Halland County, Sweden Genealogy

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Guide to Halland County, Sweden ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

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History
Halland became part of Sweden with the treaty of Brömsebro in 1645. This was further reinforced with the treaty of Roskilde in 1658. The government administration was structured as a province (with a governor) until the Act of 1719 when Halland received a County administrative board and became a County in the full sense. Halland County belongs to Halland Province. The county letter for Halland is: N