Gotlands län

Map highlighting the location of Gotland County in Sweden |
	County	SE-I, SE094
	Residence City	Visby
	Governor	Marianne Samuelsson
	County Council	Gotland Municipality
	Province	Gotlandia
	Created	1658
	Area  - Total  - Percent	Ranked 20th 3,140 km² 0.8 %
	Population  - Total (1999)  - Percent  - Density	Ranked 21st 57,428 0.6 % 18.3/km²
	GRP  - Total (2004)  - Percent  - GRP/capita	Ranked 21st 12,154 Million SEK 0.52 % 212,000 SEK

Image File history File links Map Swedish Counties, Gotland made by: User:Mic first uppload: May 3 2003 File links The following pages link to this file: Gotland County Gotland Municipality User:Mic/Images ... Image File history File links Gotland (county), coat of arms This image depicts a seal, an emblem, a coat of arms or a crest. ... A County, or Län, is an administrative and political subdivision of Sweden. ... The ISO 3166-2 codes for Sweden describe the 21 Counties, or län. ... The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics of Sweden are used for statistical purposes in a European Union context. ... A County Administrative Board is a Government appointed board of a County in Sweden. ... Visby is a city in southeast Sweden, on the island Gotland. ... The Swedish Counties were run by Governors, appointed by the Swedish monarch, since their establishment in 1634. ... A County Council, or Landsting, is an elected assembly of a County in Sweden. ... Gotland is the single Municipality of Gotland County, in Sweden. ... The provinces or landskap were the subdivision of Sweden until 1634, when they were replaced by counties in a reform, led by Axel Oxenstierna, that still remains in force in Sweden proper. ... Gotlandia, or Gotland, a historical Province or landskap, of Sweden. ... Events January 13 - Edward Sexby, who has plotted against Oliver Cromwell, dies in Tower of London February 6 - Swedish troops of Charles X Gustav of Sweden cross from Sweden to Denmark over frozen sea May 1 - Publication of Hydriotaphia, Urn Burial and The Garden of Cyrus by Thomas Browne September... This article explains the meaning of area as a physical quantity. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Population density can be used as a measurement of any tangible item. ... In economics, the gross domestic product (GDP) is a measure of the amount of the economic production of a particular territory in financial capital terms during a specific time period. ... Sweden is an industrialized country. ... This article is about the Swedish unit of currency. ...

Province

For History, Geography and Culture see: Gotlandia Gotlandia, or Gotland, a historical Province or landskap, of Sweden. ...

Gotland County is geographically equivalent to the province of Gotlandia.

Administration

Main article: Gotland County Administrative Board

The main aim of the County Administrative Board is to fulfil the goals set in national politics by the Parliament and the Government, to coordinate the interests and promote the development of the county, to establish regional goals and safeguard the due process of law in the handling of each case. The County Administrative Board is nominally a Government agency headed by a Governor. See List of Gotland Governors. A County Administrative Board is a Government appointed board of a County in Sweden. ... Riksdag is also the Swedish name of the Parliament of Finland. ... The Government Agencies in Sweden are state controlled organizations who act independently to carry out the policies of the Swedish Government. ... This is a list of Governors for Gotland County of Sweden, from 1689 to present. ...

Gotland is the only Swedish county that does not have a county council, as well as having only one municipality and one area code. A County, or Län, is an administrative and political subdivision of Sweden. ... A County Council, or Landsting, is an elected assembly of a County in Sweden. ... The Municipalities or Kommuner represent the local level of self government in Sweden. ... A telephone numbering plan is a system that allows subscribers to make and receive telephone calls across long distances. ...

Politics

Main article: Gotland Municipality Gotland is the single Municipality of Gotland County, in Sweden. ...

The County of Gotland consists of a single municipality and as there is no separate entity for a County Council, those tasks are handled by the Municipality of Gotland. During a trial period the County Council provisions for Gotland has been evolved to provisions for a Regional Council, meaning that it has assumed certain tasks from the County Administrative Board. Similar provisions are applicable to the counties of Västra Götaland and Skåne during the trial period. The Municipalities or Kommuner represent the local level of self government in Sweden. ... Västra Götaland County, or Västra Götalands län is a County or län on the western coast of Sweden. ... SkÃ¥ne County, or SkÃ¥ne län, is the southernmost County or län, of Sweden. ...

Heraldry

Main article: Heraldry of Gotlandia

Gotland County inherited its coat of arms from the province of Gotlandia. When it is shown with a royal crown it represents the County Administrative Board.

Miscellaneous topics

External links

• Gotland County Administrative Board
• Gotland Municipality