a province of Sweden, formed out of the eastern part of Smaland, and the island Oeland. It is bounded on the north-west and north by Lenkoping, on the east by the Baltic Sea, on the south by Blekinge, and on the west by Cronberg and Jonkoping. The extent is 4312 square miles. The population is 148,396, inhabiting four cities, one market-town, and 3485 villages.

a city, the capital of the Swedish province of the same name. It is built on the island of Quarholm, on the Baltic Sea, and is connected with the main land by a bridge of boats. It is a well-built town, the seat of a bishop, and of the provincial courts of law. It is surrounded with walls, has a cathedral, a gymnasium, with 491 houses, and 3058 inhabitants, who carry on manufactures of woollen cloth, of leather, of glass, and the making of pearl ashes; and export, chiefly to Great Britain, pitch, tar, and timber. In former times it was a place of much more importance than it is at present; and the remains of it are to be seen in an old castle, palace, and house of assembly, now in ruins, not far from the city. Long. 16. 8. E. Lat. 56. 14. N.