Kronoberg County (; ) is a

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or ''

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'' in southern

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. Kronoberg is one of three counties in the province of

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. It borders the counties of

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Halland Halland () is one of the traditional provinces of Sweden (''landskap''), on the western coast of Götaland, southern Sweden. It borders Västergötland, Småland, Skåne, Scania and the sea of Kattegat. Until 1645 and the Second Treaty of Br ...

Jönköping Jönköping (, ) is a Urban areas in Sweden, city in southern Sweden with 112,766 inhabitants (2022). Jönköping is situated on the southern shore of Sweden's second largest lake, Vättern, in the province of Småland. The city is the seat o ...

Kalmar Kalmar (, , ) is a city in the southeast of Sweden, situated by the Baltic Sea. It had 41,388 inhabitants in 2020 and is the seat of Kalmar Municipality. It is also the capital of Kalmar County, which comprises 12 municipalities with a total of ...

, and

Blekinge Blekinge () is one of the traditional Swedish provinces (), situated in the southern coast of the geographic region of Götaland, in southern Sweden. It borders Småland, Scania and the Baltic Sea. It is the country's second-smallest provin ...

. Its capital is the city of

Växjö Växjö () is a city and the seat of Växjö Municipality, Kronoberg County, Sweden. It had 71,282 inhabitants (2020) out of a Municipalities of Sweden, municipal population of 97,349 (2024). It is the administrative, cultural, and industrial ce ...

. While Kronoberg is an inland county, the southernmost fringes are about from the coastline.

Province

Geographically, Kronoberg County is situated in the southern part of the province of

. It received its present borders in 1687 when

Jönköping County Jönköping County () is a county or '' län'' in southern Sweden. It borders the counties of Halland, Västra Götaland, Östergötland, Kalmar and Kronoberg. The total county population was 356,291 inhabitants in September 2017. The capita ...

was separated from the former Jönköping and Kronoberg County.

Administration

The seat of residence for the

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or ''landshövding'' is Växjö. The Governor is the head of the

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or ''länsstyrelsen''. The County Administrative Board is a

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headed by a Governor. The current Governor is Kristina Alsér who took over the office from Lars-Åke Lagrell.

Politics

The

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of Kronoberg or ''Landstinget Kronoberg''.

Governors

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elections

The table details all

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election results of Kronoberg County since the unicameral era began in

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. The blocs denote which party would support the Prime Minister or the lead opposition party towards the end of the elected parliament.

Municipalities

Alvesta Alvesta () is a locality and the seat of Alvesta Municipality in Kronoberg County, Sweden, with 8,017 inhabitants in the urban area in 2010. Alvesta is an important railway junction, joining the Stockholm–Malmö–Copenhagen railway wi ...

Lessebo Lessebo is a locality and the seat of Lessebo Municipality, Kronoberg County, Sweden with 2,737 inhabitants in 2010. The Lessebo community formed gradually around the paper and iron works that was founded in 1660. Today Vida Paper AB runs the pulp ...

Ljungby Ljungby () is the Urban areas in Sweden, central locality of Ljungby Municipality, Kronoberg County, Sweden, with 15,785 inhabitants in 2015. Ljungby was instituted in 1829 as a ''köping'', or ''market town'', and did not become a municipality o ...

Markaryd Markaryd () is a locality and the seat of Markaryd Municipality, Kronoberg County, Sweden with 3,966 inhabitants in 2010. International relations Twin towns — Sister cities Markaryd is twinned with: * Bytów, Poland Poland, official ...

* Tingsryd * Uppvidinge *

Älmhult Älmhult () is a locality and the seat of Älmhult Municipality in Kronoberg County, Sweden with 17950 as of 2024 It was in Älmhult that the first IKEA (the Swedish furniture company) store was built. IKEA continues to have a large corporate pr ...

Note that all the municipalities have names after their seats except Uppvidinge, where the seat is located in the small town Åseda.

Localities in order of size

The five most populous

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of Kronoberg County in 2020:

Demographics

Foreign background

SCB have collected statistics on backgrounds of residents since 2002. These tables consist of all who have two foreign-born parents or are born abroad themselves. The chart lists election years and the last year on record alone.

Heraldry

Kronoberg was formally granted its

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in 1944. However, use of the arms was already an established practice. It is a variation of the arms of Småland. Blazon: "In a field of gold on a green three tipped mountain, a red lion with blue armament stands upright, holding with both front paws a vertically aligned red crossbow with a black bow and arrow of silver."

References and notes

External links

Kronoberg County Administrative BoardKronoberg County Council

Kronoberg Regional Association of Local AuthoritiesThe Natural Fishing
Fishing in South Eastern Sweden—tourism page
Book about Kronoberg
Travel & Life in Kronoberg {{authority control

Kronoberg County Kronoberg County (; ) is a county or '' län'' in southern Sweden. Kronoberg is one of three counties in the province of Småland. It borders the counties of Skåne, Halland, Jönköping, Kalmar, and Blekinge. Its capital is the city of V ...