County Administrative Boards of Sweden

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Sweden's administration
Counties of Sweden:
Governors Administrative Boards Councils
Municipalities of Sweden:
Alphabetical list Population sorted Area sorted Density sorted Wealth sorted
See also:
NUTS:SE ISO 3166-2:SE

A County Administrative Board is a Government appointed board of a County in Sweden. It is led by a Governor or Landshövding appointed for a term of six years and the list of succession, in most cases, streteches back to 1634 when the counties were created. The main responsibilities of the County Administrative Board is to coordinate the development of the county in line with goals set in national politics. In each county there is also a County Council which is a policy-making assembly elected by the residents of the county.

Constitutionally each of the County Administrative Boards are Government agencies subordinated to the Cabinet Government. The Residence city is the seat of residence for the Governor of the County Administrative Board. Each County also has a letter code, which is used for identification and forms part of the ISO 3166-2 standard.

	County	County Administrative Board	Residence City	Current Governor	List of Governors	ISO
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21.	Blekinge Dalarna Gotland Gävleborg Halland Jämtland Jönköping Kalmar Kronoberg Norrbotten Skåne Stockholm Södermanland Uppsala Värmland Västerbotten Västernorrland Västmanland Västra Götaland Örebro Östergötland	Blekinge Board Dalarna Board Gotland Board Gävleborg Board Halland Board Jämtland Board Jönköping Board Kalmar Board Kronoberg Board Norrbotten Board Skåne Board Stockholm Board Södermanland Board Uppsala Board Värmland Board Västerbotten Board Västernorrland Board Västmanland Board Västra Götaland Board Örebro Board Östergötland Board	Karlskrona Falun Visby Gävle Halmstad Östersund Jönköping Kalmar Växjö Luleå Malmö Stockholm Nyköping Uppsala Karlstad Umeå Härnösand Västerås Gothenburg Örebro Linköping	Ingegerd Wärnersson Ingrid Dahlberg Marianne Samuelsson Christer Eirefelt Karin Starrin Maggi Mikaelsson Lars Engqvist Sven Lindgren Lars-Åke Lagrell Per-Ola Eriksson Bengt Holgersson Mats Hellström Bo Holmberg Anders Björck Eva Eriksson Lorentz Andersson Gerhard Larsson Mats Svegfors Göte Bernhardsson Sören Gunnarsson Björn Eriksson	Blekinge Governors Dalarna Governors Gotland Governors Gävleborg Governors Halland Governors Jämtland Governors Jönköping Governors Kalmar Governors Kronoberg Governors Norrbotten Governors Skåne Governors Stockholm Governors Södermanland Governors Uppsala Governors Värmland Governors Västerbotten Governors Västernorrland Governors Västmanland Governors Västra Götaland Governors Örebro Governors Östergötland Governors	SE-K SE-W SE-I SE-X SE-N SE-Z SE-F SE-H SE-G SE-BD SE-M SE-AB SE-D SE-C SE-S SE-AC SE-Y SE-U SE-O SE-T SE-E

[edit] External links

• The Swedish County Administrative Boards
• Official site of the Swedish government