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Sweden has assigned a letter code for each county. The letter code is often used to identify the county and it is customary to refer to a county by its letter instead of its name, such as K-län for Blekinge and AC-län for Västerbotten. The official country codes are as follows: | Sweden has assigned a letter code for each county. The letter code is often used to identify the county and it is customary to refer to a county by its letter instead of its name, such as K-län for Blekinge and AC-län for Västerbotten. The official country codes are as follows: | ||
''' Swedish County Codes Swedish Counties & Codes''' | ''' Swedish County Codes Swedish Counties & Codes''' | ||
*A ...... Stockholm City Blekinge .................... K | *A ...... Stockholm City Blekinge .................... K | ||
*B ...... Stockholm County Gotland ...................... I | *B ...... Stockholm County Gotland ...................... I | ||
*C ...... Uppsala Gävleborg ................... X | *C ...... Uppsala Gävleborg ................... X | ||
*D ...... Södermanland Göteborg och Bohus ... O | *D ...... Södermanland Göteborg och Bohus ... O | ||
*E ...... Östergötland Halland ..................... N | *E ...... Östergötland Halland ..................... N | ||
*F ...... Jönköping Jämtland .................... Z | *F ...... Jönköping Jämtland .................... Z | ||
*G ...... Kronoberg Jönköping .................. F | *G ...... Kronoberg Jönköping .................. F | ||
*H ...... Kalmar Kalmar ...................... H | *H ...... Kalmar Kalmar ...................... H | ||
*I ........ Gotland Kopparberg ................ W | *I ........ Gotland Kopparberg ................ W | ||
*K ....... Blekinge Kristianstad ............... L | *K ....... Blekinge Kristianstad ............... L | ||
*L ........ Kristianstad Kronoberg ................. G | *L ........ Kristianstad Kronoberg ................. G | ||
*M ....... Malmöhus Malmöhus ................. M | *M ....... Malmöhus Malmöhus ................. M | ||
*N ....... Halland Norbotten .................. BD | *N ....... Halland Norbotten .................. BD | ||
*O ....... Göteborg och Bohus Skaraborg ................. R | *O ....... Göteborg och Bohus Skaraborg ................. R | ||
*P ....... Älvsborg Stockholm City ......... A | *P ....... Älvsborg Stockholm City ......... A | ||
*R ....... Skaraborg Stockholm County .... B | *R ....... Skaraborg Stockholm County .... B | ||
*S ....... Värmland Södermanland .......... D | *S ....... Värmland Södermanland .......... D | ||
*T ....... Örebro Uppsala .................. C | *T ....... Örebro Uppsala .................. C | ||
*U ...... Västmanland Värmland ................ S | *U ...... Västmanland Värmland ................ S | ||
*W ...... Kopparberg | *W ...... Kopparberg Västerbotten ............ AC | ||
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Revision as of 11:26, 20 August 2008
SWEDISH COUNTIES: (LÄN) USED IN THE FAMILY HISTORY LIBRARY CATALOG
BLEKINGE GOTLAND GÄVLEBORG
GÖTEBORG OCH BOHUS HALLAND JÄMTLAND
JÖNKÖPING KALMAR KOPPARBERG
KRISTIANSTAD KRONOBERG MALMÖHUS
NORRBOTTEN SKARABORG STOCKHOLM
SÖDERMANLAND UPPSALA VÄRMLAND
VÄSTERBOTTEN VÄSTERNORRLAND VÄSTMANLAND
ÄLVSBORG ÖREBRO ÖSTERGÖTLAND
Sweden has assigned a letter code for each county. The letter code is often used to identify the county and it is customary to refer to a county by its letter instead of its name, such as K-län for Blekinge and AC-län for Västerbotten. The official country codes are as follows:
Swedish County Codes Swedish Counties & Codes
- A ...... Stockholm City Blekinge .................... K
- B ...... Stockholm County Gotland ...................... I
- C ...... Uppsala Gävleborg ................... X
- D ...... Södermanland Göteborg och Bohus ... O
- E ...... Östergötland Halland ..................... N
- F ...... Jönköping Jämtland .................... Z
- G ...... Kronoberg Jönköping .................. F
- H ...... Kalmar Kalmar ...................... H
- I ........ Gotland Kopparberg ................ W
- K ....... Blekinge Kristianstad ............... L
- L ........ Kristianstad Kronoberg ................. G
- M ....... Malmöhus Malmöhus ................. M
- N ....... Halland Norbotten .................. BD
- O ....... Göteborg och Bohus Skaraborg ................. R
- P ....... Älvsborg Stockholm City ......... A
- R ....... Skaraborg Stockholm County .... B
- S ....... Värmland Södermanland .......... D
- T ....... Örebro Uppsala .................. C
- U ...... Västmanland Värmland ................ S
- W ...... Kopparberg Västerbotten ............ AC
- X