405-41 8 480-37
Värmland................. 17 548-67 1 774-86 19323 53
Örebro................... 8 343 23 791-26 9134 49
Västmanland................ 6 397-84 309-78 6-707-62
Kopparberg................. 28 185-67 1 743-45 2992912
I Gävleborg................. 18 197.82 1530-18 19 728 00
Västernorrland............... 24 127 97 1 404-54 25 532 51
Jämtland.................. 47 611-96 3 943 54 51555 50
Västerbotten................ 55 570.87 3 363-47 58 934-34
1 Norrbotten................. 98 660-09 6 860-20 105 520 29
Lake Vänern................ 5 546 15 5 546-15
> Vättern............... 1898-52 1898-52
| > Mälaren............... 114911 114911
j > Hjälmaren.............. 479-74 479-74
The whole Kingdom 410380 61 37 720 79 448101-40
Remark. Figures supplied by the Swedish Ordnance Survey. 1 sq. km = 0 386 sq. mile.
from that of Greenwich is for the Stockholm Observatory 1 h. 12 m. 13’97 s.,
for Uppsala 1 h. 10 m. 30’i3 s. and for Lund Oh. 52 m. 44’97 s.
The length of Sweden from north to south is 1 574 km. Its greatest
breadth is 499 km. Strelbitsky calculated that the total boundary line
measures 9 817 km, of which 7 624 km consists of coast-line, 536 km of the
boundary towards Finland and 1 657 km of that towards Norway. It is clear,
however, that all such computations can only lay claim to approximate accuracy,
as they are largely dependent on the extent to which the indentations of the
coast-line are taken into consideration.
The area of Sweden and how it is apportioned among the various Läns,
Administrative Districts, is shown by Table 1.
The boundary-line between Sweden and Norway for the greater part of its
length — from the far north to the northern part of "Värmland — is really a
natural boundary, running along the ridge of pathless mountains that is
the highest part of the Scandinavian Peninsula and forms its chief divide.
The southernmost section of the boundary-line, on the other hand, owes its
course to historical events and has been repeatedly shifted now to one side,
now to the other, according to the varying fortunes of the respective countries.
At all times lively intercourse has existed along its length between the
inhabitants on either side. The boundary towards Finland is formed by the main
channel of the rivers Köngämä, Muonio and Torne.
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