Nykoping Lan?

[Marilyn Weeber]

My great grandfather's Prestbetyg papers, which he brought to United States from Sweden in 1891, state his birthplace as Dillnäs in Nykop. Lan.  I have traced his Swedish records extensively through the parish of Dillnäs in Södermanland Lan.  According to the book Cradled in Sweden there is/was no Nykop. Lan.  Can anyone please explain why Dillnäs parish is listed on the Prestbetyg and several other of his records as being in Nykoping Lan?

[Per Thorsell]

Nyköpings Län was an older name for Södermanlands Län. The two designations were used in parllell fom many years. Nyköping is the State Capital of Södermanland. Thus, Dillnäs, Nyköpings Län is the same as Dillnäs, Södermanlands Län.
 
Dillnäs is a small parish in the North-Eastern part of Södermanland.
 
Per Thorsell.

[Marilyn Weeber]

Thank you, Per.  I have seen Nykop.used several times for a lan name and I have been curious. I haven't seen any other usages like that - a town or capital being used as a lan name - but I'll be able to figure it out if I do run across it.
Thanks, again.
Marilyn

[Ingela Martenius]

Of the old 24 län the following have (had) names after the capital:
Stockholms län
Uppsala län
Örebro län
Kalmar län
Göteborgs & Bohus län
Jönköpings län
Kristianstads län
And the following have/had names derived from the name of the capital or other town:
Malmöhus län (Malmö)
Älvsborgs län (Älvsborg)
Skaraborgs län (Skara)
Gävleborgs län (Gävle)
 
So approximately half of the old län have/had names after the capital or other town.
 
Officially Nyköpings län changed over to Södermanlands län 1850-59 but naturally people stuck to the old name for a very long time.
 
Ingela

[Sam Blixt]

There is many name which have been changed after 1831 then following names was in use.
 
Old names of Län in Sweden
actually 1831
 
http://web.telia.com/~u49113021/Sam_Blixt/Kart_GGG.htm
 
Calmar län
Carlscrona län
Carlstads län
Christianstads län
Elfsborgs län
Falu län
Gefle län
Göteborgs län
Halmstads län
Hernösands län
Linköpings län
Malmö län
Mariestads län
Nyköpings län
Piteå län
Stockholms län
Uppsala län
Westerås län
Wexiö län
Visby län
Örebro län
Östersunds län
 
If anybody know more names I am very interested.
 
Sam