Geography of Sweden:
Sweden is divided into counties as well as into provinces. The provinces are very old, from early medieval times. There are 25 provinces and the borders have been stable since the year 1634, with one major exception.
1809 Sweden lost the war with Russia so Finland came under Russian rule. Until then the two northernmost provinces was called "Västerbotten" and "Österbotten" (West of Bothnia and East of Bothnia, Bothnia being the northern part of the Baltic sea). In 1810 "Västerbotten" was split in two - a new "Västerbotten" and "Norrbotten".
In Mindat the provinces are used.
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References
- Flink, G. (1908,1910,1914,1917): Bidrag till Sveriges Mineralogi. Almqvist & Wiksell
- Tegengren, F. (1924): Sveriges ädlare malmer och bergverk. Sveriges Geologiska Undersökning, Serie Ca 17, 406 pp (in Swedish).
- Sundius, N. (1951) Kvarts, fältspat och glimmer, SGU Ser C- No 520.
- Magnusson, N.H. (1973): Malm i Sverige 1, Sthlm (in Swedish).
- Grip, E. & Frietsch, R. (1973): Malm i Sverige 2, Sthlm 1973 (in Swedish).
- Wilke, H.-J. (1976): Mineral-Fundstellen Band 4: Skandinavien. Chr. Weise Verlag, München, 370 pp. (in German)
- Lindén, R.H. (1994): Typlokal Sverige Del 1. STEIN 21 (3), 195-196.
- Lindén, R.H. (1995): Typlokal Sverige Del 2. STEIN 22 (2), 118-120.
- Wilke, H.-J. (1997): Die Mineralien und Fundstellen von Schweden. Chr. Weise Verlag, München, 200 pp. (in German)
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