Län
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title:
Län
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Län, lääni and len refer to the administrative divisions used in Sweden and previously in Finland and Norway. The provinces of Finland were abolished on January 1, 2010. In Norway, the term was in use between 1308 and 1662. They are also sometimes used in other countries, especially as a translation of the Russian word volost. During the period when Finland was a part of the Russian Empire (1809–1917), when Russian was made an official language alongside Swedish, it was synonymous with the word
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Administrative divisions used in Sweden and previously in Finland and Norway
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A4n
date created:
2003-04-17T11:03:31Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T04:33:46Z
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