Attundaland
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thumb|300px|Folklands in Svitjod (Uppland/Gästrikland) red = Tiunda cyan = Attunda yellow = Roden green = Fjärdhundra The coast line has changed considerably in the last millennium due to [[Post-glacial rebound. Originally there was a sea bay coming in from the north all the way into Uppsala]]
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thumb|300px|Folklands in Svitjod (Uppland/Gästrikland) red = Tiunda cyan = Attunda yellow = Roden green = Fjärdhundra The coast line has changed considerably in the last millennium due to [[Post-glacial rebound. Originally there was a sea bay coming in from the north all the way into Uppsala]]
Attundaland (or the land of the eight hundreds) was the name given to the southeastern part of the present day province of Uppland, north of Stockholm. Its name refers to its role of providing 800 men and 32 ships for the leidang of the Swedish kings at Uppsala.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Attundaland” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.