The counties of Sweden (Swedish: Sveriges län) are the administrative subdivisions of Sweden. They are not regarded as geographical areas by Swedes as they are not connected to dialects or identity, … See more

With county codes, which were official until 1974.
Each county region contains a number of municipalities (kommuner), the existence of which is partly at the discretion of the central government. Since 2004 their number … See more

Older subdivisions
Sweden's provinces, or landskap, and the "lands", or landsdelar, lack political importance today but are common denominations culturally and historically. The provinces had their own laws and justice systems and … See more

Under the aegis of the Swedish government, Ansvarskommittén has been investigating the possibilities of merging the current 21 counties into 6 to 9 larger regions. These proposals are from their final report, delivered in 2007:
A model for this … See more

The counties in Sweden correspond to the third level of division in the European Union's system of Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics. For the purpose of creating regions corresponding to the second level, counties have been grouped into eight See more

• Administrative divisions of Sweden
• Ranked list of Swedish counties
• ISO 3166-2 codes for Sweden
• Subdivisions of the Nordic countries See more

• The Swedish County administrative boards
• Official site of the Swedish government
• National Atlas of Sweden (searchable) See more