Comments (Meaning / History Only)
Svea is not the word for Sweden in Swedish. [noted -ed]
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The name of Sweden in modern Swedish is Sverige. Svea Rike is the old name, used several centuries ago.
Svea lives on, though, in the name of the central region of Sweden: Svealand. The southern region is called Götaland and the northern Norrland.
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Svea lives on, though, in the name of the central region of Sweden: Svealand. The southern region is called Götaland and the northern Norrland.
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Svea was originally (during the 1600-1700's) ONLY used as a term for Sweden. It wasn't until the poet Tegnèr published his poem Svea in 1817 that it started getting used as a given name.
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