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Subdivisions Of Sweden
There are several series of subdivisions of Sweden. * Judiciary *# Supreme Court (''Högsta Domstolen''), Supreme Administrative Court (''Högsta förvaltningsdomstolen'') *# Courts of appeal (''hovrätter''), administrative courts of appeal (''kammarrätter'') (and historically: '' lagsagor)'' *# District courts (''tingsrätter''), county administrative courts (''länsrätter'') * Central executive *# Cabinet of Sweden, Government agencies in Sweden *# County administrative boards of Sweden * Local government *# Regions of Sweden (''regioner'') - there are 21 *# Municipalities of Sweden (''kommuner'') - there are 290 *# City districts of Sweden (''stadsdelar'' or ''stadsdelsnämndsområden'') * Ecclesiastically *# Church of Sweden *# Dioceses (''stift'') *# ''Kontrakt'' *# Pastorat *# Parishes (''församlingar'') * Historically *# Lands of Sweden *# Provinces of Sweden *# Hundreds of Sweden *# ''Socknar'' (both parishes and rural municipalities) * Proposed *# Regions of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipalities Of Sweden
The municipalities of Sweden () are its generally smaller but co-equal local government Legal entity, entities. There are 290 municipalities which are responsible for a large proportion of local services, including schools, emergency services and physical planning. Foundation The Local Government Act of 1991 specifies several responsibilities for the municipalities, and provides outlines for local government, such as the process for electing the Municipal assembly (Sweden), municipal assembly. It also regulates a process (''laglighetsprövning'', "legality trial") through which any citizen can appeal the decisions of a local government to a county court. Municipality, Municipal government in Sweden is similar to city commission government and cabinet-style council, cabinet-style council government. A legislative municipal assembly ''(kommunfullmäktige)'' of between 31 and 101 members (always an odd number) is elected from party-list proportional representation at municipal ele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Administrative Divisions Of Sweden
There are several series of subdivisions of Sweden. * Judiciary *# Supreme Court (''Högsta Domstolen''), Supreme Administrative Court (''Högsta förvaltningsdomstolen'') *# Courts of appeal (''hovrätter''), administrative courts of appeal (''kammarrätter'') (and historically: '' lagsagor)'' *# District courts (''tingsrätter''), county administrative courts (''länsrätter'') * Central executive *# Cabinet of Sweden, Government agencies in Sweden *# County administrative boards of Sweden * Local government *# Regions of Sweden (''regioner'') - there are 21 *# Municipalities of Sweden (''kommuner'') - there are 290 *# City districts of Sweden (''stadsdelar'' or ''stadsdelsnämndsområden'') * Ecclesiastically *# Church of Sweden *# Dioceses (''stift'') *# ''Kontrakt'' *# Pastorat *# Parishes (''församlingar'') * Historically *# Lands of Sweden *# Provinces of Sweden *# Hundreds of Sweden *# ''Socknar'' (both parishes and rural municipalities) * Proposed *# Regi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NUTS Statistical Regions Of Sweden
In the NUTS (Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics) codes of Sweden (SE), the three levels are: NUTS codes SE SWEDEN (SVERIGE) :SE1 EAST SWEDEN (ÖSTRA SVERIGE) ::SE11 Stockholm (National Area), Stockholm (Stockholm) :::SE110 Stockholm County (Stockholms län) ::SE12 East Middle Sweden (Östra Mellansverige) :::SE121 Uppsala County (Uppsala län) :::SE122 Södermanland County (Södermanlands län) :::SE123 Östergötland County (Östergötlands län) :::SE124 Örebro County (Örebro län) :::SE125 Västmanland County (Västmanlands län) :SE2 SOUTH SWEDEN (SÖDRA SVERIGE) ::SE21 Småland and the islands (Småland med öarna) :::SE211 Jönköping County (Jönköpings län) :::SE212 Kronoberg County (Kronobergs län) :::SE213 Kalmar County (Kalmar län) :::SE214 Gotland County (Gotlands län) ::SE22 South Sweden (Sydsverige) :::SE221 Blekinge County (Blekinge län) :::SE224 Skåne County (Skåne län) ::SE23 West Sweden (Västsverige) :::SE231 Halland County (Hallands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subdivisions Of The Nordic Countries
Denmark *Denmark proper **5 regions () **98 municipalities () *2 autonomous insular overseas dependencies **Faroe Islands ***6 regions ***30 municipalities **Greenland ***5 municipalities ***1 unincorporated national park Finland *Finland **19 regions (, ) ***Åland ***70 sub-regions (, ) ****310 municipalities (, ) Iceland *Iceland **6 constituencies (), electoral **8 regions (), statistical **64 municipalities (), administrative Norway *Norway proper **15 counties () **356 municipalities () * overseas dependencies **2 unincorporated overseas dependencies **3 unintegrated overseas dependencies Sweden *Sweden **21 counties () ***290 municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ... () References {{Nordic countries * Nordic countries ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Counties Of Sweden
The counties of Sweden () are the first-level administrative subdivisions of Sweden. There are twenty-one counties; however, the number of counties has varied over time, due to territorial changes and to divisions or mergers of existing counties. They are ''not'' regarded as geographical areas by Swedes as they are not connected to dialects or identity, which is a role fulfilled by the historical provinces of Sweden (). This level of administrative unit was first established in the Instrument of Government (1634), 1634 Instrument of Government on Lord High Chancellor of Sweden, Lord Chancellor Count Axel Oxenstierna's initiative, and superseded the landskap, in order to introduce a more efficient administration of the realm. At that time, they were what the translation of ''län'' into English literally means: fiefdoms. The county borders often follow the provincial borders, but Monarchy of Sweden, the Crown often chose to make slight relocations to suit its purposes. In ever ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Socken
Socken ( or ) is the name used for a part of a counties of Sweden, county in Sweden. In Denmark, similar areas are known as , in Norway or and in Finland or . A is a rural area formed around a church, typically in the Middle Ages. A socken originally served as a parish. Later, until the Swedish municipal reforms of 1862, it also served as a civil parish or an parish (administrative division), administrative parish, and became a predecessor to today's municipalities of Sweden, municipalities of Finland, Finland, municipalities of Norway, Norway and municipalities of Denmark, Denmark. Today it is a traditional area with frozen borders, in Sweden typically identical to those of the early 20th century rural parishes. The socken also served as a registration unit for buildings, in Sweden recently replaced by identical registration districts in Sweden, registration districts as registration unit. A socken consists of several villages and industry Human settlement, localities (comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hundreds Of Sweden
A hundred is a geographic division formerly used in northern Germanic countries and related colonies, which historically was used to divide a larger region into smaller administrative divisions. The equivalent term in Swedish is (in Uppland also known as during the early Middle Ages); in Danish and Norwegian, ; in Finnish, ; and in Estonian, . The Scanian hundreds were Danish until the Treaty of Roskilde The Treaty of Roskilde was negotiated at Høje Taastrup Church and was concluded on 26 February ( OS) or 8 March 1658 ( NS) during the Second Northern War between Frederick III of Denmark–Norway and Karl X Gustav of Sweden in the Danish ci ... of 1658. List {{DEFAULTSORT:Hundreds Of Sweden, List Of Hundreds ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Provinces Of Sweden
The 25 provinces of Sweden () are historical, geographical and cultural regions. They have no administrative function, but retain their own cultural identities, dialects and folklore. Several were administrative subdivisions until 1634, when they were replaced by the counties of Sweden (). Some were conquered later on from Denmark–Norway. Others, like the provinces of Finland, have been lost. In some cases, the county and province borders correspond almost exactly, as with Blekinge and Blekinge County. The island of Gotland is both a province, a county and a municipality (''kommun''). The only other province to share a name with a modern municipality is Härjedalen, though the borders are not quite the same. Administrative borders are subject to change – for example, several of today's counties were created in the 1990s – while the provincial borders have remained stable for centuries. All the provinces are also ceremonial duchies, but as such have no administrati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lands Of Sweden
The lands of Sweden () are three traditional and historical regions of the country, each consisting of several provinces. The division into lands goes back to the consolidation of Sweden, when ''Götaland'', the land of the Geats, merged with ''Svealand'', the land of the Swedes, to form the country, while ''Norrland'' and '' Österland'' (the latter now Finland) were added later. The lands have no administrative function but are still seen by many Swedes as an important part of their identity. Subdivision * Götaland (''Gothenland'' or ''Gothia'', "Land of the Geats") is the southernmost, most densely populated part, consisting of ten provinces. * Svealand (''Swealand'', "Land of the Swedes") is the central, and smallest of the three lands, with six provinces; the administrative centre of Sweden has been situated here at least since the late Middle Ages. * Norrland (literally "Northland") is the northernmost, and largest, of the three lands, covering 60 percent of the total land ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parishes Of The Church Of Sweden
The Parishes of the Church of Sweden () are subdivisions within the Church of Sweden that historically were called ''socken'' but nowadays are called ''församling''. Similar units were used for municipalities of Sweden, municipal (''landskommun'') and cadastre, cadastral purposes (''jordebokssocknar'' or ''jordregistersocknar'') until the 20th century. After the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century the church also became a state church and as such was charged with administrative tasks like as keeping the Swedish Population Register, civic registry. Parishes were also used as cadastral units (''jordebokssocknar'', later ''jordregistersocknar''), sometimes with slightly different borders. Eventually religious and civil matters became separated in two entities within the same district (in 1863), the religious congregation (''församling'') and the civil parish or rural municipality (''landskommun''). The civil parish handled municipal tasks, but the congregation still retained ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pastorat
The Church of Sweden () is an Evangelical Lutheran national church in Sweden. A former state church, headquartered in Uppsala, with around 5.5 million members at year end 2023, it is the largest Christian denomination in Sweden, the largest Lutheran denomination in Europe and the third-largest in the world, after the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania. A member of the Porvoo Communion, the church professes Lutheranism. It is composed of thirteen dioceses, divided into parishes. It is an open national church which, working with a democratic organisation together with the ministry of the church, covers the whole nation. The Primate of the Church of Sweden, as well as the Metropolitan of all Sweden, is the Archbishop of Uppsala. It is liturgically and theologically "high church", having retained priests, vestments, and the Mass during the Swedish Reformation. In common with other Evangelical Lutheran churches (particular ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
