Dalarna (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈdɑ̂ːlaɳa] ()) is a landskap (historical province) in central Sweden.English exonyms for it are Dalecarlia (US: / ˌ d ɑː l ə ˈ k ɑːr l i ə /) and the Dales.. Dalarna adjoins Härjedalen, Hälsingland, Gästrikland, Västmanland and Värmland.It is also bounded by Norway in the west. Borders of the province mostly coincide with the modern ...

Name Etymology and origin. The Old Norse theonym Óðinn (runic ᚢᚦᛁᚾ on the Ribe skull fragment) is a cognate (linguistic sibling of the same origin) of other medieval Germanic names, including Old English Wōden, Old Saxon Wōdan, Old Dutch Wuodan, and Old High German Wuotan (Old Bavarian Wûtan). They all derive from the reconstructed Proto-Germanic masculine theonym …