Roslagen

Swedish

Etymology

The definite form of roslag (earlier/dialectal rodslag; in compounds the form roslags- can be found), from rod (genitive rods; see Roden) + lag (“workgroup, team”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. check and clean up

Proper noun

Roslagen n (genitive Roslagens)

1. The coastal areas of Uppland.

Synonyms

• Roden (historical)

Further reading

• Roslagen on the Swedish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^sv