landshövding

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From land +‎ -s- +‎ hövding.

Noun

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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

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

Derived terms

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See also

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References

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

Further reading

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