Region Dalarna, formerly known as Dalarna County Council (), is the regional council for

Dalarna County Dalarna County () is a county or '' län'' in central Sweden (Svealand). It borders on the counties of Uppsala, Jämtland, Gävleborg, Västmanland, Örebro and Värmland. It also borders on the Norwegian counties of Hedmark and Trøndelag to ...

, Sweden. The Region is primarily responsible for healthcare and public transport but also oversees regional development and culture. Historically it was also called Kopparberg County Council () ''(1863–1996).''

Conversion from County Council to Region

On 1 January 2019, Landstinget Dalarna was renamed Region Dalarna. In addition to its traditional responsibilities such as healthcare, public transport agency Dalatrafik, and culture, the Region now also manages some physical planning and infrastructure development within Dalarna County.

Responsibilities

Hospitals

The central hospitals are located in

Falun Falun () is a city and the seat of Falun Municipality in Dalarna County, Sweden, with 37,291 inhabitants in 2010. It is also the capital of Dalarna County. Falun forms, together with Borlänge, a metropolitan area with just over 100,000 inhabit ...

and

Mora Mora may refer to: People * José Maria Mora (1847–1926), Cuban-American photographer, often credited as "Mora" * Mora (singer) (born 1996), a Puerto Rican singer * Mora (surname), a Spanish name (includes a list of people with the name) Plac ...

. Mora Hospital serves the northern and western parts of Dalarna, while Falu Hospital serves the eastern and southern parts. Smaller hospitals are located in

Avesta The Avesta (, Book Pahlavi: (), Persian language, Persian: ()) is the text corpus of Zoroastrian literature, religious literature of Zoroastrianism. All its texts are composed in the Avestan language and written in the Avestan alphabet. Mod ...

Ludvika Ludvika () is a bimunicipal Urban areas in Sweden, city and the seat of Ludvika Municipality, Dalarna County within the country of Sweden, with 14,498 inhabitants in 2010. Overview The conurbation of Ludvika extends over the border of Smedjebacke ...

Borlänge Borlänge () is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality in Dalarna County, Sweden, with 44,898 inhabitants as of 2020. It is the seat of the Borlänge Municipality which as of 2017 had a total population of 51,604 inhabitants. History Originally Bor ...

, and Skönvik (

Säter Säter is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Säter Municipality, Dalarna County, Sweden, with 11,161 inhabitants in 2020. Säter is, despite its small population, for historical reasons normally still referred to as a Stad (Sweden ...

). The latter houses the county's forensic psychiatric clinic. Avesta lasarett 2017-10-27.jpg, Avesta Hospital FaluLassarett.jpg, Falu Hospital Mora lasarett snöfall 01.jpg, Mora Hospital Skönvik 10.jpg, Säter Hospital with the Forensic Psychiatric Clinic in Säter

Public Transport

Dalatrafik is the public transport authority for regional public transport in Dalarna and operates as a division of Region Dalarna.

Education

Dalarna University College Dalarna University () is a university college (''högskola'') located in Falun and Borlänge, in Dalarna County, Sweden. Dalarna University is one of Sweden’s more recent institutions of higher education, established in 1977. It is situated i ...

and

* Älvdalen Education Center * The Natural Resource High School in

Rättvik Rättvik is a locality on the eastern shore of the lake Siljan and the seat of Rättvik Municipality, Dalarna County, Sweden, with 4,686 inhabitants in 2010. Its bandy club IFK Rättvik has reached the highest division Elitserien and has bu ...

* The Music Conservatory in

* Fornby Folk High School in

* Sjöviks Folk High School near

* Mora Folk High School * Malung Folk High School

Culture

* Dalarna County Archives * Dalarna Museum
Dalarna County Library

Dalateatern

Politics

Region Dalarna is governed by the Regional Council, with the Regional Executive Board handling executive matters.

Chairman of the Regional Executive Board

Regional Council 2022–2026

Regional Executive Board 2022–2026

Majorities

Municipalities

Avesta Municipality Avesta Municipality () is one of 290 municipalities of Sweden. It is in Dalarna County, in the central part of the country, and its seat is in the town of Avesta (locality), Avesta. The municipality in its present size was created in 1967 when t ...

Borlänge Municipality Borlänge Municipality () is a municipality in Dalarna County in central Sweden, with an area of 586.4 km2. The municipality has a population of 47,640 (2007). The municipal seat is Borlänge. The present municipality was created in 1971 whe ...

Falun Municipality Falun Municipality () is a municipality in Dalarna County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Falun. Falun is the second biggest city and provincial capital of Dalarna County. Falun was originally famous for its copper mine. ...

Gagnef Municipality Gagnef Municipality () is a municipality in Dalarna County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Djurås with 2,257 inhabitants, with the largest town being Mockfjärd with 2365 inhabitants. The locality of Gagnef itself is a sma ...

Hedemora Municipality Hedemora Municipality () is a municipality in Dalarna County in central Sweden. Its seat is in the city of Hedemora. In 1966 the ''City of Hedemora'' was amalgamated with the rural municipality by the same name and with ''Husby''. Military histo ...

Leksand Municipality Leksand Municipality () is a municipality in Dalarna County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Leksand. In 1974 "old" Leksand was amalgamated with ''Ål'' and reunited with ''Siljansnäs'' (which had been separated from it in ...

Ludvika Municipality Ludvika Municipality () is a Municipalities of Sweden, municipality in Dalarna County, central Sweden. It has its seat in the town of Ludvika. In 1971 the City of Ludvika (itself instituted as such in 1919) was amalgamated with the adjacent munic ...

Malung-Sälen Municipality Malung-Sälen Municipality () is a municipality in Dalarna County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Malung. ''Malung Municipality'' was created in 1971 by the amalgamation of "old" Malung with the adjacent entities Lima and T ...

* Mora Municipality *

Orsa Municipality Orsa Municipality () is a municipalities of Sweden, municipality in Dalarna County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Orsa, Sweden, Orsa. Orsa is one of a few municipalities in Sweden which has not been amalgamated, but retai ...

Rättvik Municipality Rättvik Municipality () is a municipalities of Sweden, municipality in Dalarna County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Rättvik. In 1963 the municipality was reunited with ''Boda'', which had been detached from it in 1875, a ...

Smedjebacken Municipality Smedjebacken Municipality () is a municipalities of Sweden, municipality in Dalarna County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Smedjebacken. The present municipality was formed in two steps during the last nationwide local gover ...

Säter Municipality Säter Municipality () is one of the 290 municipalities of Sweden in Dalarna County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Säter. The present municipality was created in 1971 with the amalgamation of the former ''City of Säter'' ...

Vansbro Municipality Vansbro Municipality () is a municipality in Dalarna County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Vansbro. During the local government reform of 1971 ''Järna'', ''Nås'' and ''Äppelbo'' were amalgamated to form the new Vansbro ...

Älvdalen Municipality Älvdalen Municipality () is a municipality in Dalarna County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Älvdalen. The two parishes ''Särna'' and ''Idre'' were ceded to Sweden from Norway under the treaty of Brömsebro on 13 Augus ...

References

External Links

Official website
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Dalarna Dalarna (; ), also referred to by the English exonyms Dalecarlia and the Dales, is a (historical province) in central Sweden. Dalarna adjoins Härjedalen, Hälsingland, Gästrikland, Västmanland and Värmland. It is also bordered by Nor ...

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