Skåne County

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Skåne County, or Skåne län, is the southernmost County or län, of Sweden, basically corresponding to the historical province Scania (Skåne). It borders the counties of Halland, Kronoberg and Blekinge.

Skåne County covers around 3% of Sweden's total area, but its population of 1,200,000 comprises 13% of Sweden's total population. The county is sub-divided into 33 municipalities, or kommuner, the largest being Malmö Municipality (270,000 inhabitants), Helsingborg Municipality (122,000), Lund Municipality (103,000 inhabitants) and Kristianstad Municipality (75,000 inhabitants).

Skåne län
Image:svcmap skane.png
Map highlighting the location of Skåne County in Sweden
County SE-M, SE044
Residence City Malmö
Province Scania, Halland
Created 1998
Area
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11,027 km², 2.7% of Sweden;
ranked 10th
Population
Reference: ranked list
1,156,070 inh., 105.7 inh/km²
GRP See this ranked list


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[edit] Province

Skåne County is the administrative equivalent of the province Scania (Skåne).

Between 1719 and 1997, the county consisted of Malmöhus County and Kristianstad County. In 1997, they were merged to form the Skåne County.

[edit] Administration

The seat of residence for the Governor or Landshövding is the town of Malmö. The County Administrative Board is nominally a Government Agency headed by a Governor. See List of Skåne Governors.

[edit] Municipalities


  1. Bjuv
  2. Bromölla
  3. Burlöv
  4. Båstad
  5. Eslöv
  6. Helsingborg
  7. Hässleholm
  8. Höganäs
  9. Hörby
  10. Höör
  11. Klippan
  1. Kristianstad
  2. Kävlinge
  3. Landskrona
  4. Lomma
  5. Lund
  6. Malmö
  7. Osby
  8. Perstorp
  9. Simrishamn
  10. Sjöbo
  11. Skurup
  1. Staffanstorp
  2. Svalöv
  3. Svedala
  4. Tomelilla
  5. Trelleborg
  6. Vellinge
  7. Ystad
  8. Åstorp
  9. Ängelholm
  10. Örkelljunga
  11. Östra Göinge

[edit] Politics

Skåne Regional Council or Region Skåne is an evolved County Council that for a trial period has assumed certain tasks from the County Administrative Board and the Swedish Parliament.

[edit] Heraldry

The arms for Skåne County is the same as for the province of Scania only with the colors reversed and the crown, beak and tongue of the same color. When the arms is shown with a royal crown it represents the County Administrative Board, which is the regional presence of (royal) government authority. Blazon: "Gules, a Griffin's head erased Or, crowned and armed the same".

[edit] See also

Skåneland

[edit] External links