County administrative boards of Sweden

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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 Karlskrona Ulrica Messing (list)
2. Dalarna Falun , acting (list)
3. Gotland Visby Anders Flanking (list)
4. Gävleborg Gävle Per Bill (list)
5. Halland Halmstad (list)
6. Jämtland Östersund (list)
7. Jönköping Jönköping Helena Jonsson (list)
8. Kalmar Kalmar (list)
9. Kronoberg Växjö Maria Arnholm (list)
10. Norrbotten Luleå (list)
11. Skåne Malmö Anneli Hulthén (list)
12. Stockholm Stockholm Sven-Erik Österberg (list)
13. Södermanland Nyköping Beatrice Ask (list)
14. Uppsala Uppsala Göran Enander (list)
15. Värmland Karlstad (list)
16. Västerbotten Umeå Helene Hellmark Knutsson (list)
17. Västernorrland Härnösand Berit Högman (list)
18. Västmanland Västerås Minoo Akhtarzand (list)
19. Västra Götaland Gothenburg Anders Danielsson (list)
20. Örebro Örebro Maria Larsson (list)
21. Östergötland Linköping (list)

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