Södermanland County

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Södermanland County, or Södermanlands län is a County or län on the south east coast of Sweden. It borders to the counties of Östergötland, Örebro, Västmanland, Uppsala, Stockholm and to the Baltic sea.

It is an administrative unit, corresponding to the province Södermanland.

Södermanlands län

Map highlighting the location of Södermanland County in Sweden
County
Residence City Nyköping
Province Södermanland
Created 1634
Area
-
- 6,061 km², 1.5% of Sweden;
ranked 18th
Population
Reference: ranked list of Swedish counties>ranked list 255,890 inh., 42.2 inh/km²

GRP ranked list

**Södermanlands län**
Map highlighting the location of Södermanland County in Sweden
County
Residence City	Nyköping
Province	Södermanland
Created	1634
Area - -	6,061 km², 1.5% of Sweden; ranked 18th
Population Reference: ranked list of Swedish counties>ranked list	255,890 inh., 42.2 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 Administration
2 Politics
3 Municipalities
4 Heraldry
5 History
6 External links

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 Södermanland Governors.

Politics

The County Council of Södermanland or Landstinget Sörmland.

Municipalities

Heraldry

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

History

The province of Södermanland once consisted of three counties; Nyköping County, Gripsholm County and Eskilstunahus County. They were in 1683 merged into nowadays Södermanland County.

External links

[Södermanland County Administrative Board]
[Södermanland County Council]
Regional Association of Södermanland

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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