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Sýsla Information

A sýsla is a police district in Iceland and the Faroe Islands, and formerly in Denmark.

Spelled syssel, the name still can be found in the Danish district Vendsyssel and in Norway in the title: sysselmann (the highest government representative at Svalbard - also with police authority).

Faroe Islands sýsla

Iceland

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Electoral district
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