Östergötland Province, Sweden Genealogy

History
Information about the Landskap, its location and history. Include which counties are in the Landskap.Östergötland Province belongs to Östergötland County.

Östergötland was first mentioned in the 6th century by Jordanes in his work Getica, but traditions date back to maybe even before Iron Age. The region belonged definitely to the Christian heartland of the late Iron Age and early medieval Sweden. The Geatish kings are considered early rulers, whose laws where kept in the region into the Middle Ages. Then the Sverker and Bjälbo dynasties worked together with the catholic church in the consolidation of Sweden.

The population of Östergötland was roughly 428,400 people in 2011.