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  Norrbotten County - Definition, explanation
Norrbotten County, or Norrbottens län, or North Bothnia is a County or län in the extreme north of Sweden.
The main aim of the County Administrative Board is to fulfil the goals set in national politics by the Parliament and the Government, to coordinate the interests of the county, to promote the development of the county, to establish regional goals and safeguard the due process of law in the handling of each case.
The County Council of Norrbotten or Norrbottens Läns Landsting.
www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/n/no/norrbotten_county.php   (481 words)

  
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Norrbotten County, or Norrbottens län, is a County or län in the extreme north of Sweden.
It borders to Västerbotten County and the Gulf of Bothnia.
The County Council of Norrbotten or Norrbottens Läns Landsting.
www.informationgenius.com /encyclopedia/n/no/norrbotten_county.html   (389 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Norrbotten County
Västerbotten County, or Västerbottens län is a County or län in the north of Sweden.
Boden is a Municipality in Norrbotten County, in northern Sweden.
Haparanda is a Municipality in Norrbotten County, in northern Sweden.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Norrbotten-County   (1809 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Norrbotten
Norrbotten is a Swedish province (landskap) in northernmost Sweden.
After the creation of Norrbotten County in 1810, the province gradually was referred to as an independent province.
Norrbotten gradually become used as synonymous with the area that was previously referred to as Northern Västerbotten (as well as a colloquial term for the entire Norrbotten County, including the municipalities in Swedish Lapland).
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Norrbotten   (499 words)

  
 Norrbotten County   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Norrbotten County, or Norrbottens län, or North Bothnia is a County or län in the extreme north of Sweden.
Following the Finnish War in 1809 Västerbotten County wa s separated into a Swedish and a Finnish part, where the main part remained within Swedish borders.
Sami, Meänkieli, and Finnish may be used be used in dealing with government agencies, courts, municipalities, preschools and nursing homes in parts of Norrbotten County.
1-free-software.com /en/wikipedia/n/no/norrbotten_county.html   (498 words)

  
 Norrbotten County   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The main aim of the County Administrative Board is to fullfil the goals set in national politics by the Parliament and the Government, to coordinate the interests of the county, to promote the development of the county,to establish regional goals and safeguard the due process of law in the handling of each case.
The County Council of Norrbotten orNorrbottens Läns Landsting.
In this Norrbotten alsocame to be seen as being on equal footing with the historical provinces, even if it never had been one itself, and from the 1980s it has adopted or has been assigned provincial symbols.
www.therfcc.org /norrbotten-county-74961.html   (452 words)

  
 Norrbotten County - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The arms for the Norrbotten County is a combination of the arms of Westrobothnia, and Laponia.
Norrbotten County, Sweden: Översikt: Berggrunden och mineralisering inom Radnejaureområdet, Norrbottens...
Description of regional geological and geophysical maps of northern Norrbotten County (east of the Caledonian orogen) (Ba / Sveriges geologiska undersökning)
encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /north_bothnia.htm   (491 words)

  
 Norrbotten
Norrbotten is a province or landskap in the extreme north of Sweden.
Norrbotten was historically a part of the province of Västerbotten, which stretched across Torne river and in to Finland.
The province of Norrbotten was not recognized as a province in its own right until the 20th century and doesn't have a coat of arms.
www.fastload.org /no/Norrbotten.html   (262 words)

  
 Articles - Norrbotten County   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Norrbotten has only gradually been come to be referred to as a province, following the county borders drawn in 1810.
The arms for the Norrbotten County is a combination of the arms of Västerbotten and Laponia.
The culture of Norrbotten is in many ways different from the rest of Sweden, since many different cultures meet there; the sami culture, the finnish culture and the swedish settler-culture.
www.bronzebass.com /articles/Norrbotten_County   (652 words)

  
 Norrbotten County   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Sami Meänkieli and Finnish may be used be used in with government agencies courts municipalities preschools and nursing homes in parts of Norrbotten County.
In this Norrbotten also came to be seen as on equal footing with the historical provinces if it never had been one itself from the 1980s it has adopted or has been provincial symbols.
The arms for the Norrbotten County is combination of the arms of Westrobothnia and When it is shown with a royal it represents the County Administrative Board.
www.freeglossary.com /Norbothnia   (675 words)

  
 Norrbotten - ArtPolitic Encyclopedia of Politics : Information Portal
During the 20th century the part of the province that lay with in the County of Norrbotten came to be recognized as a separate province, under the name Norrbotten, in its own right.
The province of Norrbotten was not recognized as a province in its own right until the 20th century and does not have a coat of arms.
The County of Norrbotten however does have a coat of arms composed of the arms of Västerbotten and Lappland.
www.artpolitic.org /infopedia/no/Norrbotten.html   (298 words)

  
 The Ragnar Lassinantti Collection of Books
In both his roles as member of parliament and county governor, he worked without respite for the development of Norrbotten and for a closer co-operation between the countries forming the Arctic regions of Fenno-Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula.
Ragnar Lassinantti was during the 1960s strongly committed to the establishment of a university in the County of Norrbotten.
New additions to the "Nordkalott" Collection primarily consist of literature on Norrbotten County and on the Arctic regions of Fenno-Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula in general.
www.luth.se /depts/lib/broschyr.html.en   (611 words)

  
 Luleå - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Luleå Municipality has 75,000 inhabitants, and serves as the county seat of Norrbotten County.
The town is situated on a peninsula where the Lule Bay meets the Gulf of bothnia; the bay stretches north-west and becomes the Lule River, allowing sea way transportation across the county.
The diocese is Sweden's largest, covering the counties of Västerbotten County and Norrbotten County, basically everything north of Umeå.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lule%C3%A5   (367 words)

  
 Norbothnia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
During the 20th century the part of the province that lay with in the County of Norrbotten came to be recognized as a separate province, under the name Norbothnia, in its own right.
The province of Norbothnia was not recognized as a traditional province until the 20th century and does not have a coat of arms.
The County of Norrbotten however does have a coat of arms composed of the arms of Westrobothnia and Lapponia.
www.theezine.net /n/norbothnia.html   (247 words)

  
 Norrbotten   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Norrbotten is a Swedish province (landskap) in northernmost Sweden.
After the creation of Norrbotten County in 1810, the province gradually was referred to as an independant province.
Norrbotten is today often marked as a province in atlases, statistics and culture.
www.1bx.com /en/Norrbotten.htm   (182 words)

  
 4Reference || Norrbotten (county)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The County of Norrbotten is a county or län in the extreme north of Sweden.
For History, Geography and Culture see: Norbothnia or Lapponia The County of Norrbotten is divided upon the provinces of Norrbotten and Lappland.
Main article: Heraldry of Västerbotten The arms for the County of Norrbotten is, as the province of Norrbotten is lacks a coat of arms of their own, a combination of the arms of Westrobothnia, and Lapponia.
www.4reference.net /encyclopedias/wikipedia/Norrbotten_county_.html   (283 words)

  
 Norrbotten County Links
MPs from Norrbotten County - Members of the parliament elected by the people in Norrbotten county.
Her cares are over, and she feels that she may exert all her powers of pleasing without suspicion." (Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing; a confusion of the real with the ideal never goes unpunished.
I think that's the record." (Dylan Thomas, final words) Norrbotten County Music with dinner is an insult both to the cook and the violinist.
www.welcome-2-europe.com /Sweden_Norrbotten_County.html   (1592 words)

  
 Learn more about Sweden in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
In each county there is a County Administrative Board or länsstyrelse which is appointed by the Government.
In each county there is also a separate County Council or landsting, which is the municipal representation appointed by the county electorate.
Each county further divides into a number of municipalities or kommuner, making a total of 289 municipalities, in 2002.
www.onlineencyclopedia.org /s/sw/sweden.html   (1709 words)

  
 www.nll.se - In English
NORRBOTTEN COUNTY COUNCIL is essentially a knowledge-based organisation, and one of the leading county councils in Sweden in the use of IT-based solutions in healthcare and medical care.
NORRBOTTEN COUNTY COUNCIL is one of the counties biggest employers, with approximately 7,400 employees, most of them in healthcare and medical care.
Sunderby Hospital is also the county hospital, located in Södra Sunderbyn, on the boundary between the municipalities of Boden and Luleå.
www.nll.se /nodsida.aspx?id=12333   (415 words)

  
 Boden Municipality - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Boden (Finn: Puuti) is a Municipality in Norrbotten County, in northern Sweden.
Luleå is the largest city in Norrbotten County, with some 45,000 inhabitants.
It also has a large hospital and is the main campus of the Luleå University of Technology.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Boden   (457 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Westrobothnia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The northern part, sometimes known simply as Norrbotten, is located in the Norrbotten County and the Finnish part is located in the administrative province of Lapland.
Following the Finnish War in 1809 the province of Westrobothnia was separated into a Swedish and a Finnish part.
The main part of the province of Westrobothnia which remained within Swedish borders was divided upon Västerbotten County and Norrbotten County.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Westrobothnia   (291 words)

  
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Norrbotten County (Norrbottens län) is a Swedish county or län in the extreme north of Sweden.
The name Norrbotten is also used for a Swedish province with that name.
This province covers only the eastern part of Norrbotten County – the inland instead belongs to the Lapland province.
www.50skills.co.za /infopages/index.php?title=Norrbotten_County   (706 words)

  
 Norrbotten (county) - Italy Voyager : Travel Guides : Information Portal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
It also borders to the Norwegian counties of Nordland and Finnmark, and the Finnish administrative province of Lapland.
The County of Norrbotten is divided upon the provinces of Norrbotten and Lappland.
The arms for the County of Norrbotten is, as the province of Norrbotten is lacks a coat of arms of their own, a combination of the arms of Västerbotten, and Lappland.
www.italy-voyager.com /info/no/Norrbotten_(county).html   (253 words)

  
 GDSE - Agency9 Awarded for Best Innovation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Agency9 is awarded with the "Skapa" scholarship in Norrbotten County, Sweden, for their platform independent visualization technology.
Agency9 is awarded for the best innovation in Norrbotten county for their unique technology that makes high-performance and advanced 3D-graphics available on many platforms.
Agency9 is an excellent example of research in university environment that transforms to commercial company and serves as a positive model in the whole county of Norrbotten.
www.gdse.com /modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=971   (381 words)

  
 Norrbotten --  Encyclopædia Britannica
It comprises the traditional landskap (province) of Norrbotten in the east and part of Lappland landskap in the west.
Lappland is bounded on the west by Norway, on the north by Finland, on the east by the landskaper (provinces) of Norrbotten and Västerbotten, and on the south by those of Ångermanland and Jämtland.
river in the län (county) of Norrbotten, northern Sweden.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9056151?tocId=9056151   (433 words)

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