Realm names in Rjurik

[Alexander Kristiansen]

I've gone over the map oh TRH and written down the provinces I could find
with scandinavian names....

Nordcapp: The northernmost point of the norwegian mainland is Nordkapp
(meaning Cape North in english
Mandal: A town on the south coast of Norway is called Mandal
Trondelaag (which Sindre metioned): An area in Norway
Soroya: This means the southern island in Norwegian, and is the name of a
northern
mainland provice in Rjurik
Bjornoya: Means the Island of the bear, in BR it's an inland province.
Folda fjord: In the northern part of Norway there is a fjord called Folda.
Jamkaping: Could be mistaken for Jönköping in Sweden
Vejle and Viborg: Both are Danish towns
Halten: Could be mistaken for the Norwegian town Halden
Odemark: A bit far fetched this one, but ødemark is the Norwegian word for
wasteland.

I hope this wasn't too boring for all you non-scandinavians out there.

Smaug
Alex.Kristiansen@oslo.online.no

[Trizt]

Alexander Kristiansen wrote:

> I've gone over the map oh TRH and written down the provinces I could find
> with scandinavian names....

> Nordcapp: The northernmost point of the norwegian mainland is Nordkapp
> (meaning Cape North in english
> Mandal: A town on the south coast of Norway is called Mandal
> Trondelaag (which Sindre metioned): An area in Norway
> Soroya: This means the southern island in Norwegian, and is the name of a
> northern
> mainland provice in Rjurik
> Bjornoya: Means the Island of the bear, in BR it's an inland province.
> Folda fjord: In the northern part of Norway there is a fjord called Folda.
> Jamkaping: Could be mistaken for Jönköping in Sweden
> Vejle and Viborg: Both are Danish towns
Viborg makes me think of Viborg, Carelia.
> Halten: Could be mistaken for the Norwegian town Halden
> Odemark: A bit far fetched this one, but ødemark is the Norwegian word for
> wasteland.

Jurva: a 'county' in Finland
Oulu: Town in north-westen Finland
Boden: A swedish town where a great deal of swedes makes their military
service
Pitea (Piteå in swedish): small town in northen sweden
Torne: a rvier/town in the borderlands between Finland and sweden.

Jokkajoen: If I don't misstake so this is a name of a river in swedish
lappland, then endform "joen" which means 'the rivers ...." should have
been joki