Svinhult

Svinhult

Svinhult

Place in Sweden

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]

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References

  1. [1]
    Wahlberg, Mats (2003). Svenskt ortnamnslexikon (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Språk- och folkminnesinstitutet. ISBN 91-7229-020-X. Retrieved April 30, 2019.
  2. [2]
    Norrby, Robert (1960). "Något om Ydres ortsnamn och bebyggelse". In Filén, Thure (ed.). Ydre-Boken (in Swedish). p. 81.
  3. [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)



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