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In 1999 for the first time a windpark was connected by an HVDC-system (]) In 1999 for the first time a windpark was connected by an HVDC-system (]).


Gotland has its own language branch called ]. Gotland has its own language branch called ].

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For other uses, see Gotland (disambiguation).

Gotland is the largest island in the Baltic Sea. At 2,994 km² it is also the largest island belonging to Sweden, ahead of Öland. Inhabitants of the island number 57,381 (2002 figure) and the primary income sources are tourism and agriculture.


Gotland
Gotland - Landsat satellite photo


The main city on Gotland is Visby, an old Hanseatic city, sporting a largely intact city wall, as well as many historical buildings.

Gotland is the main island of:

After World War II at Gotland several new methods of electric power transmission were tested. So between Sweden and Gotland the first operational HVDC-system in the Western hemisphere was installed, the HVDC Gotland. In 1999 for the first time a windpark was connected by an HVDC-system (HVDC Visby-Nas).

Gotland has its own language branch called Gutniska.

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