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Medelpadia, or Medelpad, is a historical Province or landskap in north of Sweden. It borders to Helsingia, Herdalia, Jemtia, Angermannia and the Gulf of Bothnia.
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Medelpadia comprises the southern part of Västernorrland County.
Sundsvall (1624) was the only chartered city of Medelpadia.
The province is a part of Norrland and as such considered to be Northern Sweden. Though, in a geographical sense the province is located in the middle of Sweden and this is reflected in the name Medelpadia.
The Arctic Hare is the provincial animal, but the Skvader, a fictional animal, was popular in an innofficial referendum held 1987.
As with other Swedish provinces the arms can be represented showing a dukal coronet. Blazon: "Four times parted per fess wavy, Azure, Argent, Gules, Argent and Azure."
County
For current affairs see: Västernorrland County History
Main article: History of MedelpadiaGeography
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