Västerlövsta

[Judie Lundgren]

Väster Lövsta  
 
Väster-Lövsta
 
Västerlövsta
 
Which is correct? What would be the province and län? I am seeing them several different ways in my research. Would there have been a change in the mid-to-late 1600s?
 
Judie

[Bo Johansson]

Today the parish is named Västerlövsta, but in earlier centuries they did not have standardised spelling, so all your examples can be correct.
 
Västerlövsta parish is in Västmanland county (Västmanlands län), and Uppland province (landskap).
 
I think there could have been more spelling variants, for example Wester Leufsta, WesterLöfsta, Westra Leufsta, etc...
 
// Bo Johansson