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Early Sweden and its inhabitants. — The territory inhabited by the early Swedes was but a part of what is now known as the country of Sweden. The Lapps and Finns lived in the northern districts, and occupied a large portion of what is now called Norrland. The Norwegians held considerable territory in the west and northwest, and the extreme southern part was inhabited by the Danes.

It is not definitely known

It has formerly been held

The early inhabitants