Stockholm County

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**Stockholms län**
Map highlighting the location of Stockholm County in Sweden	Image:Stockholm county COA.png
	County	SE-AB, SE010
	Residence City	Stockholm
	Province	Uppland Södermanland
	Created	1714
	Area - -	6,488 km², 1.6% of Sweden; ranked 16th
	Population Reference: ranked list	1,803,377 inh., 278.0 inh/km²
	GRP	See this ranked list

Stockholm County (Stockholms län) is a county or län on the Baltic sea coast of Sweden. It borders the counties of Uppsala and Södermanland. It also borders Mälaren and the Baltic Sea. The city of Stockholm is the capital of Sweden. Stockholm County is divided upon the provinces of Uppland and Södermanland (Södertörn). One fifth of the Swedish population lives in the county

1 History
2 Heraldry
3 Municipalities
4 County Administrative Board
5 County Council
6 External links

[edit] History

For History, Geography and Culture see also: Uppland, Södermanland, Roslagen, Södertörn, and Metropolitan Stockholm

The Stockholm County was established in 1714. The City of Stockholm constituted an own administrative entity under the Over-Governor of Stockholm, and was not a part of Stockholm County. The City of Stockholm, yet outside the Stockholm County, was the seat of the last mentioned county.

On January 1, 1968, the Stockholm County was united with the City of Stockholm. At the same time, the borders were redrawn in other directions too; Upplands-Bro Municipality was transferred from Västmanland County and a large mart of the modern day Östhammar Municipality, was transferred to the Uppsala County.

[edit] Heraldry

Arms granted in 1968. The arms for the County of Stockholm is a combination of the arms of Uppland, Södermanland and the City of Stockholm. When it is shown with a royal crown it represents the County Administrative Board.

[edit] Municipalities

[edit] County Administrative Board

Prior to 1968 the County of Stockholm did not include the City of Stockholm. The City was instead under the Over-Governor's Office, and the County included the surrounding countryside. The County had its separate Governor of Stockholm County.

The main aim of the County Administrative Board is to fulfil the goals set in national politics by the Parliament and the Government, to coordinate the interests of the county, to promote the development of the county, to establish regional goals and safeguard the due process of law in the handling of each case. The County Administrative Board is nominally a Government Agency headed by a Governor.

See List of Stockholm Governors.

County officials
Governor	Mats Hellström	January 1, 2002
Deputy Governor	Bo Hansson	January 1, 2002
Commissioner of Finance	Ingela Nylund Watz	November 12, 2002
Police Commissioner	Carin Götblad	May 5, 2003
President of the County Council	Conny Andersson	November 1, 2002

[edit] County Council

Stockholm county council (Stockholms läns landsting) is the County Council of Stockholm County in Sweden. Its main responsibilities are for the public healthcare system and public transport.

The County Council has 149 members elected by proportional representation through elections held in conjunction with the national parliamentary elections every four years. The County Council itself elects the county's executive committee.

The president of the committee also holds the title Commissioner of Finance. The current commissioner is Ingela Nylund Watz, of the Swedish Social Democratic Party. The members of the executive committee (landstingsstyrelsen) represent both the political majority and the opposition, with responsibility for implementing policies approved by the County Council.

[edit] Elections

Stockholm County contains two multi-seat constituencies for county council elections, the Stockholm Municipality makes up the first constituency while the second makes up the rest of the county.

The council election results of 2006:

Party	Seats
Moderate Party	55
Liberal Party	16
Christian Democratic Party	9
Centre Party	6
Social Democrats	43
Leftist Party	10
Environmental Party	10
Total	149

Election results of 2002:

Party	Seats
Social Democrats	54
Moderate Party	37
Liberal Party	26
Christian Democratic Party	11
Leftist Party	14
Environmental Party	7
Total	149

[edit] Hospitals

The county council operates most of the hospitals in the county, some of the major facilities are:

Karolinska University Hospital. The hospital contains two major facilities; one in Solna, one in Huddinge), since the merger with Huddinge University Hospital in 2004.
Söder Hospital
Danderyd Hospital
Södertälje Hospital
Norrtälje Hospital
S:t Erik Ocular Clinic

[edit] Public Transportation

The county council is responsible for the Public transport in Stockholm. The main organizer of the transportation system is two corporations owned by the county. Storstockholms Lokaltrafik, SL, handles the bus, tram and train services while the boat traffic is handled by Waxholmsbolaget. The operation and maintenance of the public transport systems is delegated by the companies to several contractors.

The county is also responsible for paratransit services and Närtrafiken, a number of share taxi routes.

[edit] Culture and Education

The county council operates, besides the health and transportation services, the Stockholm County Museum, and two education institutions; Berga and Säbyholm Agricultural High Schools.

[edit] Law Enforcement

Stockholm County constitutes the area of jurisdiction to the Stockholm County Police Department(Polismyndigheten i Stockholms Län), which is a division of the Swedish Police Service. The police department is headed by a County Police Commissioner.

The principal agency for the police pepartment is the Stockholm County Police Authority (Polisstyrelsen i Stockholms Län), a government-appointed body consisting of local councillors from the county, and the Commissioner.