A county administrative board () is a Swedish Government Agency in each of the

counties of Sweden The counties of Sweden () are the first-level administrative subdivisions of Sweden. There are twenty-one counties; however, the number of counties has varied over time, due to territorial changes and to divisions or mergers of existing counti ...

, led by a vice-regal governor () appointed by the

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for a term of six years. The lists of gubernatorial officeholders, in most cases, stretches back to 1634 when the counties were created by

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Axel Oxenstierna Axel Gustafsson Oxenstierna (; 1583–1654) was a Swedish statesman and Count of Södermöre. He became a member of the Swedish Privy Council in 1609 and served as Lord High Chancellor of Sweden from 1612 until his death. He was a confidant of ...

. 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

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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.

External links

Official site of the Swedish government
{{County governors of Sweden Government agencies of Sweden Public finance of Sweden Sweden geography-related lists Sweden politics-related lists

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