Kronoberg County

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Kronoberg County, or Kronobergs län, is a County or län in southern Sweden. It borders to the counties of Skåne, Halland, Jönköping, Kalmar and Blekinge.

**Kronobergs län**
Map highlighting the location of Kronoberg County in Sweden
	County	SE-G, SE092
	Residence City	Växjö
	Province	Småland
	Created	1674
	Area - -	8,458 km², 2.1% of Sweden; ranked 14th
	Population Reference: ranked list	177,149 inh., 20.9 inh/km²
	GRP	See this ranked list

1 Province
2 Administration
3 Politics
4 Municipalities
5 Heraldry
6 Miscellaneous topics
7 External links

[edit] Province

For History, Geography and Culture see: Småland

Geographically Kronoberg County represents the heartland of the province of Småland. It received its present borders in 1687 when Jönköping County was separated.

[edit] Administration

The seat of residence for the Governor or Landshövding is Växjö. The Governor is the head of the County Administrative Board or Länsstyrelsen. The County Administrative Board is nominally a Government Agency headed by a Governor. The current Governor is Lars-Åke Lagrell, who is most famous for also being President of the Swedish Football Association. See List of Kronoberg Governors.

[edit] Politics

The County Council of Kronoberg or Landstinget Kronoberg.

[edit] Municipalities

Main article: Municipalities of Kronoberg

Note that all the municipalities have names after their seats except Uppvidinge, where the seat is located in the small town Åseda.

[edit] Heraldry

Kronoberg was formally granted its arms in 1944, however use of the same was already an established practice. It is a variation of the arms of Småland. Blazon: "Or, a lion rampant Gules langued and armed Azure holding in front paws a Crossbow of the second bowed and stringed Sable with a bolt Argent, standing on a tripple Mount Vert."