Ostergotland

Ostergotland is one of the conventional provinces of Sweden inside the south of Sweden. It borders Småland, Västergötland, Närke, Södermanland and the Baltic Sea. In older English literature, one may additionally stumble upon the Latinized model, Ostrogothia. The corresponding administrative county, Ostergotland County, covers the whole province and elements of neighbouring provinces. The earliest mention of Ostergotland seems within the Getica with the aid of the Goth scholar Jordanes. The traditions of Ostergotland date again into the Viking age, the undocumented Iron Age, and earlier, whilst this area had its own laws and kings .

It is stated that the famous Viking warrior Beowulf may additionally in all likelihood have been from what is now the ostergotland place. The location saved its personal legal guidelines, the Ostgotalagen, into the Middle Ages. Ostergötland belonged to the Christian heartland of the overdue Iron Age and early medieval Sweden. The Sverker and Bjälbo dynasties performed pivotal roles within the consolidation of Sweden. The province has about 50,000 historic remains of different kinds. Some 1,749 are, as an instance, grave fields.