A copy of the Early Westrogothic law from the late 13th century

Västgötalagen or the Westrogothic law is the oldest Swedish text written in the Latin script and the oldest law code of the Lands of Sweden. The text was written some time during the early 13th century and was the code of law used in Västergötland (Westrogothia) during the latter half of the 13th century. The oldest complete text is dated to 1281. Smaller fragments of an older text have been dated to 1250. Swedish (svenska  listen?) is a Scandinavian language language spoken predominantly in Sweden, Finland and Åland by over 8 million native speakers. ... The Latin alphabet, also called the Roman alphabet, is the most widely used alphabetic writing system in the world, the standard script of the English language and most of the languages of western and central Europe, and of those areas settled by Europeans. ... Sweden was historically divided into four Lands or Landsdelar: Götaland Svealand Norrland Österland Götaland and Svealand were once rival kingdoms before being united under one Crown by Svealand. ... (12th century - 13th century - 14th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 13th century was that century which lasted from 1201 to 1300. ...

The law code exists in two versions, the Early Westrogothic law and the Late Westrogothic law. The first republication in modern times was Hans Samuel Collin and Carl Johan Schylter in 1827. A new edition by Gösta Holm was published in 1976. Events February 20 - Battle of Huzaingo February 28 - The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad offering commercial transportation of both people and freight. ... 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...

See also

• Geats
• Götalagarna
• Stone of Mora