- Province flowers of Sweden
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Province flowers are species of plants selected to represent each province of Sweden. The origin of province flowers came from the American idea of state flowers, and was brought to Sweden by August Wickström and Paul Petter Waldenström in 1908. Waldenström published the proposal to introduce province flowers in the May 288, 1908 edition of the newspaper Stockholms Dagblad, and requested suggestions of species from the country's botanics. A list was put together on June 7, 1908, by professor Veit B. Wittrock from the Botanical Garden in Stockholm.[1] Scania and Hälsingland violently opposed the plants that were selected to represent them; Scania was given European Beech but wanted oxeye daisy, while Hälsingland was given Scots Pine but wanted flax. Erik E:son Hammar, a pastor and politician in Sweden, granted the two provinces' wish to change their province flowers in 1909.[2] There is still debate amongst several other provinces over which species should represent them and they have therefore been given two province flowers.[1]
List
Province Image Local name Scientific name Blekinge Ek Quercus robur Kungsljus Verbascum thapsus Bohuslän Vildkaprifol Lonicera periclymenum Dalarna Blåklocka Campanula rotundifolia Ängsklocka Campanula patula Dalsland Förgätmigej Myosotis scorpioides Gotland Murgröna Hedera helix Gästrikland Liljekonvalj Convallaria majalis Halland Hårginst Genista pilosa Hälsingland Lin Linum usitatissimum Härjedalen Mosippa Pulsatilla vernalis Fjällviol Viola biflora Jämtland Brunkulla Gymnadenia nigra Lappland Fjällsippa Dryas octopetala Medelpad Gran Picea abies Smörboll Trollius europaeus Norrbotten Åkerbär Rubus arcticus Närke Gullviva Primula veris Skåne Prästkrage Leucanthemum vulgare Småland Linnea Linnaea borealis Södermanland Vit näckros Nymphaea alba Uppland Kungsängslilja Fritillaria meleagris Värmland Skogsstjärna Trientalis europaea Västerbotten Kung Karls spira Pedicularis sceptrum-carolinum Västergötland Ljung Calluna vulgaris Västmanland Mistel Viscum album Ångermanland Styvmorsviol Viola tricolor Öland Ölandssolvända Helianthemum oelandicum Östergötland Blåklint Centaurea cyanus References
- ^ a b Nilsson, Ulf (May 10, 2009). "Den 100-åriga liljekonvaljen" (in Swedish). Arbetarbladet. http://arbetarbladet.se/merlasning/ulfivarshistoria/1.1028255. Retrieved 2009-06-20.
- ^ Hamrin, Örjan (2003). "Vilken är Dalarnas landskapsblomma?". In Raihle, Jan; Ståhl, Elisabeth (in Swedish). Dalarnas hembygdsbok. 73. Falun: Dalarnas fornminnes- och hembygdsförbund. ISBN 91-87466-66-X.
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