Traditional Regions
The historical provinces of Sweden are traditionally grouped into the three national districts of Svealand, Götaland and Norrland, a division which has its practical uses even today, not the least in weather forecasts. Svealand and Götaland, known to scholars since Antiquity, were as late as the Middle Ages recognized as the early realms of two different peoples.They were separated by a zone of deep and wild forests, Kolmården, Tiveden and Tylöskog. The former Danish-Norwegian provinces in southern Sweden were added to Götaland in the 17th century. Norrland was given its name by the more southerly inhabitants in the late medieval period.

See also ' Traditional Provinces'