So might as well start a couple more threads to get the ball rolling, though obviously it may take a couple months at this pace. I found this list on Wikipedia (with latin names???) of the provinces of Sweden. Says there are 25? Is this right? Are there English names?
From Wikipedia:
English and other languages occasionally use Latin names as alternatives to the Swedish names. The name Scania for Skåne predominates in English. Some purely English exonyms, such as the Dales for Dalarna, East Gothland for Östergötland, Swedish Lapland for Lappland and West Bothnia for Västerbotten (and corresponding forms) are common in English literature.Swedes writing in English have long used Swedish-language name forms only.
The Swedish RB-crew have to decide how to spell the names.
White the ancient provinces (landskap) are more known, at least among the older generation, it makes no sense to divide into anything but the new official subdivision (län).
The latin names are probably not known to anyone anywhere, with the exception of Dalecarlia and Scania, which are used in English.
Postal codes are ambiguous, and not always easy to find out for brewers, so that won’t help.
We have control over in what region all breweries belong though, so it’s just a matter of assigning them.
Hello @omhper do you actually have a list of the Swedish Ian or whatever than are called? I think I misunderstood you to mean that the regular Swedish names were the län vs latin names. Typically it’s a lot more helpful when people post links or copy and paste the correct list rather than just saying “your shit is wrong…”
