National Atlas of Sweden
SVAtlas över Sverige
Sweden · Svenska Sällskapet för Antropologi och Geografi; Generalstabens Litografiska Anstalts Förlag · 1971
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Atlas över Sverige
Hans W:son Ahlmann · 1971
The 'Atlas of Sweden', published by the Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography after 25 years of work involving around a hundred scholars, covers 11 main themes from geology to politics in 75 parts with 520 maps. It aims to provide a comprehensive overview of Sweden's natural and cultural geography, uniquely featuring explanatory texts in both Swedish and English. The atlas details topography, climate, hydrology, agriculture, forestry, population, and cultural aspects, with notable precision in population statistics and agricultural mapping. Serving both professionals and the public, it enhances understanding of Sweden's conditions and is funded by state grants and private foundations, representing a significant national achievement.
Atlas of Sweden
Л. Р. Серебряный · 1960
This article reviews the compilation history of the National Atlas of Sweden. The project, initially conceived following the publication of the Atlas of Finland in 1899, was postponed for nearly half a century due to a lack of funds and data. It was revived in 1943 by cartographer M. Lundqvist. The atlas aims to provide a comprehensive geographical characterization of Sweden, planned to include 150 sheets of multi-coloured maps (about 1,000 individual maps) accompanied by 600 pages of explanatory text, covering sections on relief and geology, meteorology and hydrology, biogeography, population, agriculture, forestry, industry, transport, trade, socio-economic conditions, and history. The article details the features of published maps, such as the hypsometric map, relief energy map, Quaternary geology and palaeogeography maps, highlighting their scientific merit. It also notes shortcomings, including a predominance of analytical maps at the expense of synthetic ones, and the absence of natural and economic regionalization maps. Overall, the atlas is deemed a high-level achievement in both form and content, holding significant scientific and practical value as a major accomplishment in Swedish geography and cartography.
Besprechungen: Atlas över Sverige
Werner Witt · 1964
This review discusses two Nordic atlases. The first is the 20th installment of the Swedish National Atlas, covering population, culture, and science, which utilizes Sweden's excellent statistics to create diagrams of population development from 1721 to 1958, dot maps of schools and media distribution, and maps of deep-sea fisheries, supplemented by Swedish and English texts. The second is the first installment of the Atlas of the Republic of Austria, led by H. Bobek with cartography by I. Arnberger, planned as six installments totaling about 120 pages across 12 thematic groups. This installment features detailed building maps of Vienna at 1:25,000 and 1:50,000, using over 50 color tones and patterns to distinguish construction periods, heights, and urban fringe types, which, despite their complexity, remain clear and striking. It also includes climate maps, tourism diagrams, election mosaics, and road traffic frequency maps. The review notes the atlas's flexible graphic design and extensive use of recent data, accompanied by a community directory and boundary map.
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