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Swedish
Etymology
From land + -s- + ting.
Noun
landsting n
- a representative body (ting) for a country (land), a parliament, in various geographical and historical contexts
- a county council;[1] administrative bodies in Sweden, established in 1863, handle health care and public transport
- a zemstvo, a regional representation (district council) in Russia, 1864–1917
- Tolstoy, Anna Karenina, part 1, chapter 8
- — Nå, hur går det med ert landsting? — frågade Sergej Ivanovitj, som var livligt intresserad av landstingen och tillskrev dem stor betydelse.
- "Well, how is your district council doing?" asked Sergey Ivanovitch, who was greatly interested in these local boards and attached great importance to them.
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