Southern sweden
Southern Sweden is a state region of Sweden .
To the subject
Includes southern Sweden
- proper ( Swedish Sydsverige, Skåneland ) the historical provinces of Scania (Skåne), Blekinge and Halland , which only in 1658 by the Peace of Roskilde from Denmark to Sweden have retained characteristics were and still cultural and linguistic.
- in the broader sense (Swedish Södra Sverige ) the entire southern half or the historical core of Sweden including the capital Stockholm , in whose area the majority of all Swedes live, roughly to the area of the Dalälven .
Depending on the situation, you can go to southern, central and northern Sweden ( parts of the country from south to north), or southern, eastern and northern Sweden (götaländische, Svaeländische plains, Scandinavian mountains / Scandinavia ), or south, east, west and Northern Sweden (on the watersheds of the south), or just southern and northern Sweden (countries in the southeast and Scandinavia).
Södra Sverige as a NUTS 1 region (SE2) comprises the following Riksområdena (imperial areas):
- Sydsverige (SE22 'South Sweden') with Blekinge (SE221) and Skåne län (SE224)
- Småland (SE21) with Jönköpings (SE211), Kronobergs (SE2124), Kalmar (SE213) and Gotlands län (SE214)
- Västsverige (SE23 'West Sweden') with Hallands (SE231) and Västra Götalands län (SE232)
This roughly corresponds to the historical part of Götaland (excluding Östergötland), Östra Sverige (SE1 'Eastern Sweden') with Stockholm extends to the Dalälven .
topography
The southernmost part, the historical province of Skåne, is a continuation of the lowlands of northern Germany and Denmark. The lowest point in Sweden (excluding lakes etc.) is also in Skåne, at 2.4 meters below sea level.
To the north of it stretches the southern Swedish highlands , a plateau surrounded by a hilly landscape with a large number of elongated lakes that were created by ice age erosion.
literature
- Sabine Gorsemann: Southern Sweden. Müller (Michael), Erlangen 2005, ISBN 978-3-932410-70-3
- Peter Münch, Achim Sperber: Southern Sweden and Stockholm. A picture journey. Ellert & Richter, 2000, ISBN 978-3-89234-701-9