Province flowers of Sweden

Province flowers are species of plants selected to represent each province of Sweden. The origin of province flowers came from the American idea of state flowers, and was brought to Sweden by August Wickström and Paul Petter Waldenström in 1908. Waldenström published the proposal to introduce province flowers in the May 288, 1908 edition of the newspaper Stockholms Dagblad, and requested suggestions of species from the country's botanics. A list was put together on June 7, 1908, by professor Veit B. Wittrock from the Botanical Garden in Stockholm.^[1] Scania and Hälsingland violently opposed the plants that were selected to represent them; Scania was given European Beech but wanted oxeye daisy, while Hälsingland was given Scots Pine but wanted flax. Erik E:son Hammar, a pastor and politician in Sweden, granted the two provinces' wish to change their province flowers in 1909.^[2] There is still debate amongst several other provinces over which species should represent them and they have therefore been given two province flowers.^[1]

List

Province	Image	Local name	Scientific name
Blekinge		Ek	Quercus robur
		Kungsljus	Verbascum thapsus
Bohuslän		Vildkaprifol	Lonicera periclymenum
Dalarna		Blåklocka	Campanula rotundifolia
		Ängsklocka	Campanula patula
Dalsland		Förgätmigej	Myosotis scorpioides
Gotland		Murgröna	Hedera helix
Gästrikland		Liljekonvalj	Convallaria majalis
Halland		Hårginst	Genista pilosa
Hälsingland		Lin	Linum usitatissimum
Härjedalen		Mosippa	Pulsatilla vernalis
		Fjällviol	Viola biflora
Jämtland		Brunkulla	Gymnadenia nigra
Lappland		Fjällsippa	Dryas octopetala
Medelpad		Gran	Picea abies
		Smörboll	Trollius europaeus
Norrbotten		Åkerbär	Rubus arcticus
Närke		Gullviva	Primula veris
Skåne		Prästkrage	Leucanthemum vulgare
Småland		Linnea	Linnaea borealis
Södermanland		Vit näckros	Nymphaea alba
Uppland		Kungsängslilja	Fritillaria meleagris
Värmland		Skogsstjärna	Trientalis europaea
Västerbotten		Kung Karls spira	Pedicularis sceptrum-carolinum
Västergötland		Ljung	Calluna vulgaris
Västmanland		Mistel	Viscum album
Ångermanland		Styvmorsviol	Viola tricolor
Öland		Ölandssolvända	Helianthemum oelandicum
Östergötland		Blåklint	Centaurea cyanus

References

1. Nilsson, Ulf (May 10, 2009). "Den 100-åriga liljekonvaljen". Arbetarbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 2009-06-20.
2. Hamrin, Örjan (2003). "Vilken är Dalarnas landskapsblomma?". In Raihle, Jan; Ståhl, Elisabeth. Dalarnas hembygdsbok (in Swedish). 73. Falun: Dalarnas fornminnes- och hembygdsförbund. ISBN 91-87466-66-X.

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