Swedish

Noun

landsting n

1. a representative body (ting) for a country (land), a parliament, in various geographical and historical contexts
2. a county council;^[1] administrative bodies in Sweden, established in 1863, handle health care and public transport
3. a zemstvo, a regional representation (district council) in Russia, 1864–1917
   • Tolstoy, Anna Karenina, part 1, chapter 8

     — Nå, hur går det med ert landsting? — frågade Sergej Ivanovitj, som var livligt intresserad av landstingen och tillskrev dem stor betydelse.

     "Well, how is your district council doing?" asked Sergey Ivanovitch, who was greatly interested in these local boards and attached great importance to them.

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Usage notes

• In the 1990s thru 2010s, ever more landsting in Sweden adjust their structure and change their names to region. Compounded words change to region- or regional-, e.g. regionfullmäktige, regionråd, regionstyrelse, etc.

References

1. ↑ Utrikes namnbok (7th ed., 2007) ISBN 978-913832379-3