Västergötland Province, Sweden Genealogy

History
Information about the Landskap, its location and history. Include which counties are in the Landskap.Västergötland province has been a part of two counties, Skaraborg County, and Älvsborg County.

Västergötland was populated by 8000 BC. Many ancient remains from e.g. Iron Age were found. In written documents, Västergötland was mentioned already by the Greek Ptolemaios and later in other foreign sources and legends. In the Middle Ages, Västergötland was political and culturally rather independent as Geatish kingdom, but also short periods of government by the Swedish Crown are possible. Early British influences in the area, brought Christianity as early as the 9th century. Starting in the 11th century, the area saw many wars. Civil wars were about the question of independence or control of the Swedish crown. Several times, Västergötland was independent from Sweden, later the province was more and more bound to the Swedish kingdom. Västergötland was involved in many other wars and battles:
 * Battle of Älgarås (1205)
 * Battle of Lena (1208)
 * Battle of Hova (1275)
 * Battle of Gälakvist (1279)
 * Battle of Falköping (1389)
 * The Sedish-Danish Wars (1452, 1511, 1520, 1566, 1612, 1676)
 * The Scanian Wars (1670s)

During the Northern War (1563-70), many parts of the borderline towards Halland were completely devastated.

The population of Västergötland was roughly 1,328,100 people in 2016.