County administrative boards of Sweden
A county administrative board (Swedish: länsstyrelse) is a Swedish Government Agency in each of the counties of Sweden, led by a vice-regal governor (Swedish: landshövding) appointed by the government for a term of six years. The lists of gubernatorial officeholders, in most cases, stretches back to 1634 when the counties were created by Chancellor Axel Oxenstierna.
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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.
The capital of a county is in Swedish called residensstad ("residence city") because it is the seat of residence of the governor.
| County | County administrative board | Capital | Governor | |
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| 1. | Blekinge | Blekinge Board | Karlskrona | Ulrica Messing (list) |
| 2. | Dalarna | Dalarna Board | Falun | Helena Höij (list) |
| 3. | Gotland | Gotland Board | Visby | Anders Flanking (list) |
| 4. | Gävleborg | Gävleborg Board | Gävle | Per Bill (list) |
| 5. | Halland | Halland Board | Halmstad | Brittis Benzler (list) |
| 6. | Jämtland | Jämtland Board | Östersund | Marita Ljung (list) |
| 7. | Jönköping | Jönköping Board | Jönköping | Helena Jonsson (list) |
| 8. | Kalmar | Kalmar Board | Kalmar | Allan Widman (list) |
| 9. | Kronoberg | Kronoberg Board | Växjö | Maria Arnholm (list) |
| 10. | Norrbotten | Norrbotten Board | Luleå | Lotta Finstorp (list) |
| 11. | Skåne | Skåne Board | Malmö | Anneli Hulthén (list) |
| 12. | Stockholm | Stockholm Board | Stockholm | Anna Kinberg Batra (list) |
| 13. | Södermanland | Södermanland Board | Nyköping | Beatrice Ask (list) |
| 14. | Uppsala | Uppsala Board | Uppsala | Stefan Attefall (list) |
| 15. | Värmland | Värmland Board | Karlstad | Georg Andrén (list) |
| 16. | Västerbotten | Västerbotten Board | Umeå | Helene Hellmark Knutsson (list) |
| 17. | Västernorrland | Västernorrland Board | Härnösand | Berit Högman (list) |
| 18. | Västmanland | Västmanland Board | Västerås | Johan Sterte (list) |
| 19. | Västra Götaland | Västra Götaland Board | Gothenburg | Sten Tolgfors (list) |
| 20. | Örebro | Örebro Board | Örebro | Lena Rådström Baastad (list) |
| 21. | Östergötland | Östergötland Board | Linköping | Carl Fredrik Graf (list) |
See also
- Governor of Stockholm
- List of Swedish Governors-General
- Provincial Governors of Finland