C1noun
glesbygd
sparsely populated area
Form: glesbygden/Definite singular/Lemma: glesbygd
Definitions
1. sparsely populated area
Särskilt viktigt är det med en hög bostadsstandard i glesbygden .
Especially important is a high standard of housing in sparsely populated areas.
Skogsbruk och skogsindustri sysselsätter ca 135000 personer , varav många i glesbygd .
Forestry and the forest industry employ about 135000 people, many of them in sparsely populated areas.