History of Swedish Counties

Swedish Counties: (LÄN) used in the Family History Library Catalog (24 Counties) 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:
 * 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
 * }
 * Älvsborg
 * Örebro
 * Östergötland
 * }