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unusual facts about Jämtland


1645 in Norway

The Treaty of Brömsebro resulted in the ceding of the Norwegian provinces of Jemtland and Herjedalen to Sweden.


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Alsen

Alsen, Sweden, a parish and former municipality in Jämtland County, Sweden

Alsen, South Dakota

Alsen was named by Olof Erickson in honor of his birthplace, Alsen Parish, Jamtland District, Sweden.

Årets Näck

The competition takes place at the Tannery Holmen located in Billstaån, Hackås, Bergs kommun, in southern Jämtland.

F 4 Frösön

F 4 Frösön, Kungliga Jämtlands Flygflottilj, Royal Jämtland Air Force Wing, or simply "F 4", is a former Swedish Air Force wing with the main base located at Åre Östersund Airport outside Östersund on Frösön in the middle of Sweden.

Flag of the Republic of Jamtland

(The three bands also symbolise the provinces of the republic, Jamtland, Härjedalen and Ragunda.)

Hållandsgårdens stave church

Hållandsgårdens stave church is a replica of a stave church in Åre municipality, Jämtland county of Sweden.

Hede

Hede, Sweden, locality in Härjedalen Municipality, Jämtland County

History of Östersund

Plans regarding the foundation of a Swedish city or köping (market town, "Chipping") in Jämtland existed amongst governmental officials already after the province was ceded from Denmark-Norway in 1645.

Jamtamót

The center partist Håkan Larsson, a former member of the Swedish parliament coming from Jämtland, is one of the most serious politicians arguing for a reestablishment of Jamtamót.

"Since then the autonomy has become strengthened and today the county of Jämtland has approximately the same rôle of autonomy within Sweden as Åland had within Finland already in the end of the 1900s. Jamtamót has developed into a strong regional parliament. A sign of the support behind the parliament is that nowadays, the people of Härjedalen never speak about leaving the county of Jämtland for Gävleborg."

Knut Frænkel

Frænkel was born in Karlstad, son of a major in the Army engineering corps (väg- och vattenbyggnadskåren), and grew up in mountainous Jämtland in eastern middle part of Sweden, where he acquired an interest in outdoor activities and sports.

Lars-Börje Eriksson

Lars-Börje Eriksson (born 21 October 1966 in Åre, Jämtland).

Offerdal

Jämtland has over 20 000 documented ancient monuments, the oldest one being an 8 000 year old arrowhead found in 1881 nearby Kaxås in Offerdal (Offerdalsspetsen).

Westrobothnian

As such all forms of Westrobothnian are more or less related to the languages spoken in Jämtland and Ångermanland and to a smaller extent with the dialects spoken in the Swedish speaking Ostrobothnia.


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