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GtalandGtaland, Gothia, Gothland http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/OMACL/Volsunga/, Gotland (AHD), Gautland or Geatland, is a historical land of Sweden, and was a separate kingdom, before Sweden was unified. The inhabitants were called Gautar in Old Norse. It is generally agreed that the inhabitants of Gtaland were the same as the Geatas, the people of the hero Beowulf in England's national epic by the same name. There is, however, a long-standing dispute whether the Goths emigrated from Gtaland. Geographically it is located in the south of Sweden, bounded to the north by Svealand. Deep woods (Tiveden, Tylskog and Kolmrden) constitute the borders to Svealand in the North, like Finnveden did to Danish Terra Scania in the South. Provinces Gtaland is made up of the following six provinces: History Westrogothia and Ostrogothia, once rival kingdoms themselves, constitute Gtaland proper. The Geatish kings, however, belong to the domain of Norse mythology. The small countries to the south of Finnveden, Kind, Mre, Njudung, Tjust, Tveta, Vrend, Ydre where merged into the province of Smalandia (literally: the "small countries"). Off the coast of Smland was the island of land, which became its own province. Dal to the north west became the province of Dalia. Smalandia, Oelandia and Dalia were seen as lands belonging to Gtaland already in the (Scandinavian) medieval times (12th–15th century). In the Treaty of Roskilde (1658), the Danish kingdom ceded Terra Scania and Bahusia to Sweden. Skneland, which had constituted the eastern part of Denmark, became the Swedish provinces of Scania, Hallandia and Blechingia. The new provinces came to be counted to Gtaland. The island of Gotland shifted allegiance between Swedes and Danes several times. Although the island may be perceived to have closer links to Svealand, it's in a Swedish mindset actually counted to Gtaland. In the early 19th century the province of Wermelandia did for a time belong to the Court of Appeal for Svealand. Even though Vrmland historically was a part of Gtaland, it has since then been counted to Svealand. See also
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