övre

Etymology
From,.

Adjective

 * 1) upper
 * övre våningen
 * upper floor
 * 1) northern
 * övre Norrland
 * northern Norrland

Usage notes

 * In geographic names like, upper means higher, upstream. But there is no such meaning in övre Norrland.
 * The word looks like a comparative form of över-övre-överst, but över is a preposition and not an adjective.