sörlänning

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The dark area denotes the regions Svealand and Götaland. The remaining light area being Norrland.

Etymology

Compound of sör (“south”) +‎ -länning (“person ”), after the pattern of norrlänning (“person from Norrland”). The initial term, sör, is a dialectal variant of söder (“south”). First attested in 1833.[1]

Noun

sörlänning c

  1. (sometimes derogatory) A (male or female) person from south of the Dal River; a person from Svealand or Götaland.
    • 2018 July 4, “Paddlat längs hela Yukonfloden – arbetar nu som sjuksköterska i Östersund [Paddled along the entire Yukon River - now working as a nurse in Östersund.]”, in Sveriges Radio P4:
      Jag har länge dragits till norra Sverige och är man sörlänning som jag är så känns Östersund lite exotiskt tycker jag, att man har fjällvärlden så nära inpå, […]
      I have long been drawn to northern Sweden, and being a southerner like myself, Östersund feels a bit exotic to me, having the mountain world so close by,

Declension

Declension of sörlänning 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative sörlänning sörlänningen sörlänningar sörlänningarna
Genitive sörlännings sörlänningens sörlänningars sörlänningarnas

References

  1. ^ sörlänning in Svensk ordbok (SO)
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