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Norrbotten County

Also known as Norrbottens län

county (län) in Sweden

AI overview

Norrbotten County is a county (län) located in Sweden. It is one of Sweden's administrative divisions in the northern part of the country.

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Vinony's link graph records 648 inbound references to Norrbotten County, and connects out to Lapland, Sámi people and Meänkieli.

The entry is geolocated on the map in SE, across 2 mapped points.

It is catalogued under topics including 1810 establishments in Sweden, Counties of Sweden and Lapland (Sweden).

Vinony links it to 80 Wikipedia language editions.

Wikidata facts

Official name: Norrbottens län
Population: 248927
Area: 6966.52
Elevation: 412
Official website: www.lansstyrelsen.se/norrbotten
Image: Vuojatädno river from a bridge along the Padjelantaleden in Stora Sjöfallet National Park (DSCF0941).jpg
Licence plate code: BD

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inception: 1810-05-21
Commons category: Norrbotten County
native label: Norrbottena leatna
P11012: Düsseldorf

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Encyclopedic overview

Norrbotten County is the northernmost county or län of Sweden. It is also the largest county by land area, almost a quarter of Sweden's total area. It shares borders with Västerbotten County to the southwest, the Gulf of Bothnia to the southeast, the counties of Nordland and Troms in Norway to the northwest, and Lapland Province in Finland to the northeast.

The name "Norrbotten" is also used for a province of the same name. Norrbotten province covers only the eastern part of Norrbotten County with the inland mostly belonging to the Swedish Lapland province (Lappland).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Norrbotten County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.