The Swedish EuGeo Map collection

  - Table of Contents -

1.  The state and the country                 (maps:)

1.1  Population density

Population Density 1989

1.2  The building of the territory

Traditional Provinces 
Traditional Regions 
Territory, 10th century 
Territory, 15th century 
Territory, 1660 A.D. 
Territory, from 1814 

1.3  Political and administrative systems

County divisions, 2000 
Municipal divisions, 2000

1.4  The physical framework

Types of Terrain 
Soils, Northern Sweden
Soils, Southern Sweden 
Highest Marine shoreline and Ice-dammed lakes 
Number of days with snow cover 
Length of growing season

2.  Landscape units and land use

 

2.1  General structure of the land use

CORINE - land cover data 

2.2  Landscape units

Distribution of cultivation

Landscape examples:

Karesuando 
The High Coast 
Åre 
Sollerön 
Vadstena 
Kallskär archipelago 
Ljungan river valley 
The South Swedish upland 
Söderslätt, Skåne 

3.  Economy, towns and society

 

3.1  Evolution of the national economic space

Industrial Regions 1960 
Dominant sector: Counties 1891 
Dominant sector: Counties 1951 
Dominant sector: Counties 1991 
Dominant sector: Municipalities 1960 
Dominant sector: Municipalities 1990 

3.2  Urban network and urban landscapes

Population density zones 

Urban examples:

Stockholm 
Göteborg 
Malmö 
Uppsala 
Lund 
Sundsvall 

3.3  Transport networks

Road network 
Traffic flow, lorry transports 
Railway lines and Bus routes 
Airports and Airline network 

3.4  Demographic and socio-economic
               patterns and changes

Population changes 1975 
Population changes 1980 
Population changes 1985 
Population changes 1990 
Inhabitants 65 years old or older 

3.5  Political pattern

Parliament elections 1998 
Parliament elections 2002

4.  Principles of town and country planning

 

4.1  General overview and physical planning

Landscapes protected by law 
Municipal Plan (Kungälv) 
Regional Plan (Stockholm) 
Detailed Plan (Vallentuna)

4.2  The quality of waters

pH of the soil 
Acidification of lakes, before liming 1990 
Acidification of lakes, after liming 1990 

5.  Specific topics

 

EU membership:

- Recreation patterns:

Referendum on Swedish EU-membership 1994
Proposed development areas, 1995

Second homes

Last updated: 2004-07-20