County administrative boards of Sweden

A county administrative board (Template:Lang-sv) is a Swedish Government Agency in each of the Counties of Sweden, led by a Governor (Template:Lang-sv) 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.

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. 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	Capital	Current Governor	List of Governors	ISO
1.	Blekinge	Blekinge Board	Karlskrona	Berit Andnor	Blekinge Governors	SE-K
2.	Dalarna	Dalarna Board	Falun	Maria Norrfalk	Dalarna Governors	SE-W
3.	Gotland	Gotland Board	Visby	Cecilia Schelin Seidegård	Gotland Governors	SE-I
4.	Gävleborg	Gävleborg Board	Gävle	Barbro Holmberg	Gävleborg Governors	SE-X
5.	Halland	Halland Board	Halmstad	Lena Sommestad	Halland Governors	SE-N
6.	Jämtland	Jämtland Board	Östersund	Jöran Hägglund	Jämtland Governors	SE-Z
7.	Jönköping	Jönköping Board	Jönköping	Minoo Akhtarzand	Jönköping Governors	SE-F
8.	Kalmar	Kalmar Board	Kalmar	Stefan Carlsson	Kalmar Governors	SE-H
9.	Kronoberg	Kronoberg Board	Växjö	Kristina Alser	Kronoberg Governors	SE-G
10.	Norrbotten	Norrbotten Board	Luleå	Sven-Erik Österberg	Norrbotten Governors	SE-BD
11.	Skåne	Skåne Board	Malmö	Margareta Pålsson	Skåne Governors	SE-M
12.	Stockholm	Stockholm Board	Stockholm	Chris Heister	Stockholm Governors	SE-AB
13.	Södermanland	Södermanland Board	Nyköping	Liselott Hagberg	Södermanland Governors	SE-D
14.	Uppsala	Uppsala Board	Uppsala	Peter Egardt	Uppsala Governors	SE-C
15.	Värmland	Värmland Board	Karlstad	Kenneth Johansson	Värmland Governors	SE-S
16.	Västerbotten	Västerbotten Board	Umeå	Magdalena Andersson	Västerbotten Governors	SE-AC
17.	Västernorrland	Västernorrland Board	Härnösand	Bo Källstrand	Västernorrland Governors	SE-Y
18.	Västmanland	Västmanland Board	Västerås	Ingemar Skogö	Västmanland Governors	SE-U
19.	Västra Götaland	Västra Götaland Board	Gothenburg	Lars Bäckström	Västra Götaland Governors	SE-O
20.	Örebro	Örebro Board	Örebro	Rose-Marie Frebran	Örebro Governors	SE-T
21.	Östergötland	Östergötland Board	Linköping	Elisabeth Nilsson	Östergötland Governors	SE-E

See also

• Over-Governor of Stockholm
• Governor-General in the Swedish Realm
• Provincial Governors of Finland

External links

• The Swedish county administrative boards
• Official site of the Swedish government