29-401: Södermanland ( Swedish pronunciation: [ˈsø̂ːdɛrmanˌland] or [ˈsø̌ː-] ), locally Sörmland , sometimes referred to under its Latinized form Sudermannia or Sudermania , is a historical province (or landskap ) on the south eastern coast of Sweden . It borders Östergötland , Närke , Västmanland and Uppland . It is also bounded by lake Mälaren and
58-593: A substantial amount from the Nordic Bronze Age . From the early Iron Age, before 1 AD, the finds are however more sparse. Then from the 5th and 6th centuries AD, the finds are again plenty, now of gold . In 1774, a treasure of 12 kg (26 lb) of gold from that time was found on a farm in Tureholm. From the Viking Age 300 runestones remain, second only to Uppland in quantity. The oldest, which
87-611: Is a Swedish term that historically was used for urban centers of various sizes. Since 1971, stad has no administrative or legal significance in Sweden. The status of towns in Sweden was formerly granted by a royal charter , comparable to the United Kingdom 's status of borough or burgh before the 1970s or city status today. Unless given such town privileges , a municipality could not call itself stad . To receive
116-596: Is a common practice for scientific names . For example, Livistona , the name of a genus of palm trees, is a Latinisation of Livingstone . During the age of the Roman Empire , translation of names into Latin (in the West) or Greek (in the East) was common. Additionally, Latinised versions of Greek substantives , particularly proper nouns , could easily be declined by Latin speakers with minimal modification of
145-403: Is administered by Södermanlands Fotbollförbund . Ice hockey is also popular, with Södertälje SK . Latinisation of names Latinisation (or Latinization ) of names , also known as onomastic Latinisation , is the practice of rendering a non - Latin name in a modern Latin style. It is commonly found with historical proper names , including personal names and toponyms , and in
174-631: Is dated from the late 6th century, is the Skåäng Runestone . The earliest recorded history is generally of the legendary kind. Before the 7th century it is deemed to have been governed by petty kingdoms . This period ended when Ingjald the Ill-Ruler allegedly had a number of local rulers arsoned around 640. Nyköping has remnents of city structures in the archeological record from around 600. The excavated remnants if buildings were of several types with boat houses for longboats, according to
203-439: Is internationally consistent. Latinisation may be carried out by: Humanist names, assumed by Renaissance humanists , were largely Latinised names, though in some cases (e.g. Melanchthon ) they invoked Ancient Greek . Latinisation in humanist names may consist of translation from vernacular European languages, sometimes involving a playful element of punning. Such names could be a cover for humble social origins. The title of
232-659: Is the Hildebrand family portrait from 1713 (at Nynäs Manor , in Södermanland), depicting the merchant and industrialist Henrik Jacob Hildebrand and his wife Anna Sofia Amya on the occasion of their 50th anniversary surrounded by their over twenty children and grandchildren, as well as some deceased relatives in paintings on the wall in the background. The area has been inhabited since the Stone Age, and medieval churches, runestones and graveyards are plentiful throughout
261-414: Is to the south towards Kolmården. Both the city of Stockholm and Stockholm County are divided in the middle between Södermanland (southern part) and Uppland (northern part). The population of Södermanland is 1,320,477 as of 31 December 2016. It is distributed over three counties as follows: Södermanland is, with 160 inhabitants per square kilometre (410/sq mi), the most densely populated of
290-619: The Baltic Sea . Södermanland means "(The) Land of the Southern Men", where the "southern men" ( södermännen ) were the people living south of Uppland. The traditional provinces of Sweden serve no administrative or political purposes, but are historical and cultural entities. There is a corresponding administrative Södermanland County . However, the bulk of the population is within Stockholm County . The coat of arms
319-563: The episcopal seat with a bishop and cathedral . It was for a long time the only diocese of the province. In 1942 the Diocese of Stockholm was established, claiming parts of the Strängnäs territory. The first affirmative records date from the 13th century. King Magnus Ladulås was given the province in 1266, and settled himself on the manor at Nyköping. Nyköping became one of the most important cities in Sweden. In 1317, Nyköping become
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#1732772570028348-759: The " Wilhelmus ", national anthem of the Netherlands , preserves a Latinised form of the name of William the Silent . In English, place names often appear in Latinised form. This is a result of many early text books mentioning the places being written in Latin. Because of this, the English language often uses Latinised forms of foreign place names instead of anglicised forms or the original names. Examples of Latinised names for countries or regions are: Latinisation
377-587: The 18th century was Östersund (1786). In 1863 the first local government acts were implemented in Sweden. Of the around 2,500 municipalities that were created, 88 were chartered towns. The main difference between these and other municipalities was that a stad had its own jurisdiction , i.e. independent town courts. There were also laws on urban planning and building ( Byggnadstadgan 1874 ), fire prevention ( Brandstadgan 1874 ), public order ( Ordningsstadgan 1868 ) and public health ( Hälsovårdsstadgan 1874 ) which were compulsory applicable to towns. Prior to 1900,
406-477: The countryside. Of buildings, the arguably most impressive is the castle of Gripsholm . Nearby is the Gripsholm Runestone , a typical Viking Runestone, commemorating an earlier Viking expedition. The cemetery Skogskyrkogården in southern Stockholm is a UNESCO World Heritage Site . Södermanland was historically divided into chartered cities and into hundreds . Football in the province
435-422: The difference between rural and urban areas. Police forces and district courts , as well as taxation, were centralized under state agencies, making the administration uniform all over Sweden. The amalgamations of municipalities reduced the number of local government units from a maximum of 2,532 in 1930 to less than 300 today. Consequently, by 1970 most municipalities contained both rural and urban areas. Since
464-746: The early 19th century, Europe had largely abandoned Latin as a scholarly language (most scientific studies and scholarly publications are printed in English), but a variety of fields still use Latin terminology as the norm. By tradition, it is still common in some fields to name new discoveries in Latin. And because Western science became dominant during the 18th and 19th centuries, the use of Latin names in many scholarly fields has gained worldwide acceptance, at least when European languages are being used for communication. City status in Sweden Stad (Swedish: ' town; city ' ; plural städer )
493-527: The excavations 2010-2011 at Åkroken 3 (Report 2016:77). The boat houses were in use for about 400 years, during vendel era and viking age. The oldest city with the historical city status in Södermanland was Södertälje , a privilege granted around 1000. Nyköping received the privilege in 1187. In the 13th century, Stockholm was granted the privilege; in the 14th century followed by Strängnäs , Torshälla and Trosa . Around 1100, Strängnäs became
522-445: The heights. There are three major water regions . One in the west, where lake Hjälmaren drains into Mälaren. There is a second water region on Södertörn , which is rather small in size and has no larger lakes. Smaller lakes in that region include Bornsjön (6.5 km (2.5 sq mi)), Orlången (2.5 km (0.97 sq mi)), and Magelungen (2.9 km (1.1 sq mi)) as well as Naten lake. The third region
551-649: The location of the infamous Nyköping Banquet where King Birger had both his brothers murdered to take possession of the crown and avenge earlier wrong-deeds. In 1523 the King Gustav Vasa , referred to as the Sweden's Father of the Nation , was crowned in Strängnäs. The date, 6 June, eventually is commemorated as the national holiday . Charles IX , a son of Gustav Vasa, favoured the province, fortifying castles and establishing early industries . The largest of very many paintings made by David von Krafft
580-651: The original word. During the medieval period , after the Empire collapsed in Western Europe , the main bastion of scholarship was the Roman Catholic Church , for which Latin was the primary written language. In the early medieval period, most European scholars were priests and most educated people spoke Latin, and as a result, Latin became firmly established as the scholarly language for the West. By
609-461: The privileges, there were several requirements a municipality needed to fulfill, like being of a certain size, and to have certain facilities. The criteria varied over time as they were at the discretion of the Riksdag or the monarch , but they could include a permanent town council hall and a prison. In the majority of cases, before a town received its charter, it would have previously been given
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#1732772570028638-455: The provinces. A great part of Stockholm urban area is situated within its limits. Södermanland is one of the ancient Swedish provinces. People probably settled there in the early Stone Age , from which time the earliest remains date. There are a total of 96,000 known ancient remains such as grave fields, coins, knives, etc. There are prominent finds especially from the Neolithic , but also
667-419: The seat of Gotland Municipality , but is no political entity of its own. Some former towns have also grown together, forming one urban area. A few municipalities which used to be towns still style themselves as stad , e.g. Stockholm , Gothenburg and Malmö . There are also municipalities with considerable rural areas that market themselves with the term. Statistics Sweden defines the term stad as
696-545: The seat of their respective municipalities though the term is no longer an administrative term. In some municipalities there can be more than one former town, e.g. Eskilstuna and Torshälla in Eskilstuna Municipality , Kungälv and Marstrand in Kungälv Municipality , or Jönköping , Huskvarna and Gränna , which all three now are part of Jönköping Municipality . The town of Visby is
725-462: The standard binomial nomenclature of the life sciences. It goes further than romanisation , which is the transliteration of a word to the Latin alphabet from another script (e.g. Cyrillic ). For authors writing in Latin, this change allows the name to function grammatically in a sentence through declension . In a scientific context, the main purpose of Latinisation may be to produce a name which
754-526: The status of köping or "merchant town". Exceptions to this would be when a town was founded under Royal supervision, in which case it would often bear the name of the monarch, such as Kristianstad or Karlskrona (named after kings Christian IV of Denmark and Karl XI of Sweden ). In the Late Middle Ages , c. 1450 , Sweden (excluding Finland ) had 41 chartered towns. By 1680 there were 83. The only town founded and chartered during
783-428: The two minor towns of Borgholm and Haparanda lost their courts, but retained the title of stad . Of the new towns chartered between 1901 and 1951 (44, making the total number of towns 133), not a single one was given its own jurisdiction, but remained under what was called landsrätt ("rural jurisdiction"). In the middle of the 20th century many administrative reforms were carried out that continued to diminish
812-454: The urban and rural municipalities also with time got the same duties towards citizens, it became unnecessary to differentiate between towns and other municipalities, as all had the same powers. Since 1 January 1971, all municipalities are designated as kommun , regardless of their former status. Most of the urban areas of Sweden which once were chartered towns are today still usually referred to as stad . The majority of them are also house
841-619: Was granted in 1560. The arms is represented with a ducal coronet. Blazon: "Or, a Griffin rampant Sable beaked, langued, membered and armed Gules." The same CoA was granted for the county in 1940. Södermanland is situated between lake Mälaren to the north and the Baltic Sea to the south and east. In the south, the border to Östergötland is comprised by the Kolmården forest. The terrain is flat, with its highest altitude being Skogsbyås at 124 m (407 ft) elevation. The terrain largely consists of water filled hollows covered with woods on
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