- Province flowers of Sweden
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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
- ^ a b Nilsson, Ulf (May 10, 2009). "Den 100-åriga liljekonvaljen" (in Swedish). Arbetarbladet. http://arbetarbladet.se/merlasning/ulfivarshistoria/1.1028255. Retrieved 2009-06-20.
- ^ Hamrin, Örjan (2003). "Vilken är Dalarnas landskapsblomma?". In Raihle, Jan; Ståhl, Elisabeth (in Swedish). Dalarnas hembygdsbok. 73. Falun: Dalarnas fornminnes- och hembygdsförbund. ISBN 91-87466-66-X.
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