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Tjust () was one of the small lands of 
Tjust () was one of the small lands of Småland
Småland () is a historical Provinces of Sweden, province () in southern Sweden.
Småland borders Blekinge, Scania, Halland, Västergötland, Östergötland and the island Öland in the Baltic Sea. The name ''Småland'' literally means "small la ...
, Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...
. It was divided into the hundreds of Tjust Northern Hundred and Tjust Southern Hundred. It corresponds to Västervik Municipality
Västervik Municipality () is a municipalities of Sweden, municipality in Kalmar County, south-eastern Sweden, with its seat in the city status in Sweden, city of Västervik.
The present municipality was created in 1971, when the former ''City of ...
and the southern part of Valdemarsvik Municipality.
Early attestations
In his 500sGetica
''De origine actibusque Getarum'' (''The Origin and Deeds of the Getae''), commonly abbreviated ''Getica'' (), written in Late Latin by Jordanes in or shortly after 551 AD, claims to be a summary of a voluminous account by Cassiodorus of the ori ...
, Jordanes mentions a Scandinavian tribe ''theustes'', possibly the inhabitants of Tjust. Tjust is also mentioned in the dative singular þiusti on the Södermanland runic inscription 40 from the 1000s. In the 1103 Florens list, it is also found in the Latin form ''Teuste''. Christian Lovén, '' Florenslängden. Den äldsta förteckningen över de svenska stiften'', Strängnäs stiftshistoriska sällskap, Örebro, 2020, p. 12.
References
Småland Regions of Sweden {{Kalmar-geo-stub