Svinhult

Svinhult
Svinhult
	Aerial view of Svinhult
	Svinhult Svinhult
	Coordinates: 57.753611°N 15.379722°E
Country	Sweden
Municipality	Småland, Östergötland
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Svinhult is a village in Ydre in the South Swedish highlands near the border between Småland and Östergötland. According to Svenskt ortnamnslexikon the name of the locality means "place of wildboars",[1] while local scholar Robert Norrby traces it to "svidhja" meaning slash-and-burn which as a common agricultural practice in the past.[2] Compared to other places of Ydre, Svinhult is more inhospitable. The vegetation around Svinhult is made up by pines and spruces while broad-leaf forests patches are few.[3]

References

Wahlberg, Mats (2003). Svenskt ortnamnslexikon (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Språk- och folkminnesinstitutet. ISBN 91-7229-020-X. Retrieved April 30, 2019.
Norrby, Robert (1960). "Något om Ydres ortsnamn och bebyggelse". In Filén, Thure (ed.). Ydre-Boken (in Swedish). p. 81.
Hellgren, George (1960). "Något om växtligheten i Ydre". In Filén, Thure (ed.). Ydre-Boken (in Swedish). Linköping. pp. 86–91.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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[ortnamnlexiko2003-375-1] Wahlberg, Mats (2003). Svenskt ortnamnslexikon (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Språk- och folkminnesinstitutet. ISBN 91-7229-020-X. Retrieved April 30, 2019.

[2] Norrby, Robert (1960). "Något om Ydres ortsnamn och bebyggelse". In Filén, Thure (ed.). Ydre-Boken (in Swedish). p. 81.

[Hellgren1960-3] Hellgren, George (1960). "Något om växtligheten i Ydre". In Filén, Thure (ed.). Ydre-Boken (in Swedish). Linköping. pp. 86–91.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)