Counties of Sweden

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In compliance with the Constitution of 1634, the kingdom was organized into counties (called Län in Swedish.) At this time each province (called Landskap) turned over its civil authority to the county administration. The administrative activities in the counties have basically been in force since about 1810. For further reading about the history of the counties see History of Swedish Counties.

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The county names and structure from of about 1875 was used to organize the Swedish collections in the Family History Library Catalog.