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.

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
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	Veronica Lauritzsen (acting) (list)
5.	Halland	Halland Board	Halmstad	Anders Thornberg (list)
6.	Jämtland	Jämtland Board	Östersund	Marita Ljung (list)
7.	Jönköping	Jönköping Board	Jönköping	Brittis Benzler (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	Claes Lindgren (acting) (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	Carin Jämtin (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	Ann Holmlid (acting) (list)

See also

• Governor of Stockholm
• List of Swedish Governors-General
• Provincial Governors of Finland

External links

• Official site of the Swedish government