History of Swedish Counties

SWEDISH COUNTIES: (LÄN) USED IN THE FAMILY HISTORY LIBRARY CATALOG

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

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:

   Swedish County Codes                                        Swedish Counties &amp; Codes


 * A ...... Stockholm City                                             Blekinge .................... K
 * B ...... Stockholm County                                        Gotland ...................... I
 * C ...... Uppsala                                                       Gävleborg ................... X
 * D ...... Södermanland                                              Göteborg och Bohus ... O
 * E ...... Östergötland                                                 Halland ..................... N
 * F ...... Jönköping                                                     Jämtland .................... Z
 * G ...... Kronoberg                                                     Jönköping .................. F
 * H ...... Kalmar                                                          Kalmar ...................... H
 * I ........ Gotland                                                         Kopparberg ................ W
 * K ....... Blekinge                                                       Kristianstad ............... L
 * L ........ Kristianstad                                                  Kronoberg ................. G
 * M ....... Malmöhus                                                    Malmöhus ................. M
 * N ....... Halland                                                         Norbotten .................. BD
 * O ....... Göteborg och Bohus                                      Skaraborg ................. R
 * P ....... Älvsborg                                                        Stockholm City ......... A
 * R ....... Skaraborg                                                      Stockholm County .... B
 * S ....... Värmland                                                       Södermanland .......... D
 * T ....... Örebro                                                            Uppsala ..................  C
 * U ...... Västmanland                                                   Värmland ................  S
 * W ...... Kopparberg                                                     Västerbotten ............ AC
 * X ...... Gävleborg                                                         Västernorrland.......... Y
 * Y ....... Västernorrland                                                 Västmanland ...........U
 * Z ....... Jämtland                                                         Älvsborg .................. P
 * AC .... Västerbotten                                                   Örebro ..................... T
 * BD .... Norrbotten                                                       Östergötland............. E