Dalarna, latinized form Dalecarlia, is a province and county in the region Svealand, in Sweden. It has a population of almost 280,000 and
mostly consists of smaller towns, except for the two larger ones; Borlänge and Falun.
Dalarna is an important province in the history of Sweden. Several uprisings against foreign and domestic rulers have occurred. The most famous is how Gustaf Vasa, the last remain of the Swedish noble after the Stockholm Bloodbath, hid in Dalarna when the Danish were looking for him. Here he sought support amongst the locals for an uprising against the Danish who now had occupied Stockholm and thereby the control of Sweden.
As nationalism rose in the 19th century, the folk culture of Dalarna became important to national identity all across Sweden.
As in the rest of Sweden, everyone, except a few of the elderly, speaks English more or less. Approximately 3000 people speak a distinct tongue called Älvdalska in the rural north-west.
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