Östergötland County

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Östergötland County, or Östergötlands län, is a County or län on the south east of Sweden. It borders to the counties of Kalmar, Jönköping, Västra Götaland, Örebro, Södermanland and to the Baltic Sea.

Östergötlands län

Map highlighting the location of Östergötland County in Sweden
County
Residence City Linköping
Province Östergötland
Created 1634
Area
-
- 10,562 km², 2.6% of Sweden;
ranked 11th
Population
Reference: ranked list of Swedish counties>ranked list 411,320 inh., 38.9 inh/km²

GRP ranked list

**Östergötlands län**
Map highlighting the location of Östergötland County in Sweden
County
Residence City	Linköping
Province	Östergötland
Created	1634
Area - -	10,562 km², 2.6% of Sweden; ranked 11th
Population Reference: ranked list of Swedish counties>ranked list	411,320 inh., 38.9 inh/km²
GRP	ranked list

Map highlighting the location of Blekinge County in Sweden County Residence City Karlskrona Province Blechingia Created 1683 Area
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- 2,941 km², 0.7% of Sweden;
ranked 21st Population
Reference: ranked list of Swedish counties>ranked list 150,625 inh., 51.2 inh/km²
GRP ranked list

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Contents

1 Province
2 Administration
3 Politics
4 Municipalities
5 Heraldry
6 Miscellaneous topics
7 External links

Province

For History, Geography and Culture see: Östergötland

Ostrogothia has virtually the same boundaries as the current administrative entity, the Östergötland County.

Administration

The main aim of the County Administrative Board is to fulfil the goals set in national politics by the Parliament and the Government, to coordinate the interests of the county, to promote the development of the county, to establish regional goals and safeguard the due process of law in the handling of each case. The County Administrative Board is nominally a Government Agency headed by a Governor. See List of Östergötland Governors.

Politics

The County Council of Östergötland or Landstinget i Östergötland.

Municipalities

Heraldry

Main article: Heraldry of Ostrogothia

Östergötland County inherited its coat of arms from the province of Ostrogothia. When it is shown with a royal crown it represents the County Administrative Board.

Miscellaneous topics

External links

Counties of Sweden
Blekinge \| Dalarna \| Gotland \| Gävleborg \| Halland \| Jämtland \| Jönköping \| Kalmar \| Kronoberg \| Norrbotten \| Örebro \| Östergötland \| Skåne \| Stockholm \| Södermanland \| Uppsala \| Värmland \| Västerbotten \| Västernorrland \| Västmanland \| Västra Götaland

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