landsting

From land +‎ -s- +‎ ting.

landsting n

1. a representative body (ting) for a country (land), a parliament, in various geographical and historical contexts
2. a county council;[1] administrative bodies in Sweden, established in 1863, handle health care and public transport
3. a zemstvo, a regional representation (district council) in Russia, 1864–1917
   • Tolstoy, Anna Karenina, part 1, chapter 8

     — Nå, hur går det med ert landsting? — frågade Sergej Ivanovitj, som var livligt intresserad av landstingen och tillskrev dem stor betydelse.

     "Well, how is your district council doing?" asked Sergey Ivanovitch, who was greatly interested in these local boards and attached great importance to them.

• In the 1990s through 2010s, ever more landsting in Sweden have adjusted their structure and changed their names to region. Compounded words change to region- or regional-, e.g. regionfullmäktige, regionråd, regionstyrelse, etc.