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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''' | |||
*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 | |||
• AC ..... Västerbotten County <br>• BD ..... Norrbotten County <br>• C ....... Uppsala County <br>• D ....... Södermanland County <br>• E ....... Östergötland County <br>• F ....... Jönköping County <br>• G ....... Kronoberg County <br>• H ....... Kalmar County <br>• I ....... Gotland County <br>• K ....... Blekinge County <br>• M ....... Skåne County <br>• N ....... Halland County <br>• O ....... Västra Götaland County <br>• S ....... Värmland County <br>• T ........ Örebro County <br>• U ........ Västmanland County <br>• W ....... Dalarna County <br>• X ......... Gävleborg County <br>• Y ......... Västernorrland County <br>• Z ......... Jämtland County | |||
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Revision as of 11:11, 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
• AC ..... Västerbotten County
• BD ..... Norrbotten County
• C ....... Uppsala County
• D ....... Södermanland County
• E ....... Östergötland County
• F ....... Jönköping County
• G ....... Kronoberg County
• H ....... Kalmar County
• I ....... Gotland County
• K ....... Blekinge County
• M ....... Skåne County
• N ....... Halland County
• O ....... Västra Götaland County
• S ....... Värmland County
• T ........ Örebro County
• U ........ Västmanland County
• W ....... Dalarna County
• X ......... Gävleborg County
• Y ......... Västernorrland County
• Z ......... Jämtland County