Jämtland

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Traditional summer houses, buvåll "critter house" in Jämtland. 'Bu' is cognate to the English word "booth" and 'våll' to "weald"

Jämtland () (Latin: Iemptia) or Jamtland () is a historical province or landskap in the center of Sweden in northern Europe. It borders to Härjedalen and Medelpad in the south, Ångermanland in the east, Lapland in the north and Trøndelag and Norway in the west. Jämtland covers an area of 34,009 square kilometres, 8.3% of Sweden's total area and is the second largest province in Sweden. It has a population of 112,717, the majority of whom live in Storsjöbygden, the area surrounding lake Storsjön. Östersund is Jämtland's only city and is the 24th most populous city in Sweden.