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population of different läns.
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To the mining-districts of Central Sweden there was, in the sixteenth and
seventeenth centuries, a not unimportant immigration of Finns, who have,
however, now quite coalesced with the Swedish population. The same state
of things holds for the colony of Walloons brought in, during the seventeenth
century, to the iron-works round Dannemora.
Population of different läns.
From an historical point of view, Sweden is divided into 25 provinces,
the names and boundaries of which are indicated on the map, p. 3. But.
from an administrative point of view, the division is into 25 districts,
called lans, cf. map, p. 108. The areas of the läns and their populations
at the end of 1751, 1865, 1913 are given in Table 8.
Table 8. Area and Population of the Läns.
Läns Area Sq.km4 Population at the end of the years In % of the entire population Inb. per sq.km 1913
17511 1865 2 1913 1751 1805 1913
Stockholm city . . 113 61 040 133 361 382 085 3-39 3’24 6-78 3 381
Stockholm län . . . 7 763 91399 128 458 222 046 5’07 3-12 3-94 29
Uppsala..... 5 313 63 895 96 766 130 404 3-54 2-35 2’31 25
Södermanland . . . 6 811 79 817 133 900 182 180 4’43 3-25 3-23 27
Östergötland .... 11046 128 911 253 148 298 242 7-15 6-15 5-29 27
Jönköping..... 11522 106 317 183 851 216 697 5’90 4-47 3-84 19
Kronoberg..... 9 910 67 283 162 553 157 260 3-73 3-95 279 16
Kalmar...... 11 543 96 053 233 165 228 044 5.33 5-67 404 20
Gottland..... 3160 24 562 53 165 55 422 1-36 1-29 0-98 18
Blekinge ..... 3 015 47 000 125 436 150 049 2’61 3-05 2-66 50
Kristianstad .... 6 456 90 335 222 235 232 734 5-01 5-40 4’13 36
Malmöhus..... 4 833 105 163 305 261 469 377 5’83 7’42 8-32 97
Halland...... 4 921 58 234 126 060 146 771 3’23 3-06 2-60 30
Göteborg och Bohus 5 047 76 537 232 181 395 471 4’25 5-64 7-01 78
Alvsborg ..... 12 729 115 853 279 153 291 330 6-43 6-79 517 23
Skaraborg..... 8 480 97 918 236 775 240 667 5’43 5-76 4-27 28
Värmland..... 19 324 100 917 259 612 260 034 5-60 6-31 4’61 13
Örebro...... 9134 73 000 162 717 210 666 4-05 3-96 3-74 23
Västmanland .... 6 708 71 952 108 859 159 522 3’99 2-65 2-83 24
Kopparberg .... 29 870 97 428 174 758 239 025 5-41 4-25 4-24 8
Gävleborg..... 19 728 56 000 143 793 257 514 3-11 3-50 4-57 13
Västernorrland . . . 25 533 36 890 127 524 256 666 2-05 310 4-55 10
Jämtland..... 51 556 19 000 68 071 121400 1-05 1’65 2-15 2
Västerbotten .... 58 934 18 369 88 763 166 107 1-02 2-16 2-95 3
Norrbotten .... 105 520 18 500 74 576 168 870 1’03 1-81 3-00 2
The great lakes3 . . 9122 — — — — — — —
Total 448 091 1802373 4114141 5 638 588 100 100 100 18
1 Approximating to the present division, and with rough emendations for Stockholm and
Blekinge. — According to more recent calculations by G. Sundbärg (see Report on
Emigration, supplement 4, table 39) the population in 1751 may be assumed at 1802132, of which
about 16 200 should be assigned to the län of Norrbotten, excluding the portion ceded in
1809 to Russia. — 2 At the time when the increased emigration began. — 3 In central
Sweden, viz. Lakes Vänern, Vättern, Mälaren, and Hjälmaren. — 1 Figures supplied by the
Central Bureau of Statistics. Some slight differences from the figures in Table 1, Part I,
supplied by the Ordnance Survey (owing to different methods of calculation employd) are of
no significance.
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