Öland County, or ''Ölands län'', was a
county
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of
Sweden
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, between 1819 and 1826.
It consisted of the island of
Öland
Öland (, ; ; sometimes written ''Oland'' internationally) is the second-largest Swedish island and the smallest of the traditional provinces of Sweden. Öland has an area of and is located in the Baltic Sea just off the coast of Småland. ...
, designating the historical
province
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of
Öland
Öland (, ; ; sometimes written ''Oland'' internationally) is the second-largest Swedish island and the smallest of the traditional provinces of Sweden. Öland has an area of and is located in the Baltic Sea just off the coast of Småland. ...
as its own county. A Governor resided briefly at
Borgholm, but the island is today part of the
Kalmar County.
Some important historical sites in Öland County are:
Borgholm Castle,
Halltorps Estate,
Eketorp fortress and the
Gettlinge Gravefield. Much of Öland County's present day landscape known as the
Stora Alvaret has been designated as a
World Heritage Site
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.
Governors
* (1819–1821)
* (1821–1826)
See also
*
List of governors of Kalmar County
*
County Governors of Sweden
References
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Former counties of Sweden
County
A county () is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesL. Brookes (ed.) '' Chambers Dictionary''. Edinburgh: Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2005. in some nations. The term is derived from the Old French denoti ...
1820s in Sweden