Atlas of Sweden

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.