Östergötland County

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Östergötland County, or Östergötlands län, is a County or län on the south east of Sweden. It borders to the counties of Kalmar, Jönköping, Västra Götaland, Örebro, Södermanland and to the Baltic Sea.

**Östergötlands län**
Map highlighting the location of Östergötland County in Sweden
	County	SE-E, SE023
	Residence City	Linköping
	Province	Östergötland
	Created	1634
	Area - -	10,562 km², 2.6% of Sweden; ranked 11th
	Population Reference: ranked list	411,320 inh., 38.9 inh/km²
	GRP	See this ranked list

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

[edit] Province

For History, Geography and Culture see: Östergötland

Ostrogothia has virtually the same boundaries as the current administrative entity, the Östergötland County.

[edit] Administration

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 Östergötland Governors.

[edit] Politics

The County Council of Östergötland or Landstinget i Östergötland.

[edit] Municipalities

[edit] Heraldry

Östergötland County inherited its coat of arms from the province of Ostrogothia. When it is shown with a royal crown it represents the County Administrative Board.