Helsingia

Helsingia, or Hälsingland, is a historical province or landskap in the north of Sweden. It borders to Gestricia, Dalecarlia, Herdalia, Medelpadia and to the Gulf of Bothnia.

Hälsingland Land Norrland County Gävleborg Area 14,200 km² Provincial flower - Swedish - Latin Flax Lin Linium usitatissimum Provincial animal Lynx Provincial bird Ural owl Provincial fish Ide

Table of contents

1 County 2 History 3 Geography 4 Culture 5 Heraldry 6 External Links

County

For current affairs see: County of Gävleborg

The province of Helsingia comprises the northern part of the County of Gävleborg. Minor parts in the west belongs to the County of Jämtland.

History

Main article: History of Helsingia

Chartered cities before 1971:

• Bollnäs (1942)
• Hudiksvall (1582)
• Söderhamn (1620)

The town of Hudiksvall, one of the oldest in Norrland, was ransacked by Russian troops in 1721.

Geography

Main article: Geography of Helsingia

Culture

Main article: Culture of Helsingia

Archbishop Nathan Söderblom, Nobel Prize laureate for Peace in 1930, was born in Helsingia in 1866.

Heraldry

Main article: Heraldry of Helsingia

Arms granted in 1560. In the original representation the goat was not standing on its hind legs. The arms is represented showing a dukal coronet. Blazon: "Sable, a Goat rampant Or attired and hoofed Gules."

External Links

• Hälsingland.nu