History of Swedish Counties
Swedish Counties: (LÄN) used in the Family History Library Catalog (24 Counties) |- | |
- Blekinge
- Gotland
- Gävleborg
- Göteborg och Bohus
- Halland
- Jämtland
- Jönköping
- Kalmar
- Kopparberg
- Kristianstad
- Kronoberg
- Malmöhus
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- Norrbotten
- Skaraborg
- Stockholm
- Södermanland
- Uppsala
- Värmland
- Västerbotten
- Västernorrland
- Västmanland
- Älvsborg
- Örebro
- Östergötland
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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:
- A ...... Stockholm City
- B ...... Stockholm County *
- C ...... Uppsala
- D ......Södermanland
- E ......Östergötland
- F ......Jönköping
- G ......Kronoberg
- H ......Kalmar
- I ........Gotland
- K .......Blekinge
- L ........Kristianstad
- M .......Malmöhus
- N .......Halland
- O ....... Göteborg och Bohus
- P .......Älvsborg
- R .......Skaraborg
- S .......Värmland
- T.......Örebro
- U ......Västmanland
- W ......Kopparberg
- X......Gävleborg
- Y .......Västernorrland
- Z .......Jämtland
- AC ....Västerbotten
- BD ....Norrbotten
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