No other historical province of Sweden is probably as well known as Sm\u00e5land. This is partly because of the immense popularity of the childrens’ books of Astrid Lindgren, who allowed many of her stories to take place there, where she grew up herself. Sm\u00e5land has more to offer though than the idyll of Katthult\u0085
While the vast majority of the stories in L\u00f6nneberga or the children of Noisy Village are known, few know about the highly interesting history of this historic province. This once consisted of many small areas (in Swedish: sm\u00e5 land). They had the right on own legal systems and assemblies. This evolved into the areas differences and quirks that are still characteristic for the region: The historical Sm\u00e5land is now divided into five provinces J\u00f6nk\u00f6ping l\u00e4n, Kalmar l\u00e4n Kronoberg, Halland and \u00d6sterg\u00f6tlands l\u00e4n.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sm\u00e5land is located in the southern part of Sweden, extending from the Baltic coast to the northwest by the V\u00e4ttern lake. It borders to the historic provinces of Sk\u00e5ne and Blekinge in the south and to \u00d6sterg\u00f6tland, V\u00e4sterg\u00f6tland and Halland in the north west. As different as the regions is the nature of Sm\u00e5land: Extensive coniferous forests interspersed with large swamps, and again there are many smaller and larger lakes. Just as we know it from the film adaptations of the childrens’ books of Astrid Lindgren.
Sm\u00e5land is not only famous as the scene of Astrid Lindgren’s stories, which can be admired at the amusement park “Astrid Lindgren’s World” in Vimmerby. Sm\u00e5land is also known for its glass factories. In the Kingdom of Crystal (Swedish: Glasriket) around the city of V\u00e4xj\u00f6 you can visit the glass blowers craft in 14 active glass blowing workshops, and exhibitions of glass art invite you to admire the crafts. Other cities well worth a visit are for example J\u00f6nk\u00f6ping and Oskarshamn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So visit the varied Sm\u00e5land and you enter into the idyllic scenery of the stories of Astrid Lindgren, in typically Scandinavian nature and the fascinating world of glass art!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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