Majorna

Swedish thumb|Buildings in Majorna with their iconic sv landshövdingehus-style. { "type": "ExternalData", "service": "geoshape", "properties": { "stroke": "#DD0000", "stroke-width": 2 }, "ids":"Q6320860"} Alternative forms sv Mayerne archaic Etymology sv. Possibly sv fi maja 1 or sv et maja hut, cabin, as a 1655 map shows the name near seven small houses. If so, it is a sv fi maja -or -na 1 The Huts. 1652 as sv Mayerne.Svenskt ortnamnslexikon (2016), Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore and Uppsala University Uppsala University Department of Scandinavian Languages A former suggestion claimed that the area was named after Mariebergs kyrkogård Mariebergs Kyrka sv (“Marieberg's Church”). However, the name of the area predates the church. Proper noun sv a <<primary area>> in the sv Centrum Gothenburg <<district>> of <<city/Gothenburg>>, <<c/Sweden>> References