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Attundaland (or the land of the eight hundreds) was the name given to the southeastern part of the present day province of Uppland, north of Stockholm. Its name refers to its role of providing 800 men and 32 ships for the leidang of the Swedish kings at Uppsala.[1][2]
red = Tiunda
cyan = Attunda
yellow = Roden
green = Fjärdhundra
The coast line has changed considerably in the last millennium due to Post-glacial rebound. Originally there was a sea bay coming in from the north all the way into Uppsala
Snorri Sturluson relates that Tiundaland was the richest and most fertile region of Sweden. It was the seat of the Swedish kings at Uppsala and later the Swedish Archbishopric. All the Swedish lawspeakers were subordinate to the lawspeaker of Tiundaland.
The name of Attunda was revived as Attunda district court (Attunda tingsrätt) in April 2007, through the fusion of Sollentuna and Södra Roslags district courts. The seat of Attunda district court is situated in Sollentuna Municipality.
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References
edit- ^ Line, Philip (2006). Kingship and state formation in Sweden, 1130-1290. The northern world. Leiden ; Boston: Brill. p. 35. ISBN 978-90-04-15578-7.
- ^ Nyberg, Tore (2000). Monasticism in North-Western Europe, 800–1200. Ashgate Publishing. ISBN 9781315194547.