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  Counties of Sweden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Counties were established in 1634 on Count Axel Oxenstierna's initiative, superseding the provinces of Sweden to introduce a modern administration.
The counties in current-day Finland established in 1634 were: Åbo and Björneborg County, Nyland and Tavastehus County, Viborg and Nyslott County, Österbotten County and Kexholm County.
Norrland County (in 1645 divided as Västerbotten County, Hudiksvall County and Härnösand County.
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Österbotten County, Österbottens län, or Pohjanmaan lääni, was a County of Sweden from 1634.
The Counties of Finland was the administrative division of Finland from 1634 to 1997.
The counties never the less continued to be the basic geographical and administrative subdivision of the country during the time as a Grand Duchy in the Russian Empire and after independence in 1917 and until 1997, when a reform introduced the Provinces of Finland.
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 Information About Counties of Sweden   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
A County, or Län, is an administrative and political subdivision of Sweden.
The most significant change to the county system took place when Sweden, after the Finnish War, was forced to cede the Eastern counties to Russia in the Treaty of Fredrikshamn (1809).
The counties established in what is now Finland in 1634 were Åbo and Björneborg County, Nyland and Tavastehus County, Viborg and Nyslott County, Österbotten County and Kexholm County.
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municipality of aken (elbe) (köthen county, saxony-anhalt, germany)
municipality of mieres (garrotxa county, girona province, catalonia, spain)
municipality of vilamalla (alt empordà county, girona province, catalonia, spain)
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königshofen county until 1972 (unterfranken district, bavaria, germany)
municipality of kaarst (neuss county, north rhine-westphalia, germany)
municipality of kirchberg (erding county, bavaria, germany)
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 flag of K flags, Fahnen, Flaggen, FOTW bei Nationalflaggen.de
karcag (jasz - nagykun - szolnok county, hungary)
kisujszallas (jasz - nagykun - szolnok county, hungary)
kitzingen county until 1972 (unterfranken district, bavaria, germany)
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 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
Usually län is translated to "county" and landsting to "county council" in English.
The county councils and the 286 municipalities are obliged to provide services to their inhabitants as stipulated by law, but are independent to decide the means without interference from state authorities.
counties) are elected by the residents, regardless of citizenship, which in the most extreme cases means that nearly 20% of those eligible to vote are aliens.
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 Sweden - LoveToKnow 1911
The first column shows the older divisions of the county into provinces, the names and boundaries of which differ in many cases from the lan.
Wide attention was attracted to Swedish educational methods principally by the introduction of the system of Sloyd (slojd), initiated at the Naas seminary near Gothenburg, and concerned with the teaching of manual occupations, both for boys and for girls.
The higher education of the people is provided by people's high schools in the rural districts, especially for the peasantry, maintained by the county councils, agricultural societies and the state, and providing a two years' course both in general education and in special practical subjects according to local needs.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Sweden   (17484 words)

  
 Wikipedia: Karelia
Sweden got western Karelia and Novgorod got Ingria and Ladoga Karelia or East Karelia.
In 1635 Savonia and the parts of Karelia around Vyborg were incorporated in the Viborg and Nyslott County.
After the Treaty of Nystad in 1721 Viborg and the Kexholm County were ceded to Russia and the rest was incorporated into the Kymmenegårds and Nyslott County.
www.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/k/ka/karelia.html   (557 words)

  
 Treaty of Peace between Sweden and Russia at Teusina, 18 May 1595
Och skole alle Swenske, som äre på Kexholm, vthan all opholdning medh alt deres godz och hwad de äge, friit drage från Kexholm till Finlandh vthan all argelist, och vthaf de Ryske vndersåter medh fordenskap blifwe förfordrede och i deres nödh medh hielp vnsatte.
All Swedes, who live in Kexholm, can without hampering freely move from Kexholm to Finland with all their goods and what other things they own without any objections and help in their needs can be required from Russian people who own vehicles.
Mälstad is known in a few locations in Sweden, one is in Husby County and another in Kårsta County in the province of Stockholm, and another one in Vallby County in the province of Södermanland.
www.histdoc.net /history/teusina.html   (2590 words)

  
 Svenska krig / Swedish Wars
As a service in return Sweden was to receive Kexholms län (a province on the border between Sweden and Russia).
Sweden was to return the Trondheim County in Norway and the island of Bornholm to Denmark.
The Danes didn’t have to compensate Sweden for the African colony Cabo Corso that the Danes captured from Sweden in 1658.
www.algonet.se /~hogman/slkrig_eng.htm   (9665 words)

  
 The Garling Homepage - www.garling.worldwide - Finland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
In the Käkisalmi (Kexholm) county in Carelia one is mentioned about 70 times in the court records between Feb 1668 and Apr 1681.
I have not had any opportunity to study the Käkisalmi county records: it takes some time, because they are in Helsinki, written in old-fashioned Swedish and in old handwriting.
In the 17th century Sweden was active to call Germans to settle to the new (since 1617) territories like Ingermanland around Nyen and perhaps also Käkisalmi county.
www.garling.de /world/Finland.htm   (420 words)

  
 Swedish Wars - The Great Northern War 1700 - 1721
King Karl XII was killed in action on November 30, 1718 at the Fredrikshald fortress and the whole Norwegian campaign was terminated.
The northern retreat from Trondheim County was done over the mountains between Norway and Sweden during the New Year Eve / New Years Day 1718/1719 in a very cold and heavy snowstorm.
Further, Sweden lost Viborg County and the southern part of Kexholm County, both in the southeastern part of Finland.
www.algonet.se /~hogman/slkrig_eng17b.htm   (2912 words)

  
 GUSTAF II ADOLF
Not until the swedes let the russians know that they planned an alliance with Poland with intent to jointly attack Russia things got moving.
The russians were so keen to get Novgorod back that they agreed to the following: Sweden got Kexholm county, all of Ingermanland and the fortress Nöteborg at the entrance of the Neva river.
Sweden with Finland, Estonia, Kexholm and Ingermanland was now a coherent kingdom with all parts connected by land.
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 THE WARS OF KARL IX AND THE DISASTER AT KIRKHOLM 1605
His foreign mercenaries decided to defect to the enemy and with only a handful of swedes and finns de la Gardie was forced to withdraw.
At Viborg he was reinforced and managed to seize Kexholm by siege since it was occupied by russians.
De la Gardie continued to Novgorod that was besieged but since the swedes lacked artillery the probability of success was low since the town was surrounded by a strong wall.
www.members.tripod.com /Strv102r/kirkholm.htm   (1820 words)

  
 Finland
The Finnish border is moved east and Sweden's possession of Estonia is recognized by Russia in the peace of Teusina.
Ingria and Kexholm county is ceded by Russia at the peace of Stolbova.
The great northern war ends when Sweden accept the loss of Estonia,, Livonia, Ingria and southern Carelia to Russia.
tacitus.nu /historical-atlas/scandinavia/finland.htm   (301 words)

  
 Paradox Interactive Forums - View Single Post - Ducal Court of Pommerania
Head of State: Casmir VI von der Greif, King of Sweden, Duke of Pommerania, Fürst of the House of the Greif.
Duke of Poznan, Margrave of Danzig, Prince-Protector of Sweden, Overlord of Ingermanland, Kexholm, Memel and Gotland, Prince of the Empire and Master of the Imperial Hunt.
Provinces: 9 (Hinterpommern, Vorpommern, Ingermanland, Poznan, Danzig, Gotland, Memel, Kexholm, Hannower)
www.europa-universalis.com /forum/showpost.php?p=667662&postcount=1   (1165 words)

  
 Sweden 1611-1718
Duke Johan dies without sons and his duchy is therefore returned to the crown.
Karl X Gustav conquers Scania, Blekinge, Bornholm, Halland, Bohuslän and Trondheim county from Denmark..
The end of the Scanian war results in minor losses in Germany to Brandenburg, Münster and Lüneburg.
www.tacitus.nu /historical-atlas/scandinavia/s3.htm   (215 words)

  
 References
[Was a County of Sweden until December 31, 1998 when it was merged with the counties of Skaraborg and Älvsborg to form the county of Västra Götaland]
The Research Archives - At Umeå university supplies records through modern media and are responsible for the manuscript collection of the university.
The Society Genealogists of Ovansiljan - A Swedish local organization of genealogists from the counties of Mora, Orsa and Älvdalen.
www.swedenroots.com /references.htm   (1302 words)

  
 ACEDIA PRESS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
Sweden again is forced to pay the Sound Tolls to Denmark and the alliance with Holstein is ended.
Sweden gives up Livland, Estland, Ingermanland, Dagö, Ösel, Kexholm and half of Viborg County.
So ended the Great Northern War, even called, “The Great Discord!" The most legendary, the most debated, criticized, admired, analyzed and longest of all of Sweden's wars.
www.acedia.se /nkrieng.htm   (972 words)

  
 Wasa
As reward, Sweden will recieve the county of Kexholm permanently.
March, Swedish forces enter Moscow, but are forced to give up thier support for the tsar in return for free passage home.
Peace with Russia, Sweden gains Kexholm, remaining parts of Estonia and Livonia and 20000 roubles.
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 BREST-LITOVSK, BREST, BRISK, BRESTYE, BERESTIE, BERESTOV, BRZESC, sometimes Russia or Poland and now Belarus - Jewish ...
He wanted to marry his daughter to the son of a rabbi of Kracow, but King Sigismund I of Poland prohibited the match because the prospective bridegroom was under suspicion of having been mixed up in political affairs, and the latter was banished from Poland.
Bierascie (modern day Brest) is a part of the Padlyasie (vajavodstva [county]).
Bierascie (modern day Brest) suffered from a big fire The castle and the city center were burnt down.
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 21 August 1941
Vichy arrests 5,000 Jews to be sent to Drancy concentration camp which opened yesterday.
IIB, s/n Z5070, which was on a delivery flight, makes a forced landing at Athboy, County Meath.
This aircraft is repaired by the Irish Army Air Corps and becomes their sixth fighter aircraft in service; the six consist of three Gloster Gladiator Mk.
homepage.ntlworld.com /andrew.etherington/1941/08/21.htm   (645 words)

  
 The Garling Homepage - www.garling.worldwide - Roots
They seem to come from a Mennonite region where a variant of Plattdeutsch was spoken and G was pronounced (and written) as J. Therefore Garling -> Jarling -> Scharling.
In the years 1845 to 1890 many of the Mecklenburg Garlings emigrated to America.
A True list from The Captain WETSTONS Company in Braunshweig Township in the 3rd Battalion, Berks County Militia, PA; commanded by Colonel John Michael Lindenmuth; April the 28th 1780: Martin Garling is mentioned in the 6th class;
www.garling.de /roots.htm   (1466 words)

  
 FREDERICK III - Online Information article about FREDERICK III
Loss Nystad, in May 1720, but peace was not concluded oftheBaltic till the 30th of August 1721, and then only under Provinces.
By the peace of Nystad Sweden ceded to Russia Ingria and Esthonia, Livonia, the Finnish province of Kexholm and the fortress of See also:
Finland west of Viborg and north of Kexholm was restored to Sweden.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /FRA_GAE/FREDERICK_III.html   (5956 words)

  
 Alphabetical Index - Gurupedia
bé (from Bécancour Regional County Municipality, Quebec to Bécancour Regional County Municipality, Quebec)
gu (from Guthrie County, Iowa to Guðrún Katrín Þorbergsdóttir)
lÉ (from L'Érable Regional County Municipality, Quebec to L'Érable Regional County Municipality, Quebec)
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 Elaboration Likelihood Model   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
- In the Treaty of Nystad, that concluded the Great Northern War, Sweden had to cede the Kexholm County and Viborg and Nyslott County.
In 1994, KBNT reached an agreement with KNSD to retransmit its programs on channel 62 (KNSD-LP) in La Jolla, California, and some years later on channel 17 National City, California, allowing the signal to reach San Diego, National City, and Chula Vista, California.
Hollister is the county seat of San Benito County, California.
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 The Guild - campaign map development (P&M RTW)
Think that the religious wars started at this time between catholics and protestants.
Im not asking for 7-8 counties, but at least 2-4 provinces...
First, that idea about Sussex and Hastings is not good as I can't place it correctly (or even acceptably) on the map as it's too close to Canterbury and Kent's border, so instead of that I put there Norfolk - Norwich.
forums.totalwar.org /vb/printthread.php?t=42485   (2083 words)

  
 Viking City   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
1580: The Swedes conquered Kexholm on November 4
Sweden gets Estonia and Russia gets the Keksholm county
1656: The battle at Rautu (south of Kexholm) in July.
www.eccentrix.com /members/figge33/inkeri/viking.htm   (2411 words)

  
 References
Presenting the following Swedish Counties: Norrbotten, Västerbotten, Västernorrland, Jämtland and Värmland
[Dalarna County was known as Kopparberg County, or Kopparbergs län, until 1997]
The WorldGenWeb Project is a non-profit, volunteer based organization dedicated to providing genealogical and historical records and resources for world-wide access!
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