Category: Scandinavia
Province: Hameen laani (Tavastehus lanHame). Altitude: 85 m (279 ft). Population: 41,000. Postal code: SF-13100. Telephone code: 9 17. Kanta-Hameen Matkailutoimisto, Raatihuoneenkatu 13: tel. 20 23 88 and 20 …
HOTELS. Grand, 222 Victoria, 37 Lilleskogen Turistheim, 42 Holms Motel, 54 b. The former county town of Larvik is set attractively on the Norwegian S coast. To the S …
County: Oppland fylke. Altitude: 180 m (590 ft). Population: 22,000. Postal code: N-2600. Telephone code: 0 62. Turistkontor, Storgata 56; tel. 510 98. HOTELS. Turisthotel, 260 SP, SB; Oppland …
Provinces: Skaraborgs Ian, Ostergotlands Ian, Orebro Ian, Jonkbpings Ian. Regions: Vastergotland, Ostergotland, Narke, Smaland Lake Vattern, Sweden’s second largest lake (length 130 km (80 miles), greatest width 30 km …
Provinces: Jonkopings Ian, Kronoborgs Ian, Kalmar Ian, Hallands Ian. Smaland is notable among the regions of Sweden for its many lakes. The uplands in the northern part of the …
Counties; Oppland fylke, Sogn og Fjordane fylke. Altitude: 2468 m (8098 ft). The ‘Jotunheim, the largest of the few Alpine-type regions on the Norwegian high plateau, extends from the …
DENMARK Emergence of the Danish state; the Viking age 7th and 8th c. The coming of the Danes. The Scandinavian Danes occupy southern Sweden, the islands and Jutland, driving …
Helsinki, capital of Finland from 1812, was given a neo-classical aspect by the Berlin architect Johann Carl Ludwig Engel (1778-1840) in the first half of the 19th but the …
Provinces: Varmlands Ian, Alvsborgs Ian, Skaraborgs Ian. Regions: Varmland, Dalsland, Vastergotland. Lake Vanern, Sweden’s largest lake (area 5546 sq. km 2170 sq. miles), lies in a tectonic basin in …
Province: Jamtlands Ian. Regions: Jamtland and Harjedalen. The Harjedal, with an area of 11,776 sq. km (4550 sq. miles) and a population of some 13,000, is one of the …