SWEDEN. 



EXTENT AND SITUATION. 



Miles. 



Length 970 > , C 56 ° and 70 ° nortn latitude. 



Breadth 600 $ between } i 2 ° and 30° east longitude. 



Containing 210,000 square miles with 14 inhabitants to each. 



Name. ...Sweden is called, in the present language of the country, 



Swea-rike, or the kingdom of Swea ; an appellation of great antiquity, 



and probably derived from the ancient Suiones, who appear to have 



inhabited this part of Scandinavia. 



Boundaries and divisions. ...Sweden is bounded on the south by 

 the entrance of the Baltic sea ; on the west by the mountains of Nor- 

 way ; on the North by Danish Lapland, or Finmark ; and on the east 

 by Russia. The whole kingdom is divided into five general parts: 

 1, Sweden Proper. 2, Gothland. 3, Nordland. 4, Swedish Lapland . 

 5, Finland. These are again subdivided into the following provinces : 



Sweden Proper. 



Upland, 



Sudermanland, 

 Nerike, 

 Westermanland, - 



Dalecarlia, 



Gothland. 

 f East-Gothland, 

 ) Smalland, or Smoland, 

 J Island of Oeland, 

 *- Island of Gothland, 



J West-Gothland, - 



pj <^ Wermeland, 

 > | Dalsland, 

 \J3ohnslehn, 



^ C Hochland, 

 ►^ 1 Schonen, 

 Q / Blekingen. 



r, 



Nordland. 

 Gestrikeland, 

 Helsingland, 

 Medelpad, - 

 Jemtland, - 



Chief Towns. 



{Stockholm. 

 Upsal. 

 Nikioping. 

 Oerebro. 

 Westeroes. 

 C Fahlun. 

 ^Hedemora. 



Norkiceping. 

 Calmar. 

 Borgholm. 

 Wesby. 



Gottenburg. 



Carlstadt. 



Amal. 



Kongshall, 



Halmstadt. 



Lund. 



Carlscrona. 



Gefle. 



Hadwikshall. 

 Sundswall. 

 Jvarlstrom. 



CN. 



lat. 59 

 Ion, 1 8 



20'. 



o it 



N. lat. 57° 42^ 

 E. Ion. 11° 38' 



