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| | Norrland - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10) |
 | | Norrland is an informal region of Sweden, not used for any administrative purpose but a very common concept in everyday language. |
 | | Norrland comprises of the regions Gästrikland, Medelpad, Ångermanland, Hälsingland, Jämtland, Härjedalen, Västerbotten, Norrbotten and Lappland. |
 | | Upon the separation of Sweden and Finland in 1809 Norrland was split in two parts, leaving all of Ostrobothnia, and the eastern parts of Laponia and Westrobothnia to the Grand Duchy of Finland, as a part of the Russian Empire. |
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