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Riksettan or Turistväg Riksettan is the name of a scenic route that goes from
Riksettan or Turistväg Riksettan is the name of a scenic route that goes from Vaggeryd
Vaggeryd is a locality situated in Vaggeryd Municipality, Jönköping County, Sweden with 4,920 inhabitants in 2010. Together with Skillingaryd it is the seat of the municipality.
Vaggeryd is situated about 10 km north of its co-municipa ...
in the north, through Värnamo
Värnamo (), historically known as Wernamo, is a town in Jönköping County in the south of Sweden. It is situated on the river Lagan just north of the lake Vidöstern. It is the seat of Värnamo Municipality and has 19,778 inhabitants as of ...
, Ljungby
Ljungby () is the central locality of Ljungby Municipality, Kronoberg County, Sweden, with 15,785 inhabitants in 2015.
Ljungby was instituted in 1829 as a ''köping'', or ''market town'', and did not become a municipality of its own when the fi ...
, Markaryd
Markaryd () is a locality and the seat of Markaryd Municipality, Kronoberg County, Sweden with 3,966 inhabitants in 2010.
International relations
Twin towns — Sister cities
Markaryd is twinned with:
* Bytów, Poland
Poland, officia ...
, and ends in Örkelljunga
Örkelljunga is a locality and the seat of Örkelljunga Municipality, Skåne County
Skåne County ( sv, Skåne län, link=no ), sometimes referred to as Scania County in English, is the most southern county, or , of Sweden, basically corres ...
in the south. The route is part of the classic national road
The National Road (also known as the Cumberland Road) was the first major improved highway in the United States built by the Federal Government of the United States, federal government. Built between 1811 and 1837, the road connected the Pot ...
'' Riksväg 1'' and goes parallel with the E4 and the river Lagan.
The route is primarily intended for tourists as a more scenic and cultural alternative to the highway. The road is suitable for both cars, motorcycles and bicycles. It is possible for additional municipalities along the old ''Riksväg 1'' to join ''Riksettan'' and thus have it extended.{{cite web, last1=Persson, first1=Jörgen, title=Riksväg 1 - Till huvudstaden, url=http://www.riksettan.net/riksvagar/riksvag-1-till-huvudstaden-281, website=Riksettan, accessdate=23 August 2017, archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170615061835/http://www.riksettan.net/riksvagar/riksvag-1-till-huvudstaden-281, archivedate=15 June 2017, language=Swedish, date=2 June 2011
Etymology
''Riksettan'' isportmanteau
A portmanteau word, or portmanteau (, ) is a blend of wordsRiksväg 1''. The first part of the word, ''Riks-'', derives from the
Riksväg 1
which ''Riksettan'' is part of, marked in
Swedish
Swedish or ' may refer to:
Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically:
* Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland
** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used b ...
word ''Riksväg'' which means "national road
The National Road (also known as the Cumberland Road) was the first major improved highway in the United States built by the Federal Government of the United States, federal government. Built between 1811 and 1837, the road connected the Pot ...
", or more literally "road of the realm". The second part, ''-ettan'', derives from the definite form of ''"Ett"'', the Swedish word for the number "One
1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. ...
".
See also
* Riksväg 1 *Göta highway
Göta highway ( sv, Göta landsväg) was, up to the late-17th century, the only road between Stockholm and south of Sweden. Dating back at least to the middle ages, and some parts even back to the Viking Age, the highway is the oldest known roa ...
External links
*The full stretch of formeRiksväg 1
which ''Riksettan'' is part of, marked in
OpenStreetMap
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