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1 | ![]() | Sweden ![]() FeatureType : country Lat/Lng : 63.0 / 16.0 | Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish: Konungariket Sverige), is a Scandinavian Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north and Finland to the east, and is connected to Denmark in the southwest by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund, a strait at the (...) |
2 | ![]() | Uddevalla ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 7 Lat/Lng : 58.35 / 11.9333 | Uddevalla is a town and the seat of Uddevalla Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. In 2010, it had a population of 31,212. It is located at a bay of the south-eastern part of Skagerrak. The beaches of Uddevalla are filled with seashells and Uddevalla has one of the largest shell-banks in (...) |
3 | ![]() | Scandinavian Mountains ![]() FeatureType : mountain Lat/Lng : 65.0 / 14.0 | The Scandinavian Mountains or the Scandes is a mountain range that runs through the Scandinavian Peninsula. The Scandinavian Mountains are often erroneously thought to be equivalent to the Scandinavian Caledonides, an ancient mountain range and orogen covering roughly the same area (...) |
4 | ![]() | Halmstad ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 8 Lat/Lng : 56.6714 / 12.8556 | Halmstad , is a port, university, industrial and recreational city at the mouth of the Nissan river, in the province of Halland on the Swedish west coast. Halmstad is the seat of Halmstad Municipality and the capital of Halland County (...) |
5 | ![]() | Solna Municipality ![]() FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 23 Lat/Lng : 59.3569 / 18.0147 | Solna Municipality (or) is a municipality in Stockholm County in south-east Sweden, located just north of the Stockholm City Centre. Its seat is located in the town of Solna, which is a part of the Stockholm urban area. The municipality is a part of Metropolitan Stockholm (...) |
6 | ![]() | Kattegat ![]() FeatureType : waterbody Lat/Lng : 56.9283 / 11.4281 | The Kattegat is a sea area bounded by the Jutlandic peninsula in the west, the Danish straits islands of Denmark to the south and the provinces of Västergötland, Scania, Halland and Bohuslän in Sweden in the east. The Baltic Sea drains into the Kattegat through the Danish Straits (...) |
7 | ![]() | Kalmar ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 2 Lat/Lng : 56.6667 / 16.3667 | Kalmar is a city in the southeast of Sweden, situated by the Baltic Sea. It had 36,392 inhabitants in 2010 and is the seat of Kalmar Municipality. It is also the capital of Kalmar County, which comprises 12 municipalities with a total of 236,399 inhabitants (2015) (...) |
8 | ![]() | Lödöse ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 46 Lat/Lng : 58.0278 / 12.16 | Lödöse, also known as Gamla Lödöse (Old Lödöse), Gamlöse or Gammelös, is a locality situated in Lilla Edet Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. A politically crucial centre of trade in the high middle ages, it had just 1,266 inhabitants in 2010 (...) |
9 | ![]() | Norrköping ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 19 Lat/Lng : 58.5908 / 16.1877 | Norrköping is a city in the province of Östergötland in eastern Sweden and the seat of Norrköping Municipality, Östergötland County, about 160 km southwest of the national capital Stockholm. The city has a population of 95,618 inhabitants in 2016, out of a municipal total of 130,050, making it (...) |
10 | ![]() | Kungälv ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 5 Lat/Lng : 57.8667 / 11.9833 | Kungälv is a city and the seat of Kungälv Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 22,768 inhabitants in 2010. (...) |
11 | ![]() | Åmål ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 63 Lat/Lng : 59.0569 / 12.7019 | Åmål is a locality and the seat of Åmål Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 9,065 inhabitants in 2010. It is situated on the western shore of Vänern. In 2005 Åmål received second prize in the international competition The International Awards for Liveable Communities (also known as (...) |
12 | ![]() | Gotland ![]() FeatureType : isle Elevation : 48 Lat/Lng : 57.4808 / 18.4883 | Gotland (; , Svenska Akademiens ordlista, 6 February 2013 older spellings include Gottland or Gothland), Gutland in the local dialect, is a province, county, municipality, and diocese of Sweden. It is Sweden's largest island (...) |
13 | ![]() | Huddinge Municipality ![]() FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 41 Lat/Lng : 59.2167 / 17.9667 | Huddinge Municipality (Huddinge kommun) is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in Huddinge, which is a part of Stockholm urban area. The municipality is, with its approximately 110,000 inhabitants, the second most populated in Stockholm County. (...) |
14 | ![]() | Östersund ![]() FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 63.1833 / 14.6667 | Östersund is an urban area (city) in Jämtland in the middle of Sweden. It is the seat of Östersund Municipality and the capital of Jämtland County. Östersund is located at the shores of Sweden's fifth largest lake, Storsjön, opposite the island Frösön, and is the only city in Jämtland (...) |
15 | ![]() | Nyköping ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 20 Lat/Lng : 58.7531 / 17.0086 | Nyköping Duden Aussprachewörterbuch. is a locality and the seat of Nyköping Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 32,759 inhabitants as of 2017. The city is also the capital of Södermanland County. Including Arnö, the locality on the southern shore of the bay just a couple of kilometres (...) |
16 | ![]() | Gävle ![]() FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 60.6833 / 17.1667 | Gävle is a city in Sweden, the seat of Gävle Municipality and the capital of Gävleborg County. It had 100 603 inhabitants in 2017, which makes it the 13th most populated city in Sweden. It is the oldest city in the historical Norrland (Sweden's Northern Lands), having received its charter in 1446 (...) |
17 | ![]() | Sandefjord ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 67 Lat/Lng : 59.1458 / 10.2236 | Sandefjord is the most populous city and municipality in Vestfold County, Norway. The administrative center of the municipality is the city of Sandefjord. The municipality of Sandefjord was established on January 1, 1838. The municipality of Sandar was merged into Sandefjord on January 1, 1968 (...) |
18 | ![]() | Hisingen ![]() FeatureType : isle Elevation : 17 Lat/Lng : 57.7667 / 11.8833 | Hisingen is the fifth-largest island of Sweden (after Gotland, Öland, Södertörn and Orust), with an area of . It forms part of Gothenburg and is bordered by the Göta älv to the south and east, the Nordre älv to the north, and the Kattegat to the west (...) |
19 | ![]() | Bohus Fortress ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 15 Lat/Lng : 57.8625 / 11.9986 | Bohus Fortress (also known as Baahus or Båhus, originally: Bágahús) lies along the old Norwegian–Swedish border in Kungälv, Bohuslän, Sweden, north east from Hisingen where the Göta river splits into two branches (north of Gothenburg) (...) |
20 | ![]() | Kalmar Castle ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 6 Lat/Lng : 56.658 / 16.355 | Kalmar Castle is a castle in the city Kalmar in the province of Småland in Sweden. Statens fastighetsverk (...) |
21 | ![]() | Stockholm ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 17 Lat/Lng : 59.3294 / 18.0686 | Stockholm is the capital of Sweden and the most populous city in the Nordic countries; 960,031 people live in the municipality, approximately 1.5 million in the urban area, and 2.3 million in the metropolitan area (...) |
22 | ![]() | Gulf of Finland ![]() FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 59.8794 / 26.1053 | The Gulf of Finland is the easternmost arm of the Baltic Sea. It extends between Finland (to the north) and Estonia (to the south) all the way to Saint Petersburg in Russia, where the river Neva drains into it. Other major cities around the gulf include Helsinki and Tallinn (...) |
23 | Sundsvall Municipality ![]() FeatureType : adm2nd Lat/Lng : 62.3889 / 17.3083 | Sundsvall Municipality is a municipality in Västernorrland County, northern Sweden, where the city Sundsvall is the seat. As most municipalities of Sweden, Sundsvalls kommun is a result of a series of amalgamations, carried out in 1952 and in the period 1965-1974 (...) | |
24 | Örebro Municipality ![]() FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 32 Lat/Lng : 59.2667 / 15.2167 | Örebro Municipality (Örebro kommun) is a municipality in Örebro County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Örebro. The municipality was created from the City of Örebro and surrounding rural municipalities in 1971 and with some areas added in 1974 it had an area of 1,840 km² (...) | |
25 | Umeå Municipality ![]() FeatureType : adm2nd Lat/Lng : 63.8269 / 20.2669 | Umeå Municipality is a municipality in Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is Umeå, which is also the county seat of Västerbotten County. (...) | |
26 | Götaland ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 301 Lat/Lng : 57.65 / 14.6833 | Götaland (also Gothia, Gothland, (Gothland is also used for Gotland). (Gothland is also used for Gotland). Gothenland or Gautland) is one of three lands of Sweden and comprises ten provinces. Geographically it is located in the south of Sweden, bounded to the north by Svealand, with the deep woods (...) | |
27 | Linköping Municipality ![]() FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 56 Lat/Lng : 58.408 / 15.625 | Linköping Municipality (Linköpings kommun) is a municipality in Östergötland County in southern Sweden. With inhabitants, it is the fifth largest municipality in Sweden. The municipality is bordered in the west by Motala, and thence clockwise by Finspång, Norrköping, Söderköping, Åtvidaberg, Kinda, (...) | |
28 | Alingsås Municipality ![]() FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 71 Lat/Lng : 57.9333 / 12.5333 | Alingsås Municipality (Alingsås kommun) is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Alingsås. The present municipality was formed in 1974 then the former City of Alingsås (itself a municipality of unitary type since the subdivision reform of (...) | |
29 | Kil Municipality ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 101 Lat/Lng : 59.5039 / 13.3167 | Kil Municipality (Kils kommun) is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Kil. The local government reform of 1971 amalgamated Stora Kil, Järnskog and a part of Brunskog, thus forming Kil Municipality (...) | |
30 | Jönköping Municipality ![]() FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 104 Lat/Lng : 57.7806 / 14.1611 | Jönköping Municipality is a municipality in Jönköping County, southern Sweden. The city Jönköping is the municipal seat. The municipality is situated by the southern end of lake Vättern. (...) | |
31 | Eskilstuna Municipality ![]() FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 18 Lat/Lng : 59.3667 / 16.5167 | Eskilstuna Municipality (Eskilstuna kommun) is a municipality in Södermanland County in southeast Sweden, between Lake Mälaren and Lake Hjälmaren. The seat of the municipality is in the city of Eskilstuna. The present municipality was formed in 1971 by the merger of the City of Eskilstuna, the City (...) | |
32 | Bohuslän ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 82 Lat/Lng : 58.248 / 11.887 | Bohuslän is a Swedish province in Götaland, on the northernmost part of the country's west coast. It is bordered by Dalsland to the northeast, Västergötland to the southeast, the Skagerrak arm of the North Sea to the west, and the county of Østfold, in Norway, to the north (...) | |
33 | Halland ![]() FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 73 Lat/Lng : 56.888 / 12.744 | Halland is one of the traditional provinces of Sweden (landskap in Swedish), on the western coast of Sweden. It borders Västergötland, Småland, Scania and the sea of Kattegat. Until 1645 and the Second Treaty of Brömsebro, it was part of the Kingdom of Denmark. (...) | |
34 | Diocese of Lund ![]() FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 48 Lat/Lng : 55.7042 / 13.1936 | The Diocese of Lund is a former Latin Catholic (arch)bishopric with see in Lund, southern Scandinavia. At the time of the Danish Reformation, it became a diocese in the Lutheran Church of Denmark, and since the signing of the treaty of Roskilde in 1658 it has been the southernmost diocese in the (...) | |
35 | Västerås Municipality ![]() FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 20 Lat/Lng : 59.6111 / 16.5458 | Västerås Municipality (Västerås kommun) is a municipality in Västmanland County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Västerås. The municipality prefers to use the denomination Västerås stad (City of Västerås) for the whole territory, including rural areas (...) | |
36 | Hofors Municipality ![]() FeatureType : adm2nd Lat/Lng : 60.55 / 16.2833 | Hofors Municipality (Hofors kommun) is a municipality in Gävleborg County, east central Sweden. Its seat is in Hofors with 7,400 inhabitants, situated at . The first municipality with the name of Hofors was broken away from Torsåker in 1925 (...) | |
37 | Varberg Municipality ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 31 Lat/Lng : 57.1719 / 12.398 | Varberg Municipality (Varbergs kommun) is a municipality in Halland County, in southwest Sweden. Its seat is in Varberg. It was formed in 1971 through the amalgamation of the City of Varberg and the surrounding rural municipalities (...) | |
38 | Mjölby Municipality ![]() FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 112 Lat/Lng : 58.3264 / 15.1272 | Mjölby Municipality (Mjölby kommun) is a municipality in Östergötland County in southeast Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Mjölby, with some 12,000 inhabitants. The present municipality was established in 1971, when the City of Mjölby, the City of Skänninge and the rural municipalities in (...) | |
39 | Nässjö Municipality ![]() FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 301 Lat/Lng : 57.65 / 14.6833 | Nässjö Municipality (Nässjö kommun) is a municipality in Jönköping County, southern Sweden where the town Nässjö is situated. The present municipality was created in 1971 when the City of Nässjö (instituted in 1914) was amalgamated with five surrounding municipalities. (...) | |
40 | Lindesberg Municipality ![]() FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 75 Lat/Lng : 59.5931 / 15.2278 | Lindesberg Municipality (Lindesbergs kommun) is a municipality in Örebro County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Lindesberg. The present municipality was created in 1971 when the former City of Lindesberg and the former market town of Frövi were joined together. (...) | |
41 | Kumla Municipality ![]() FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 57 Lat/Lng : 59.1269 / 15.1392 | Kumla Municipality (Kumla kommun) is a municipality in Örebro County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Kumla. The present municipality was formed during the latest nationwide local government reform in Sweden, with the amalgamations taking place in 1966 and 1971 (...) | |
42 | Geography of Sweden ![]() FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 67.9 / 18.5167 | Sweden is a country in Northern Europe on the Scandinavian Peninsula. It borders Norway to the west; Finland to the northeast; and the Baltic Sea and Gulf of Bothnia to the south and east. Sweden has a long coastline on the eastern side and the Scandinavian mountain chain (Skanderna) on the western (...) | |
43 | Älvsbyn Municipality ![]() FeatureType : adm2nd Lat/Lng : 65.6833 / 21.0167 | Älvsbyn Municipality is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Älvsbyn. The present municipality has the same size as the original one, created at the time the municipalities of Sweden were formed in 1863 (...) | |
44 | Leksand Municipality ![]() FeatureType : adm2nd Lat/Lng : 60.7339 / 15.0025 | Leksand Municipality (Leksands kommun) is a municipality in Dalarna County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Leksand. In 1974 "old" Leksand was amalgamated with Ål and reunited with Siljansnäs (which had been separated from it in 1875) (...) | |
45 | Karlskrona Municipality ![]() FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 17 Lat/Lng : 56.1611 / 15.5875 | Karlskrona Municipality (Karlskrona kommun) is a municipality in Blekinge County in South Sweden in southern Sweden. It borders to Emmaboda Municipality, Torsås Municipality and Ronneby Municipality. The city of Karlskrona is the seat of the municipality (...) | |
46 | Borås Municipality ![]() FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 145 Lat/Lng : 57.7208 / 12.9417 | Borås Municipality (Borås kommun) is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Borås. In 1971 the City of Borås was made a municipality (kommun) when the unitary type of local government unit was introduced in Sweden (...) | |
47 | Ljusnarsberg Municipality ![]() FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 215 Lat/Lng : 59.8667 / 14.9833 | Ljusnarsberg Municipality (Ljusnarsbergs kommun) is a municipality in Örebro County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Kopparberg. In 1908 Kopparberg was detached from the rural municipality Ljusnarsberg to form a market town (köping). In 1962 they were reunited. (...) | |
48 | Ronneby Municipality ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 9 Lat/Lng : 56.2097 / 15.2792 | Ronneby Municipality (Ronneby kommun) is a municipality in Blekinge County in South Sweden in southern Sweden. It borders to Tingsryd Municipality, Emmaboda Municipality, Karlskrona Municipality and Karlshamn Municipality. The town of Ronneby is the seat of the municipality (...) | |
49 | Vimmerby Municipality ![]() FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 122 Lat/Lng : 57.6667 / 15.8556 | Vimmerby Municipality (Vimmerby kommun) is a municipality in Kalmar County, south-eastern Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Vimmerby. Stångån is a small river running through the municipality. The municipality was created by the local government reform of 1971, when the City of Vimmerby was (...) | |
50 | Enköping Municipality ![]() FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 10 Lat/Lng : 59.6333 / 17.0833 | Enköping Municipality (Enköpings kommun) is a municipality in Uppsala County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Enköping. The present municipality consists of nearly forty original local government units (...) | |
51 | ![]() | Havana ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 17 Lat/Lng : 23.1388 / -82.3573 | Havana (; Spanish: La Habana) is the capital city, largest city, province, major port, and leading commercial center of Cuba. The city has a population of 2.1 million inhabitants, and it spans a total of – making it the largest city by area, the most populous city, and the fourth largest (...) |
52 | Gothenburg Municipality ![]() FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 1 Lat/Lng : 57.7061 / 11.9536 | Gothenburg Municipality (Göteborgs kommun or Göteborgs stad) is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Gothenburg. The major part of the Gothenburg urban area (Göteborgs tätort) is situated within the municipality, but there are also some other (...) | |
53 | Älvsborg fortress ![]() FeatureType : landmark Lat/Lng : 57.685 / 11.8389 | Älvsborg (also Elfsborg Fortress) is a large sea fortress in Rivö fjord within modern Gothenburg, Sweden. Situated at the mouth of the Göta River, it protected medieval Sweden's only access to the North Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, along with the nearby settlement known today as Gothenburg (formerly (...) | |
54 | Haparanda Municipality ![]() FeatureType : adm2nd Lat/Lng : 65.8333 / 24.1333 | Haparanda Municipality is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Haparanda . In 1967 the "City of Haparanda" was merged with the rural municipalities Karl Gustav and Nedertorneå (...) | |
55 | ![]() | Höga Kusten Bridge ![]() FeatureType : landmark Lat/Lng : 62.7974 / 17.9382 | The High Coast Bridge (in Swedish Högakustenbron, or Vedabron by an alternative name) is a suspension bridge crossing the mouth of the river Ångermanälven near Veda, on the border between the Härnösand and Kramfors municipalities in the province of Ångermanland in northern Sweden (...) |
56 | ![]() | Edinburgh ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 129 Lat/Lng : 55.9496 / -3.1603 | Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas. Historically part of the county of Midlothian (or Edinburghshire), it is located in Lothian on the Firth of Forth's southern shore. Recognised as the capital of Scotland since at least the 15th century, Edinburgh is the seat (...) |
57 | ![]() | Genoa ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 36 Lat/Lng : 44.4067 / 8.9333 | Genoa (; ; ; English, historically, and) is the capital of the Italian region of Liguria and the sixth-largest city in Italy. In 2015, 594,733 people lived within the city's administrative limits. As of the 2011 Italian census, the Province of Genoa, which in 2015 became the Metropolitan City of (...) |
58 | Västergötland ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 194 Lat/Lng : 57.728 / 12.7 | Västergötland , also known as West Gothland or the Latinized version Westrogothia in older literature,Eric Linklater in The Life of Charles XII pp. 53-54 & throughout is one of the 25 traditional non-administrative provinces of Sweden (landskap in Swedish), situated in the southwest of Sweden (...) | |
59 | Skövde Municipality ![]() FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 153 Lat/Lng : 58.3889 / 13.8444 | Skövde Municipality (Skövde kommun) is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Skövde. The present municipality was formed in 1971 when the City of Skövde was amalgamated with five surrounding municipalities (...) | |
60 | Motala Municipality ![]() FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 101 Lat/Lng : 58.5361 / 15.0347 | Motala Municipality (Motala kommun) is a municipality in Östergötland County in southeast Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Motala. In 1971 Motala Municipality was formed by the amalgamation of the City of Motala with some of the adjacent rural municipalities (...) | |
61 | Skara ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 118 Lat/Lng : 58.3833 / 13.4333 | Skara is a locality and the seat of Skara Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 18,580 inhabitants in 2013. Despite its small size, it is one of the oldest cities in Sweden, and has a long educational and ecclesiastical history (...) | |
62 | ![]() | Tenerife ![]() FeatureType : isle Elevation : 2490 Lat/Lng : 28.2686 / -16.6056 | Tenerife is the largest and most populated island of the seven Canary Islands. It is also the most populated island of Spain, with a land area of and 898,680 inhabitants, 43 percent of the total population of the Canary Islands. Tenerife is the largest and most populous island of Macaronesia (...) |
63 | Karlstad Municipality ![]() FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 57 Lat/Lng : 59.3806 / 13.5047 | Karlstad Municipality (Karlstads kommun) is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Karlstad. The present municipality was established in 1971 when the former City of Karlstad was amalgamated with a number of surrounding rural municipalities. (...) | |
64 | Ljusdal Municipality ![]() FeatureType : adm2nd Lat/Lng : 61.8333 / 16.0833 | Ljusdal Municipality (Ljusdals kommun) is one of Sweden's 290 municipalities within Gävleborg County. Its seat is Ljusdal. The municipality was formed in 1971 by the amalgamation of the market town (köping) of Ljusdal (instituted in 1914) with the rural municipalities Järvsö, Färila, Los and Ramsjö (...) | |
65 | Hedemora Municipality ![]() FeatureType : adm2nd Lat/Lng : 60.2833 / 15.9833 | Hedemora Municipality (Hedemora kommun) is a municipality in Dalarna County in central Sweden. Its seat is in the city of Hedemora. In 1966 the City of Hedemora was amalgamated with the rural municipality by the same name and with Husby. (...) | |
66 | Vänersborg Municipality ![]() FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 44 Lat/Lng : 58.3833 / 12.3167 | Vänersborg Municipality (Vänersborgs kommun) is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Vänersborg. The present municipality was created during the local government reform in the early 1970s (...) | |
67 | Skellefteå Municipality ![]() FeatureType : adm2nd Lat/Lng : 64.75 / 20.9833 | Skellefteå Municipality is a municipality in Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Skellefteå. (...) | |
68 | Södertälje Municipality ![]() FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 10 Lat/Lng : 59.1833 / 17.6333 | Södertälje Municipality (Södertälje kommun) is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Södertälje. It borders to Lake Mälaren in the north and the Baltic Sea in the south, and within the Stockholm County to Nykvarn Municipality and Salem (...) | |
69 | Lysekil Municipality ![]() FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 17 Lat/Lng : 58.2833 / 11.4333 | Lysekil Municipality (Lysekils kommun) is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Lysekil. The present municipality was formed in 1971, when the City of Lysekil (instituted as such in 1903) was amalgamated with Stångenäs and the island of Skaftö (...) | |
70 | Jämtland ![]() FeatureType : adm1st Lat/Lng : 63.3333 / 14.3333 | Jämtland or Jamtland is a historical province in the centre of Sweden in northern Europe. It borders Härjedalen and Medelpad to the south, Ångermanland to the east, Lapland to the north and Trøndelag and Norway to the west. Jämtland covers an area of 34,009 square kilometres, 8 (...) | |
71 | Visby ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 26 Lat/Lng : 57.6333 / 18.2833 | Visby is a locality and the seat of Gotland Municipality in Gotland County, on the island of Gotland, Sweden with 24,330 inhabitants, . Visby is also the episcopal see for the Diocese of Visby. The Hanseatic city of Visby is arguably the best-preserved medieval city in Scandinavia and since 1995, it (...) | |
72 | Sollentuna Municipality ![]() FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 25 Lat/Lng : 59.4285 / 17.9519 | Sollentuna Municipality (Sollentuna kommun) is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden, north of Stockholm. Its seat of local government is located in Tureberg, which is a part of the Stockholm urban area (...) | |
73 | Gävle Municipality ![]() FeatureType : adm2nd Lat/Lng : 60.6756 / 17.1458 | Gävle Municipality (Gävle kommun) is a municipality in east central Sweden where the City Gävle is the municipal seat. Geographically the municipality is situated north of the mouth of the river Dalälven and is the southernmost municipality of the historical land of Norrland (...) | |
74 | Örnsköldsvik ![]() FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 63.2833 / 18.7333 | Örnsköldsvik is a locality and the seat of Örnsköldsvik Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden, with 32,953 inhabitants in 2017. Its natural harbour and archipelago is in the Gulf of Bothnia and the northern boundaries of the High Coast area (...) | |
75 | Falkenberg Municipality ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 14 Lat/Lng : 56.9033 / 12.4917 | Falkenberg Municipality (Falkenbergs kommun) is a municipality in Halland County on the Swedish west coast. The town Falkenberg is the municipal seat. The municipality was created in 1971 when the City of Falkenberg was amalgamated with six rural municipalities (themselves formed by the 1952 local (...) | |
76 | Emmaboda Municipality ![]() FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 124 Lat/Lng : 56.6292 / 15.5403 | Emmaboda Municipality (Emmaboda kommun) is a municipality in Kalmar County, in south-eastern Sweden. Its seat is located in the town Emmaboda. The present municipality was formed in 1971, when the market town (köping) of Emmaboda (itself instituted in 1930) was amalgamated with three surrounding (...) | |
77 | Varberg Fortress ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 25 Lat/Lng : 57.1058 / 12.2399 | Varberg Fortress is a former fortification in Varberg, Halland County, Sweden. (...) | |
78 | Gothenburg ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 1 Lat/Lng : 57.7061 / 11.9536 | Gothenburg (; abbreviated Gbg;) is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries, and part of Västra Götaland County. It is situated by Kattegat, on the west coast of Sweden, and has a population of approximately 570,000 in the city center and about 1 million (...) | |
79 | Sigtuna Municipality ![]() FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 14 Lat/Lng : 59.6167 / 17.725 | Sigtuna Municipality (Sigtuna kommun) is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Märsta, approximately north of the Swedish capital, Stockholm. The municipality is a part of Metropolitan Stockholm (...) | |
80 | Härjedalen ![]() FeatureType : adm2nd Lat/Lng : 62.109 / 13.59 | Härjedalen is a historical province or landskap in the centre of Sweden. It borders the country of Norway as well as the provinces of Dalarna, Hälsingland, Medelpad, and Jämtland. The province originally belonged to Norway, but was ceded to Sweden in the Treaty of Brömsebro, 1645. (...) | |
81 | Örnsköldsvik Municipality ![]() FeatureType : adm2nd Lat/Lng : 63.2833 / 18.7333 | Örnsköldsvik Municipality (Örnsköldsviks kommun) is one of Sweden's 290 municipalities, in Västernorrland County in northern Sweden. Its seat is in the town Örnsköldsvik. The present municipality was created in 1971 by the amalgamation of the City of Örnsköldsvik with seven former rural (...) | |
82 | Täby Municipality ![]() FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 19 Lat/Lng : 59.4417 / 18.0708 | Täby Municipality (Täby kommun) is a municipality north of Stockholm in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Täby. Täby Municipality can be characterized as a suburb of Stockholm (...) | |
83 | Dalaborg ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 53 Lat/Lng : 58.6034 / 12.6054 | Dalaborg is a ruined castle in Sweden. Dalaborg was built in 1304 by the Dukes Erik and Valdemar, the sons of Magnus Ladulås, on the western coast of Sweden, It was destroyed in 1434 during the Engelbrekt feud with King Birger (...) | |
84 | Ljungby ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 137 Lat/Lng : 56.8167 / 13.9167 | Ljungby is the central locality of Ljungby Municipality, Kronoberg County, Sweden, with 15,785 inhabitants in 2015. Ljungby was in 1829 instituted as a köping, or market town, and did not become a municipality of its own when the first local government acts took effect in 1863, but retained part of (...) | |
85 | Brännö ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 12 Lat/Lng : 57.6428 / 11.7783 | Brännö is an island in the Southern Göteborg Archipelago and a locality situated in Göteborg Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 708 inhabitants in 2010. and belongs to the parish of Styrsö within Gothenburg Municipality. (...) | |
86 | Vasaloppet ![]() FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 61.0075 / 14.5456 | (Swedish for 'the Vasa-race') is an annual long distance cross-country ski race held on the first Sunday of March. The course starts in the village of Sälen and ends in the town of Mora in northwestern Dalarna, Sweden (...) | |
87 | Skövde ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 153 Lat/Lng : 58.3889 / 13.8444 | Skövde (pronunciation) (pronunciation:) is a locality and urban centre in Skövde Municipality and Västra Götaland County, in the Västergötland (Western Gothland region) in central Southern Sweden. Skövde is situated some 150 km northeast of Gothenburg, between Sweden's two largest lakes, Vänern and (...) | |
88 | Red Wing, Minnesota ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 214 Lat/Lng : 44.5656 / -92.5347 | Red Wing (Formerly Known as Wahcoota) is a city in Goodhue County, Minnesota, United States, along the upper Mississippi River. The population was 16,459 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Goodhue County (...) | |
89 | Bollnäs Municipality ![]() FeatureType : adm2nd Lat/Lng : 61.3472 / 16.3944 | Bollnäs Municipality (Bollnäs kommun) is a municipality in Gävleborg County, east central Sweden. Its seat is located in Bollnäs. The municipality evolved during a series of local government reforms in the 1950s and 1970s. It consists of six original entities and has its present shape since 1977. (...) | |
90 | 2017 Stockholm truck attack ![]() FeatureType : event Elevation : 24 Lat/Lng : 59.3327 / 18.0624 | The 2017 Stockholm truck attack occurred on 7 April that year in central Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, when a hijacked lorry was deliberately driven into crowds along Drottninggatan (Queen Street) before being crashed through a corner of an Åhléns department store (...) | |
91 | Treaty of Fredrikshamn ![]() FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 60.5667 / 27.1833 | The Treaty of Fredrikshamn or the Treaty of Hamina was a peace treaty concluded between Sweden and Russia on 17 September 1809. The treaty concluded the Finnish War and was signed in the Finnish town of Hamina (...) | |
92 | Dalarna Regiment ![]() FeatureType : landmark Lat/Lng : 60.6059 / 15.6517 | The Dalarna Regiment , designations I 13 and I 13/Fo 53, was a Swedish Army infantry regiment that traced its origins back to the 16th century. The regiment's soldiers were originally recruited from the province of Dalarna, where it was later garrisoned (...) | |
93 | Diocese of Skara ![]() FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 120 Lat/Lng : 58.3864 / 13.4392 | The Diocese of Skara is the oldest existing diocese in Sweden, originally a Latin bishopric of the Roman Catholic church, and since Protestant reformation a Lutheran diocese of the Church of Sweden (the former state church of Sweden), with its seat at Skara in Västergötland (Skara Cathedral) (...) | |
94 | European Union ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 57 Lat/Lng : 50.8333 / 4.35 | The European Union (EU) is a political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. It has an area of and an estimated population of about 513 million. The EU has developed an internal single market through a standardised system of laws that apply in all member states in (...) | |
95 | Scania AB ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 13 Lat/Lng : 59.1706 / 17.6406 | Scania AB, formerly AB Scania-Vabis, is a major Swedish manufacturer of commercial vehicles – specifically heavy trucks and buses. It also manufactures diesel engines for heavy vehicles as well as marine and general industrial applications (...) | |
96 | Vadstena Abbey ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 105 Lat/Lng : 58.4506 / 14.8914 | The Abbey of Our Lady and of St. Bridget , more commonly referred to as Vadstena Abbey, situated on Lake Vättern in the Diocese of Linköping, Sweden, was the motherhouse of the Bridgettine Order. The abbey started on one of the farms donated to it by the king, but the town of Vadstena grew up around (...) | |
97 | Visborg ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 14 Lat/Lng : 57.6354 / 18.2861 | Visborg (Wisborg) refers to a fortress in the town of Visby on the Swedish island of Gotland. Successive fortresses were built in Visby (borg means fortress or castle), though Visborg is usually in reference to the castle built here by King Eric of Denmark, Norway and Sweden. (...) | |
98 | Zalando ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 44 Lat/Lng : 52.3773 / 13.3046 | Zalando SE is a German electronic commerce company based in Berlin. The company maintains a cross-platform online store that sells shoes, fashion and beauty items. The company was founded in Germany in 2008, and since has begun operating in fifteen European countries and worldwide with spin-offs and (...) | |
99 | Boden Fortress ![]() FeatureType : landmark Lat/Lng : 65.7914 / 21.6572 | Boden Fortress is a modern fortress consisting of several major and minor forts and fortifications surrounding the city of Boden, Norrbotten, in northern Sweden. The fortress was originally intended to stop or delay attacks from the east or coastal assaults, which at the time of construction meant (...) | |
100 | Mörsil ![]() FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 63.3086 / 13.6678 | Mörsil is a locality situated in Åre Municipality, Jämtland County, Sweden with 686 inhabitants in 2010. (...) | |
101 | Vestfold ![]() FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 117 Lat/Lng : 59.31 / 10.22 | Vestfold is a county in Norway, on the western shore of the Oslofjord. It borders Buskerud and Telemark. The county administration is in Tønsberg, Norway's oldest city,Norum, Roger (2011). Frommer’s Norway. Frommer’s. Page 4. .Evensberget, Snorre (2012). DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Norway. Penguin (...) | |
102 | Minot, North Dakota ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 490 Lat/Lng : 48.2331 / -101.2922 | Minot is a city in and the county seat of Ward County, North Dakota, United States, in the state's north-central region. It is most widely known for the Air Force base located approximately north of the city. With a population of 40,888 at the 2010 census, Minot is the fourth largest city in the (...) | |
103 | Battle of Gestilren ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 208 Lat/Lng : 58.1961 / 13.8272 | The Battle of Gestilren took place on July 17, 1210., nordstjernan.com. Retrieved April 24, 2014. The battle was fought between the exiled King of Sweden Sverker and the ruling King Eric X. Sverker had been beaten in the previous Battle of Lena, but returned with new forces (...) | |
104 | Society of Jesus ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 28 Lat/Lng : 41.9014 / 12.4606 | The Society of Jesus (SJ;) is a scholarly religious congregation of the Catholic Church which originated in sixteenth-century Spain. The members are called Jesuits .Spiteri, Stephen C. (2016). . University of Malta. p. 16 (...) | |
105 | Backa, Gothenburg ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 71 Lat/Lng : 57.7333 / 11.9667 | Backa is a suburb in Gothenburg, and was one of Gothenburg’s 20 districts.http://www.goteborg.se/wps/wcm/connect/6ab5ff80451ff70cbf86ff356b34a721/Backa%2Bbeskrivning%2Bav%2Bstadsdelen%5B1%5D.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CONVERT_TO=URL&CACHEID=6ab5ff80451ff70cbf86ff356b34a721 (20) Backa Beskrivning av (...) | |
106 | 2010 Stockholm bombings ![]() FeatureType : event Elevation : 26 Lat/Lng : 59.3357 / 18.0596 | On 11 December 2010, two bombs exploded in central Stockholm, killing the bomber. Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt and the Swedish Security Service (SÄPO) described the bombings as acts of terrorism (...) | |
107 | Scandinavian Mountains Airport ![]() FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 61.159 / 12.84 | Scandinavian Mountains Airport, also referred to as Sälen Trysil Airport, is an airport under construction in Dalarna, Sweden, close to the Norwegian border. It is planned to open in December 2019. It will be the first airport in the world built without an air traffic control tower, instead having a (...) | |
108 | Treaty of Malmö (1512) ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 9 Lat/Lng : 55.6025 / 13.0008 | The Treaty of Malmö (Swedish: Freden i Malmö, "The peace at Malmö") were actually two and a quarter peace treaties that were all signed on 23 April 1512, which brought an end to the second Dano-Swedish War. The first treaty included John, King of Denmark (Danish: Kong Hans) and Sweden (...) | |
109 | École centrale de Lyon ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 270 Lat/Lng : 45.7829 / 4.7693 | The École centrale de Lyon (ECL) is a research university in Lyon, France. Founded in 1857 by François Barthélemy Arlès-Dufour in response to the increasing industrialization of France, it is one of the oldest graduate schools in France.History École centrale de Lyon http://www.ec-lyon (...) | |
110 | National Defence Radio Establishment ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 29 Lat/Lng : 59.3321 / 17.8539 | The National Defence Radio Establishment (FRA) is a Swedish government agency organised under the Ministry of Defence. The two main tasks of FRA are signals intelligence (SIGINT), and support to government authorities and state-owned companies regarding computer security (...) | |
111 | Battle of Lena ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 161 Lat/Lng : 58.2333 / 13.8333 | The Battle of Lena occurred on January 31, 1208, and probably took place near Kungslena , which is located in the Tidaholm Municipality in Västergötland, Sweden. It was an important battle between the Danish-backed former King Sverker II of Sweden and Prince Eric (...) | |
112 | Swedish Hockey League ![]() FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 60.6667 / 17.1667 | The Swedish Hockey League (SHL;) is the highest division in the Swedish ice hockey system. The league currently consists of 14 teams. The league was founded in 1975, and while Swedish ice hockey champions have been crowned through various formats since 1922, the title, as well as the Le Mat Trophy, (...) | |
113 | HH Tunnel ![]() FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 56.03 / 12.65 | The HH Tunnel is a proposed tunnel, actually several tunnels, under Øresund between Helsingborg, Sweden and Helsingør, Denmark. The connection is planned for both road traffic, freight trains, and passenger trains. There is still no decision on the construction of the HH-route (...) | |
114 | England runestones ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 17 Lat/Lng : 59.5217 / 18.2396 | The England runestones (Swedish: Englandsstenarna) is a group of about 30 runestones that refer to Viking Age voyages to England. They constitute one of the largest groups of runestones that mention voyages to other countries, and they are comparable in number only to the approximately 30 Greece (...) | |
115 | Kronan (ship) ![]() FeatureType : landmark Lat/Lng : 56.4494 / 16.6722 | Kronan, also called Stora Kronan,The names mean "the crown" and "the great crown" respectively. For information on modern standardization of the naming, see Anders Franzén in Johansson (1985), p. 9; Lundgren (1997), p. 8 (...) | |
116 | Vapiano ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 68 Lat/Lng : 50.716 / 7.1278 | Vapiano is a German restaurant franchise company headquartered in Cologne. https://www.vapiano.com/en/imprint/ The chain's restaurants offer Italian food adhering to the fast-casual principle. Vapiano was established in 2002 in Hamburg.. In: Unternehmensregister. Bundesanzeiger Verlag (...) | |
117 | Icehotel (Jukkasjärvi) ![]() FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 67.8497 / 20.5944 | The Icehotel is a hotel rebuilt each year with snow and ice in the village of Jukkasjärvi, in northern Sweden, about from Kiruna. It is the world's first ice hotel., Los Angeles Times, Feb 9, 2003 After its first opening in 1990, the hotel has been rebuilt each year from December to April (...) | |
118 | Nemetschek ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 526 Lat/Lng : 48.1366 / 11.6882 | Nemetschek Group is a vendor of software for architects, engineers and the construction industry. The company develops and distributes solutions for designing, building and managing buildings and real estate as well as multimedia (...) | |
119 | European Energy Exchange ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 121 Lat/Lng : 51.3379 / 12.3791 | European Energy Exchange AG, Germany's energy exchange, is the leading energy exchange in Central Europe. It develops, operates and connects secure, liquid and transparent markets for energy and related products (...) | |
120 | Mary Immaculate College ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 20 Lat/Lng : 52.6531 / -8.6394 | Mary Immaculate College , also known as MIC, is a College of Education and Liberal Arts. Founded in 1898, the university level College of Education and the Liberal Arts is academically linked with the University of Limerick (...) | |