Kronoberg County

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Kronoberg County, or Kronobergs län, is a County or län in southern Sweden. It borders to the counties of Skåne, Halland, Jönköping, Kalmar and Blekinge.

Kronobergs län

Map highlighting the location of Kronoberg County in Sweden
County
Residence City Växjö
Province Smalandia
Created 1674
Area
-
- 8,458 km², 2.1% of Sweden;
ranked 14th
Population
Reference: ranked list of Swedish counties>ranked list 177,149 inh., 20.9 inh/km²

GRP ranked list

**Kronobergs län**
Map highlighting the location of Kronoberg County in Sweden
County
Residence City	Växjö
Province	Smalandia
Created	1674
Area - -	8,458 km², 2.1% of Sweden; ranked 14th
Population Reference: ranked list of Swedish counties>ranked list	177,149 inh., 20.9 inh/km²
GRP	ranked list

Map highlighting the location of Blekinge County in Sweden County Residence City Karlskrona Province Blechingia Created 1683 Area
-
- 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: Smalandia

Geographically Kronoberg County represents the heartland of the province of Smalandia. It received its present borders in 1687 when Jönköping County was separated.

Administration

The seat of residence for the Governor or Landshövding is Växjö. The Governor is the head of the County Administrative Board or Länsstyrelsen. The County Administrative Board is nominally a Government Agency headed by a Governor. The current Governor is Lars-Åke Lagrell, who is most famous for also being President of the Swedish Football Association. See List of Kronoberg Governors.

Politics

The County Council of Kronoberg or Landstinget Kronoberg.

Municipalities

Main article:

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

Heraldry

Kronoberg was formally granted its arms in 1944, however use of the same was already an established practice. It is a variation of the arms of Smalandia. Blazon: "Or, a lion rampant Gules langued and armed Azure holding in front paws a Crossbow of the second bowed and stringed Sable with a bolt Argent, standing on a tripple Mount Vert."

Miscellaneous topics

External links

[Kronoberg County Administrative Board]
[Kronoberg County Council]
[Kronoberg Regional Association of Local Authorities]
[The Natural Fishing] Fishing in South Eastern Sweden -- tourism page

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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