A county administrative board ( sv, länsstyrelse) is a

Swedish Government Agency The government agencies in Sweden are state-controlled organizations that act independently to carry out the policies of the Government of Sweden. The ministries are relatively small and merely policy-making organizations, allowed to monitor the ...

in each of the

counties of Sweden The counties of Sweden (Swedish: ''Sveriges län'') are the top-level geographic subdivisions of Sweden. Sweden is today divided into 21 counties; however, the number of counties has varied over time, due to territorial gains/losses and to div ...

, led by a vice-regal governor ( sv, landshövding) appointed by the

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for a term of six years. The lists of gubernatorial officeholders, in most cases, stretches back to 1634 when the counties were created by

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Axel Oxenstierna Axel Gustafsson Oxenstierna af Södermöre (; 1583–1654), Count of Södermöre, was a Swedish statesman. He became a member of the Swedish Privy Council in 1609 and served as Lord High Chancellor of Sweden from 1612 until his death. He was a ...

. 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

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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.

External links

Official site of the Swedish government
{{County governors of Sweden Government agencies of Sweden Public finance of Sweden Sweden geography-related lists Sweden politics-related lists

See also

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