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1 Extent and characteristics  





2 Population  





3 Notes  





4 References  





5 See also  





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Mälaren Valley






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Coordinates: 59°30N 16°45E / 59.5°N 16.75°E / 59.5; 16.75
 

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Lake Mälaren and the central parts of the Mälaren Valley

The Mälaren Valley (Swedish: Mälardalen), occasionally referred to as Stockholm-Mälaren Region (Stockholm-mälarregionen), is the easternmost part of Svealand, the catchment area of Lake Mälaren and the surrounding municipalities. The term is often used interchangeably for the extended capital region of SwedenasStockholm is located at the lake's eastern end, at its outlet in the Baltic Sea.

Red cottages that are typical of the Mälaren Valley

Extent and characteristics[edit]

The Mälaren Valley, which never has been defined as an official region, has throughout Swedish history instead been shared by several provincesUppland, Södermanland, Västmanland, and Närke — and, in modern times, by several countiesStockholm, Uppsala, Södermanland, Örebro, and Västmanland. In most cases, the Lake Hjälmaren region is included into the Mälaren Valley Region, if nothing else, for historical and cultural reasons.

Notwithstanding this, most people in Sweden will have a clear notion of what characterises the Mälaren Valley, while few of them will be able to define what those characteristics are more precisely. Arguably, this is because the region is not only homogeneous and has been so for many centuries, but also have had a tremendous influence on shared Swedish history and therefore never had to define its symbols or accentuate its distinctive features. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries when modern Swedish nationalism evolved, traits conceived as typical Swedish were more often than not characteristics of the Mälaren Valley. For example, the Falu red cottage with white corners, often iterated as a traditional Swedish building style, is common in the Mälaren Valley, but would stand out on the Swedish west coast. Similarly, what is referred to as Standard Swedish is often difficult to distinguish from dialects spoken around Lake Mälaren. One of the distinctive features of the region is its many large mansions — one of the finest surviving examples, the World Heritage Site Engelsberg Ironworks in the north-west corner of the region, is thought of as representative for Sweden in general.[1]

Population[edit]

Larger cities outside Greater Stockholm include Uppsala (population: 165,456), Västerås (128,534), Örebro (126,009), Södertälje (75,773) and Eskilstuna (70,342).[2] As of 31 December 2020 more than 3.6 million people lived in this region, which may also be confined to a much smaller geographical area around Stockholm and Mälaren proper.

County Capital Area¹ Population[3] Density²
Stockholm County Stockholm 6,514 2,391,990 367.2
Uppsala County Uppsala 8,189 388,394 47.4
Örebro County Örebro 8,504 305,643 35.9
Södermanland County Nyköping 6,072 299,401 49.3
Västmanland County Västerås 5,117 277,141 54.2
Total 34,396 3,662,569 106.5
  1. Land area in km2
  2. Population per km2

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Flygare
  • ^ "Localities 2018 – population, land area, population density" (XLSX). Statistics Sweden. 23 March 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  • ^ "Population density per sq. km by region, sex, observations and year". Statistics Sweden. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  • References[edit]

    See also[edit]

    External links[edit]

    59°30′N 16°45′E / 59.5°N 16.75°E / 59.5; 16.75


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