Notes and literature: Atlas of Sweden, instalment 25

Summary

This notice reviews installment 25, the penultimate release of Atlas över Sverige (National Atlas of Sweden), covering railways, road density, population and economic activities in municipal blocks, and cultural heritage. The reviewer praises the railway sheets' nine maps tracing development from 1856 to 1968 and O. Hélcke's concise accompanying text; they also discuss freight and passenger transport, location patterns, and changes in travel-time distances. The road sheets are described as the first national-atlas application of the coordinate method to road frequency, enabling comparison with thematic maps using the same grid under Hägerstrand's model. They show roadless areas and traffic patterns; a diagram indicates that truck freight transport work exceeded rail from 1959 when ore traffic is excluded. Gerd Enequist's sheets map population density in 1966 and industry, agriculture, and services by municipal block, alongside Åke Micklander's map of cross-boundary commuting. The final sheets map historic buildings and environments, museums, and local heritage associations, with commentary by Bengt Söderberg and Carl-Gustav Holdar.