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not bear the test of reason or con- hereditary or iegitimate right; but it 
science, that the corruptions of the seems to be the fashion of the day. to 
church: or state) are to ‘give a title to make a misapplication or abuse of 
the; possessor of property, equal'to any terms as well as of things. 
———— C. Lucas. 
For the Monthly Magazine. 
ACCOUNT, GEOGRAPHICAL, ECCLESIASTICAL, and MILITARY, of SWEDEN and 
NORWAY, drawn up from the most AUYHENTIC and ACCURATE MATERIALS; by 
LIBUT, 0, J. HAGELSTAM, knight of the ROYAL SWEDISH ORDER of the POLAR 
STAR, 1820. 
[The following was very lately received from Stockholm, and contains the latest and 
most accurate statistic account of that country and its nsurped appendage Norway- 
It is translated from a Swedish map of both countries of 1820,.of which probably no 
other copy exists in England. ] 
SWEDEN. 
Square Inhabitants Militia 
General Divisions of the Kingdom. Swedish Miles} Population in one square and § 
of 10.4 to one in 1815. Swedish Seumen. 
a0; 
 Norrland, orthe Northern Division: 
North Bothnia «...-1.++-...- .. 751. 34,132 
Wester Bothnia+.++++-.--.- abel 668. 34,487 
Wester Norrland «sesseeseesece 917. 66,342 
A Jamtland ..-.+<cscece---ees ate 495, 35,015 
Totals .-cccccess 
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vealand, or the Middle Division : 
Stockholm, city-++++++e.++++eeee 0.725 72,989 
pat -_-~—, GiStTict’s<ccvecocces 67-38 97,345 
Upsala seee ss. ee Jeweepeccece 46.83 _ 80,099 
Westerds» .vccsvecsesscccescess 61.91 88,814 
Nykoping recor sees se cecoeses 58.08 99,590 
OVC) c doce o Ws c'npeinn cs vice aces 74.27 96,784 
Maristad, «540 cmeesco- es ccecucee 148.7 140,977 
Stora Kopparbergsess.-ceeeseee 288.6 119.648 
S Gefleborg «sscscsesssccccccees 172.5 88,123 
Totals «+eesenecs 719.15 879,369 
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otaland, or the Southern Division : 
LinkOping, district: .........6.4 99. 163,851 
PWaltidt .-vewcdcccceccescecces 98. 140,820 
Jonkoping ree ae ee 95.7 117,562 
Kronoberg ee scccecccccesseees 84,2 91,880 
Blekinge---sccescesssccecceess 26.6 72,967 
Skaraborg Pee wreseercseccense 78. 149,178 
Elfsborg.----- $202 0.c0-e 010+ cess vie 119.6 159,664 
Goteborg and Bohus, district +--+ 42, 125,662 
ASIII vico bs dep ne peop on.) 45. 77,266 
‘Chiristianstad «sseessesseevcves 53.4 196.119 
SIEHIINIOUMIS “rcs sowicicee ac opc¥ oe ye 38.6 165,432 
Gottland Hee see eee eee wweree 97.5 33,380 
vise Totals s+-0s. 0.6 807.8 1,416,721 
Lakes, 
Wentem Wettern Hjelmaren 
gpd Malsnea) saesdcenvtienas 85.2 Tet 
“Totals of Sweden. | 3,671. 2,465,066 83,412 
Besides these divisions, Sweden is also subdivided in this manner :—Ist. 
Norrland contains five districts, viz. Wester Bothnia, Lappland, Anger- 
manland, 
