Editing Sweden proper

{{Short description|Term used to distinguish between fully integrated parts of Sweden and its territories}}
{{For|the origin of the word "Sweden"|Svealand}}
[[File:Swedish Empire.svg|thumb|[[Sweden]] at the height of its territorial expansion, following the [[Treaty of Roskilde]] in 1658. The map shows ''Sweden proper'' in dark green, represented in the [[Riksdag of the Estates]], while the other shades of green stand for different [[Dominions of Sweden|dominions]] and [[Possessions of Sweden|possessions]].]]
'''Sweden proper''' ({{langx|sv|Egentliga Sverige}}, literally ''Actual Sweden'') is a term used to distinguish those territories that were [[Lands of Sweden|fully integrated]] into the Kingdom of [[Sweden]], as opposed to the [[Dominions of Sweden|dominions]] and [[Possessions of Sweden|possessions]] of, or [[Political unions involving Sweden|states in union]] with, Sweden. Only the [[estates of the realm]] of Sweden proper were represented in the [[Riksdag of the Estates]].<ref>{{Cite book | title = Communities in European history: representations, jurisdictions, conflicts | author = Juan Pan-Montojo, Frederik Pedersen | publisher = Edizioni Plus | year = 2007 | isbn = 978-88-8492-462-9 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=T7aH-tU3x3UC&q=estonia%20governorate&pg=PA227 | page = 227 }}</ref>

Specifically this means that, from approximately 1155–1156 until the [[Treaty of Fredrikshamn]] in 1809, Sweden proper included the bulk of present-day [[Finland]] as a fully integrated part of the realm.<ref>{{citation|author=Jouko Vahtola|title=''History of Finland''|publisher=?|date=2003}}</ref>  After 1809, however, the term has been used to distinguish the western part from the former ''eastern half'' of the realm, i.e. Sweden from Finland.

[[Skåne]], [[Halland]], [[Blekinge]], and [[Bohuslän]], formerly parts of [[Denmark]] and [[Norway]], came under the [[Monarchy of Sweden|Swedish Crown]] by the [[Treaty of Roskilde]] in 1658, but it was not until 1719 that they were fully integrated and became part of Sweden proper.

Sweden proper, a geographical reference that has changed over time, contrasts with [[Finland Proper (historical province)|Finland Proper]], a province in southwestern Finland that gave its name to all of Finland.

== See also ==
*[[Svealand]]
*[[Lands of Sweden]]
*[[Provinces of Sweden]]

== References ==
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[[Category:Geography of Sweden|Proper]]
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