Unlike Norway that was part of the kingdom of Denmark until 1814, Sweden was an independent state from 1523 onwards. This map was composed by the surveyor and mathematician <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anders_Bureus" class="extiw" title="en:Anders Bureus">Anders Bureus</a> (1571-1661). Between 1611 and 1626 Bureus produced several large maps of Sweden. In 1626 he prepared a large wall map of the complete territory of Scandinavia in six sheets. In 1656 the Amsterdam engraver <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Goos" class="extiw" title="en:Abraham Goos">Abraham Goos</a> (deceased c. 1643) composed this map using the wall map. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claes_Jansz._Visscher" class="extiw" title="en:Claes Jansz. Visscher">Claes Jansz. Visscher</a> (1587-1652) published the map.
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<p>Andrea Bureo Sueco 
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Goos" class="extiw" title="en:Abraham Goos">Abraham Goos</a>
Author: Andrea Bureo Sueco 
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Goos" class="extiw" title="en:Abraham Goos">Abraham Goos</a> sculpsit
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Publisher: a Nicolao Iohannide Piscatore</div>
17<sup>th</sup> century <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7</div>
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