County Administrative Boards of Sweden

A County Administrative Board is a Government appointed board of a County in Sweden. It is lead 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 an political assembly appointed by the county electorate.

Constitutionally the County Administrative Boards are authorities subordinated to the Cabinet Government. The Residence city is the seat of residence for the Govenor 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	List of Govenors	Code
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	Board of Blekinge[?] Board of Dalarna[?] Board of Halland Board of Gotland[?] Board of Gävleborg Board of Jämtland[?] Board of Jönköping Board of Kalmar Board of Kronoberg Board of Norrbotten Board of Skåne[?] Board of Stockholm Board of Södermanland Board of Uppsala Board of Värmland[?] Board of Västerbotten[?] Board of Västernorrland Board of Västmanland[?] Board of Västra Götaland[?] Board of Örebro Board of Östergötland[?]	Karlskrona Falun Halmstad Visby Gävle Östersund Jönköping Kalmar Växjö Luleå Malmö Stockholm Nyköping Uppsala Karlstad Umeå Härnösand Västerås Gothenburg Örebro Linköping	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[?]	K W N I X Z F H G BD M AB D C S AC Y U O T E

See also

• Counties of Sweden
• County Councils of Sweden
• Municipalities of Sweden
• List of capitals of subnational entities

External links

• The Swedish County Administrative Boards (http://www.lst.se/english/index.htm)
• Official site of the Swedish government (http://www.sweden.gov.se)