History of Swedish Counties: Difference between revisions

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| was created in 1683.

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| Prior to 1683 Eskilstuna was a county within the province of Södermanland. In 1683 the counties of Gripsholm, Nyköping and Eskilstuna were combined into a county called Södermanland. The area is still part of Södermanland County today.

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| Prior to becoming a county, Gotland was a province. The name of the province dates back to Medieval times.

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| Prior to 1683 Gripsholm was a county within the province of Södermanland. In 1683 the counties of Gripsholm, Nyköping and Eskilstuna were combined into a county called Södermanland. The area is still part of Södermanland county today.

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| was used as a county name between 1700 and 1998. This county is now part of part of Västra Götaland.

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| The county was created in 1762 when the area was divided from Västernorrland County.

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| According to the treaty of Brömsebro in 1645 Halland became Swedish. This was further reinforced with the treaty of Roskilde in 1658. The government administration was structured as a province (with a governor) until the 1719 Act when Halland received a county administrative board and became a county in the full sense.

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| was created from the county of Norrland on Sep. 5, 1645 entailing the provinces of Ångermanland, Medelpad, and Jämtland. On Mar. 13, 1654 it was combined with the county of Härnösand which later became part of Västernorrland and Jämtland counties.

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| Jämtland, Härjedalen, and Trøndelag have been separated and together administratively in the past. By the treaty of Brömsebro in 1645, Härjedalen became part of Hudiksvall County and Jämtland became part of Härnösands County. This continued to be so through the treaty of Roskilde in 1658. Jämtland and Härjedalen became part of Västernorrland county until 1762 when Gävleborg and Härjedalen separated from Västernorrland.

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| Jönköping and Kronoberg  

| was used as a county name between 1634 to 1639; 1654 to 1658, 1669 to 1674 and 1680 to 1687. The areas belonging to this county are now divided between the separate counties of Jönköping and Kronoberg.

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| Kalmar County was created with the county organization of 1634, but did not have its current boarders until the 1700’s. In many ways the county was divided in two areas a northern and a southern half until the 1970’s. The northern half had Västervik as its capital with Kalmar city as a capital for the southern half.

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| The administrative organization of Kopparberg County is unclear. In medieval times the province of Dalarna was often under the jurisdiction of Västerås castle. Gustav Vasa divided Dalarna into 2 jurisdictions. Gustav II Adolf and the guardian of Queen Kristina (while the queen was still underage) tried to establish a Bergslän which would include parts of Dalarna and Västmanland. An Act of government in 1634 created a county called “Dalarna and Kopparberg”. A royal decree in 1647 renamed the county to be Kopparberg. The county kept this name until 1997 when it was renamed Dalarna County.

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| was a county between 1719 and Dec. 31, 1996. It entailed the south-east and north-west areas of the province of Skåne. Beginning in 1997 the area became part of the county of Skåne.

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| was created in 1674.

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| Has occasionally been used for the name of Östergötland County.

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| Prior to 1658 the area belonged to Denmark as part of the province of Skåne. In 1669 the counties of Helsingborg and Landskrona were combined to create Malmönus County. Denmark tried to reclaim the area between 1675 and 1678 after which Denmark was forced through political intervention to give up its claim. Between 1658 and 1720 the area was not officially part of the Swedish kingdom (although it was controlled by a Swedish governor). Beginning in 1997 the counties of Malmöhus and Kristianstad were combined into one county called Skåne County.

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| was also known as Järla County between 1643 – 1648. The area is now included in Örebro County.

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| The county of Norrbotten was established in 1810 as part of Västerbotten increasingly became regarded as a separate area.

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| was a county between 1641and 1646. The area is now included in the counties of Västmanland and Dalarna.

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| was created in 1634 when the Ståthållardömet was divided into the counties of Skaraborg and Älvsborg. The name of the county has its origins with the authority based on the residence city of Skara. In 1660 the authority base was changed to the residence city of Mariestad and the county is sometimes referred to as Mariestad County. Skaraborg county was dissolved on Dec. 31, 1997 when it became part of Västra Götaland County.

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| Småland  

| The province of Småland was its own county between 1679 and 1680. It’s now divided between the counties of Jönköping, Kronoberg and Kalmar.

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