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Øst-Trøndelag (, Norwegian name; or ''Öst-Tröndelag'', ; ) or Aust-Trøndelag is an unofficial and
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name for the Swedish regions
Jämtland Jämtland () is a historical provinces of Sweden, province () in the centre of Sweden in northern Europe. It borders Härjedalen and Medelpad to the south, Ångermanland to the east, Lapland, Sweden, Lapland to the north and Trøndelag and Norw ...
and Härjedalen which until 1645 belonged to
Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...
. As the name suggests, the region lies to the east of the Norwegian region of
Trøndelag Trøndelag (; or is a county and coextensive with the Trøndelag region (also known as ''Midt-Norge'' or ''Midt-Noreg,'' "Mid-Norway") in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County (); in 1804 the county was ...
. The toponym is a
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with no historic merit, since all of historic Trøndelag was returned to Norway in 1660 following a brief occupation by Sweden — unlike
Bohuslän Bohuslän () is a Provinces of Sweden, Swedish province in Götaland, on the northernmost part of the country's west coast. It is bordered by Dalsland to the northeast, Västergötland to the southeast, the Skagerrak arm of the North Sea to the ...
,
Idre Idre is a locality and ski resort situated in Älvdalen Municipality, Dalarna County, Sweden with 794 inhabitants in 2010. It was also a historical parish and former municipality. History The two parishes ''Särna'' and ''Idre'' were originall ...
& Serna (formerly part of
Østerdalen Østerdalen () is a valley and Districts of Norway, traditional district in Innlandet county, in Eastern Norway. This area typically is described as the large Glåma river valley as well as all its tributary valleys. Østerdalen is often subdivide ...
), Herjedalen and Jemtland, all of which were annexed and have been part of Sweden for three centuries. In the 1940s, during the German occupation of Norway, some Norwegian politicians called for the
annexation Annexation, in international law, is the forcible acquisition and assertion of legal title over one state's territory by another state, usually following military occupation of the territory. In current international law, it is generally held t ...
of Øst-Trøndelag to provide the collaborationist
Quisling regime The Quisling regime, or Quisling government are common names used to refer to the Collaboration with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy, collaboration government led by Vidkun Quisling in German occupation of Norway, German-occupied Norway during th ...
new opportunities for expansion. In 2004, Norwegian students humorously erected road signs on the border indicating that travelers were entering the Norwegian county of Øst-Trøndelag.Article in Adressa
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