landsting

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) a representative body (ting) for a country (land), a parliament, in various geographical and historical contexts
 * 2) a county council; administrative bodies in Sweden, established in 1863, handle health care and public transport
 * 3) a zemstvo, a regional representation (district council) in Russia, 1864–1917
 * 4) * 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.

Usage notes

 * In the 1990s through 2010s, ever more landsting in Sweden have adjusted their structure and changed their names to . Compounded words change to region- or regional-, e.g., , , etc.