Värmland

 Värmland  is a historical province or landskap in the west of middle Sweden. It borders Västergötland, Dalsland, Dalarna, Västmanland, and Närke, and is bounded by Norway in the west. Latin name versions are Vermelandia and Wermelandia. Although the province's land originally was Götaland, its modern land is Svealand. The origin of the name is uncertain; it may refer to the large local lake by the name of Värmeln, although the lake's name is parsed as vär- + -meln (not värm 'heat' + eln).

Administration

Provinces serve no administrative function in Sweden today. Instead, that function is served by counties; however, in many instances a county has virtually the same border as the province, which is the case with Värmland and its corresponding county Värmland County. The main exception is a smaller part to the southeast which belongs to Örebro County.

Heraldry

Arms were granted in 1560, depicting a wolverine . This was, however, too similar to that of Medelpad, and in 1567 it was revised to an eagle. In the late 17th century the eagle was black. In 1936, it got its current blazon, when the eagle became blue. Blazon: "Argent, an Eagle displayed Azure beaked, langued and membered Gules."

Wermland (album)

Wermland is the second album by Detektivbyrån released on the band's own label Danarkia. In contrast to the band's debut/compilation album E18 Album, Wermland features only new content. Prior to the album being available for purchase, the band made the songs "Om Du Möter Varg" and "Neonland" available on their website. During the autumn of 2008 the album reached the third place in the Swedish charts of album sales.

Track listing

Critical Reception

As the band was active in Sweden the album was predominantly reviewed by Swedish newspapers and magazines.

Olle Sjögren of Norrländska Socialdemokraten begins his review of Wermland by noting that the album's "shining gold-metallic artwork with measured typography [...] could have been part of a luxury PR-campaign from Louis Vuitton." He also notes that "Detektivbyrån separate themselves from other folktronica artists by allowing the folk music to play a big part". Olle concludes the review by writing "Detektivbyrån's Wermland is so far the prettiest approach to integrating Swedish folk music with modern electronic elements, without coming close to the awful Nordman and Sarek."