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	As you do your Swedish family history research, sometimes you will see a letter associated to a county. In Sweden these letters are called Länsbokstav which is literally translated as “county letter”. The system of assigning a unique letter (or letters) to every county began with automobile registration in 1916 and continued up until 1973. During this time period, the characters’ on every license plate began with a letter that was associated to the county where the owner lived. For example, if the owner lived in Kalmar County (which was assigned the letter H) then the car’s license plate might be H40371. <br>		As you do your Swedish family history research, sometimes you will see a letter associated to a county. In Sweden these letters are called Länsbokstav which is literally translated as “county letter”. The system of assigning a unique letter (or letters) to every county began with automobile registration in 1916 and continued up until 1973. During this time period, the characters’ on every license plate began with a letter that was associated to the county where the owner lived. For example, if the owner lived in Kalmar County (which was assigned the letter H) then the car’s license plate might be H40371. <br>