landshövding

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Swedish[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From land +‎ -s- +‎ hövding.

Noun[edit]

landshövding c

  1. a county governor;[1] the highest representative of the national government in the local counties of Sweden
  2. a province governor; the highest representative of the national government in the local provinces of Finland (until 2009, when provinces were abolished)

Declension[edit]

Declension of landshövding 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative landshövding landshövdingen landshövdingar landshövdingarna
Genitive landshövdings landshövdingens landshövdingars landshövdingarnas

Derived terms[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Utrikes namnbok (7th ed., 2007) →ISBN

Further reading[edit]

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