The small lands of Småland. The black and red spots indicate runestones. The red spots indicate runestones telling of long voyages ( i live in “Finnveden”).
Småland = Små Land = Small Lands / Small Countries = Petty Kingdoms.
Värend was in the Middle Ages the most populous of the constituent small lands of the province Småland, in Sweden. Early on,Växjö became its center. Around 1170, Värend broke out of the diocese of Linköping, and formed its own diocese of Växjö. Judicially, Värend was a part of “Tiohärad”, which roughly corresponds to present-day Kronoberg County. It consists of the hundreds, or härader, Allbo Hundred, Kinnevald Hundred, Konga Hundred, Norrvidinge Hundred and Uppvidinge Hundred.
