Sweden provinces quiz

The 21 provinces in the quiz

Sweden has 21 counties (län): 21 in the quiz. Use the Capitals button in the panel to find their capitals instead.

How to play

In Point mode we name a province and you tap it on the map; in Type mode one lights up and you type its name (accents don’t matter); and in Time trial you get 6 seconds per question. If you miss, we show you where it was, which way it lies and a hint drawn from the data: its size rank and its neighbors.

Each game has 10, 20 or all the questions, and at the end you can practice just the ones you missed. Your best score for each mode is saved in this browser only: neither we nor anyone else can see it, and there’s no sign-up.

The hardest ones

The smallest provinces are the hardest, since they barely show on the map: Blekinge (about 1,200 sq mi), Gotland (about 1,200 sq mi), and Halland (about 2,300 sq mi). Zoom in with the buttons or two fingers to tap them.

Tips to learn them

• Start with the three largest: Norrbotten, Västerbotten, and Jämtland cover 49% of the area of Sweden.
• The 6 provinces bordering Norway trace that border on the map: Dalarna, Jämtland, Norrbotten, Värmland, Västerbotten, and Västra Götaland.
• 7 of the 21 have no coastline: Dalarna, Jämtland, Jönköping, Kronoberg, Örebro, Värmland, and Västmanland.
• Gotland has no land border with any other province on the map: look for it at sea.
• Örebro has the most neighbors: it borders 6 provinces. Once you place it, you have a landmark for many more.

Playing in class

If you teach in Sweden, start with your school’s province and its neighbors and add a few each day. Otherwise, it’s a good way to get to know the country before studying it.

With the Challenge your class link, everyone gets the same questions in the same order, with no accounts or passwords, and each student sees their own score, time and streak. To practice on paper, there’s a printable worksheet of the same map with an answer key.

List of all 21 provinces

1. Blekinge Karlskrona
2. Dalarna Falun
3. Gävleborg Gävle
4. Gotland Visby
5. Halland Halmstad
6. Jämtland Östersund
7. Jönköping Jönköping
8. Kalmar Kalmar
9. Kronoberg Växjö
10. Norrbotten Luleå
11. Örebro Örebro
12. Östergötland Linköping
13. Skåne Malmö
14. Södermanland Nyköping
15. Stockholm Stockholm
16. Uppsala Uppsala
17. Värmland Karlstad
18. Västerbotten Umeå
19. Västernorrland Härnösand
20. Västmanland Västerås
21. Västra Götaland Gothenburg