See also:

• DALECARLIA (Dalarne, " the Dales ")

DALECARLIA (Dalarne, " the Dales ")  , a See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west midland region of See also:

• SWEDEN
• SWEDEN [Sverige]
• SWEDEN, NORWAY AND

Sweden, virtually coincident with the See also:

• DISTRICT

district (ldn) of Kopparberg, which extends from the mountains of the See also:

• NORWEGIAN

Norwegian frontier to within 25 M. of See also:

• GEFLE

Gefle on the Baltic See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast . It is a region full of See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical associations, and possesses strong See also:

• LOCAL

local characteristics in respect of its products, and especially of its See also:

• PEOPLE

people . The Dalecarlians or Dalesmen speak their own See also:

• PECULIAR

peculiar See also:

• DIALECT (from Gr. Sia stcror, conversation, manner of speaking, &aXeyec6at, to converse)

dialect, See also:

• WEAR

wear their own peculiar costumes, and are famed for their brave spirit and sturdy love of See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

independence . In 1434, led by Engelbrecht, the miner, they See also:

• ROSE
• ROSE (Rosa)
• ROSE, GEORGE (1744-1818)
• ROSE, HUGH JAMES (1795—1838)
• ROSE, WILLIAM STEWART (1775-1843)

rose against the oppressive tyranny of the See also:

• OFFICERS

officers of See also:

• ERIC

Eric XIV. of See also:

• DENMARK
• DENMARK (Danmark)

Denmark, and in 1519–1523 it was among them that Gustavus See also:

• VASA, or NIKOLAISTAD

Vasa found his staunchest supporters in his patriotic task of freeing Sweden from the yoke of the Danes . The districts around Lakes Runn and Siljan (" the See also:

• EYE
• EYE (O. Eng. edge, Ger. Auge; derived from an Indo-European root also seen in Lat. oc-ulus, the organ of vision (q.v.)

Eye of the Dales "), the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal sheets of See also:

• WATER

water in the valleys of the Dal See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

rivers, are consequently classic ground . By the See also:

• BANKS, GEORGE LINNAEUS (1821-1881)
• BANKS, NATHANIEL PRENTISS (1816–1894)
• BANKS, SIR JOSEPH
• BANKS, THOMAS (1735-1805)

banks of See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

Lake Runn, for example, is seen the See also:

• BARN

barn in which Vasa threshed See also:

• CORN (a common Teutonic word; cf. Lat. granum, seed, grain)
• CORN (fromm Lat. corms, horn)

corn in disguise, when still a fugitive from the Danes . The people are for the most See also:

• PART

part small See also:

• PEASANT (O. Fr. paysant, Mod. paysan; Lat. pagensis, belonging to the pagus or country; cf. " pagan ")

peasant proprietors . They eke out their scanty returns from tilling the See also:

• SOIL

soil by a variety of See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home See also:

• INDUSTRIES

industries, such as making scythes, saws, bells, wooden wares, See also:

• HAIR (a word common to Teutonic languages)

hair goods, and so forth . About three quarters of the whole district is covered with See also:

• FOREST

forest . Besides the See also:

• WEALTH

wealth of the forests, the Dales contain some of the largest and most prolific See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron mines in Sweden, notably those of Grangesberg . See also:

• COPPER (symbol Cu, atomic weight 63.1, H=1, or 63.6, O = 16)

Copper is See also:

• MINED

mined at See also:

• FALUN

Falun (q.v.), the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• TOWN

town of Kopparberg, and some See also:

• SILVER

silver and See also:

• LEAD
• LEAD (pronounced iced)

lead, See also:

• ZINC

zinc and See also:

• SULPHUR

sulphur is found . In consequence of this the district has numerous smelting furnaces, See also:

• BLASTING

blasting and See also:

• ROLLING

rolling See also:

• MILLS, JOHN (d. 1736)
• MILLS, ROGER QUARLES (1832– )

mills, iron and metallurgical See also:

• WORKS

works, as well as saw-mills, See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood-pulp factories, and chemical works .

See G . H . Mellin, Skildringar of den Skandinaviska Nordens Folklif og Natur, vol. iii . (1865); and Frederika See also:

• BREMER, FREDRIKA (r8or–1865)

Bremer, I Dalarne (1845), of which there is an See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation by See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William and See also:

• MARY
• MARY (1457-1482)
• MARY (1496-1533)
• MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS

Mary Howitt (1852) . For the dialect, see a See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper by A . Noreen, in De Svenska Landsmclen, vol. iv . (1881) .