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]
Svinhult | |
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Coordinates: 57.753611°N 15.379722°E / 57.753611; 15.379722 | |
Country | Sweden |
Municipality | Småland, Östergötland |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
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