Region Scania is the

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of Scania County in

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. Scania County was formed on January 1, 1999, by the amalgamation of the county councils of

Malmöhus County Malmöhus County ( sv, Malmöhus län) was a county of Sweden 1719–1996. On 1 January 1997 it was merged with Kristianstad County to form Skåne County. It had been named after Malmöhus, a castle in Malmö, which was also where the governor ori ...

and

Kristianstad County Kristianstad County ( sv, Kristianstads län) was a county of Sweden from 1719 to 31 December 1996 when it was merged with Malmöhus County to form Skåne County. The seat of residence for the Governor was in Kristianstad. See also * List of gov ...

and some of the tasks handled by Malmö Municipality. The regional council assembly is the highest political body in the region and its members are elected by the population of Scania County, as opposed to the County Administrative Board (''länsstyrelsen'') which guards the interests of the state in the region under the chairmanship of the county governor. The regional council's main responsibility is for the public healthcare system, public transport and development within the region, which includes co-ordination of development of commerce, communication, culture and collaboration with other regions both in and outside of Sweden. By devolution the newly formed regional council assumed some powers from the Scania County Administrative Board, the state authority in Scania County. Before Region Scania was formed in 1999 on a trial basis, the regional development was the responsibility of a Regional Association, comprising the 33 municipalities together with the then current health services principals, namely the Kristianstad and Malmöhus county councils and the Health Services authority in the City of Malmö.Region Sk
Democracy-Increased autonomy
. Official site. Retrieved 24 August 2007. Similar provisions had also been extended to the

Västra Götaland Regional Council The Västra Götaland Regional Council, or, Region Västra Götaland, or ''Västra Götalandsregionen'', is the devolved regional council of Västra Götaland County in Sweden. It was created in 1999 by the merger of the county councils of Gothenbu ...

and the Gotland Council during a trial period.

Regional council

The regional council ( sv, regionfullmäktige, formerly ''landstingsfullmäktige'') meets at Scania Town Hall in Kristianstad. Elections are held every fourth year in conjunction with the national and municipal elections, on the third Sunday of September. The executive body of the Scania Regional Council is the Regional Executive Committee (''regionstyrelsen''). The current chair of the executive committee is Carl Johan Sonesson of the Moderate Party, who succeeded

Henrik Fritzon Henrik Fritzon (born 3 July 1972) is a Swedish politician of the Social Democrats. He was the Chair of the Executive Committee of the Skåne Regional Council

of the Social Democratic Party following the

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References

External links

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Official website in English
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