Roslagen
Roslagen is the name of the coastal areas of
Uppland in
Sweden, which also constitutes the northern part of the
Stockholm archipelago. Roslagen consists of the four
Swedish municipalities Norrtälje,
Vaxholm,
Österåker and
Östhammar.
Historically it was the name of all the coastal areas of the
Baltic Sea, including the eastern parts of lake
Mälaren, belonging to
Svealand. The name is derived from
Roden, which is the coastal eqivalent to inland
Hundreds. When the King would call to
Leidang, the
Viking Age equivalent to military conscript service, a Roden district was responsible for raising a number of ships for the leidang
navy.
Etymologically Roden, or Roslagen, is the root of the
Finnish and
Estonian names for
Sweden:
Ruotsi and
Rootsi. The background of
Rus', as in
Kievan Rus',
Ruthenia, and
Russia, is the same as in the Finnish and Estonian usage and is believed to derive from
Varangians, the people from Roslagen.
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Attundaland*
Fjärdhundraland*
Tiundaland*
Stone of Mora*
Suiones*
:Category:Ship Districts of Roslagen* http://www.roslagen.se/ Tourism page
