Östergötland County

Östergötland
County of Sweden
Coat of arms
Country	Sweden
Founded	1634
Capital	Linköping
Government
• Governor	Elisabeth Nilsson
• Council	Landstinget i Östergötland
Area
• Total	10,602.0 km2 (4,093.5 sq mi)
Population  (March 31, 2011)
• Total	429,852
• Density	41/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE-E
GDP/ Nominal	SEK 97,387 million (2004)
GDP per capita	SEK 236,000
NUTS Region	SE123
Website	www.e.lst.se

Östergötland County (Östergötlands län) is a county or län in southeastern Sweden. It has land borders with the counties of Kalmar to the southeast, Jönköping to the southwest, Örebro to the northwest, and Södermanland to the northeast. It also has a sea border with Västra Götaland to the west (across lake Vättern), and borders the Baltic Sea to the east.

Östergötland County has a population of 429 852 (March 31, 2011) and the capital and biggest city is Linköping. Linköping and neighbouring twin city Norrköping together form one of Sweden's metropolitan areas; The Linköping-Norrköping Corridor is therefore sometimes marketed as The Fourth Metropolitan Region of Sweden, the other three being Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö. Princess Estelle is Duchess of Östergötland.

Province

For History, Geography and Culture see: Östergötland Östergötland has virtually the same boundaries as the current administrative entity, the Östergötland County.

Administration

The main aim of the County Administrative Board is to fulfil the goals set in national politics by the Riksdag 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 a Government Agency headed by a Governor. See List of Östergötland Governors.

Politics

The County Council of Östergötland or Landstinget i Östergötland.

Municipalities

• Boxholm
• Finspång
• Kinda
• Linköping
• Mjölby
• Motala
• Norrköping
• Söderköping
• Vadstena
• Valdemarsvik
• Ydre
• Åtvidaberg
• Ödeshög

Heraldry

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

See also

• Dukes of Östergötland, a title for members of the royal family

External links

• Östergötland County Administrative Board
• Östergötland County Council
• Tourism in Östergötland
• Regional Association of Östergötland