The Skåne Regional Council (Region Skåne) is the evolved County Council of Skåne County in Sweden. Its main responsibilities are for the public healthcare system and public transport. Skåne County, or Skåne län, is the southernmost County or län, of Sweden. ... Kristianstad is a municipality and city in Scania in southernmost Sweden. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... This article is about the Swedish unit of currency. ... A County Council, or Landsting, is an elected assembly of a County in Sweden. ... Skåne County, or Skåne län, is the southernmost County or län, of Sweden. ... Publicly funded medicine is a level of medical service that is paid wholly or in majority part by public funds (taxes or quasi-taxes). ... A taxi serving as a bus Public transport comprises all transport systems in which the passengers do not travel in their own vehicles. ...

The Skåne Regional Council was created on Jan 1, 1999, by the merger of the county councils in the former Malmöhus County and Kristianstad County, as well as county council tasks formerly handled by the municipality of Malmö. By devolution the newly formed Regional Council also assumed some power, on trial until 2006, from the Skåne County Administrative Board, the regional authority in Skåne of the Swedish government. The devolution of power mainly concerned responsibility for long term regional planning and other previously administrative provisions. It did not provide any extended political privileges or autonomy against the national government, nor any authority over the local municipalities. Similar provisions had also been extended to the Västra Götaland Regional Council and the Gotland Council during a trial period. January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Kristianstad County, or Kristianstads län, was a County of Sweden until 1997 when it was merged with Malmöhus County to create the county of Skåne. ... The Municipalities or Kommuner represent the local level of self government in Sweden. ... Malmö (  listen) is the largest of the cities in the province of Scania (Skåne) in southern Sweden; and the third largest of the cities in Sweden. ... 2006 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A County Administrative Board is a Government appointed board of a County in Sweden. ... Gotland is the single Municipality of Gotland County, in Sweden. ...

Even though the Regional Council has managed to gain a local popularity in Scania, the trial period in the three regions is considered a failure in political and administrative terms. A successful trial would have ment that similar provisions would have been implemented through out Sweden, and that the County Councils would have been surplanted by Regional Councils. Instead it is likely that the system with County Councils will be abandoned altogeather, to be replaced by a new system regional cooperation to a shape or form not yet known. It is not yet clear whether at the end of the trial period in 2006 that the Regional Councils will revert back to ordinary County Councils, or whether status quo will be maintained until a new regional system in Sweden might be implemented. A County Council, or Landsting, is an elected assembly of a County in Sweden. ...

Regional Parliament

The Regional Council, or Regional Parliament, assembles in the Scania House (Skånehuset) in Kristianstad. Next elections are scheduled to be held in conjunction with the national elections, on the third Sunday of September in 2006. Kristianstad is a municipality and city in Scania in southernmost Sweden. ... 2006 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The Moderate Coalition Party or Moderata samlingspartiet (commonly referred to as Moderaterna) is a liberal-conservative political party in Sweden. ... The Christian Democrats (Kristdemokraterna or KD) is a political party in Sweden. ... Folkpartiet Liberalerna is a liberal party in Sweden. ... The Centre Party (Swedish: Centerpartiet, abbreviated: C) is a political party in Sweden. ... The Green Party or Environmental Party the Greens` (Miljöpartiet de Gröna) is a political party in Sweden. ... The Social Democratic Labour Party of Sweden (Sveriges Socialdemokratiska Arbetareparti or SAP), is a one of the main political parties in Sweden. ... The Left Party (Vänsterpartiet) is a political party in Sweden. ...

See also

• Politics of Sweden
• Elections in Sweden
• Skåne County Administrative Board (List of Skåne Governors)

Popular government in Sweden rests upon ancient traditions. ... Elections in Sweden gives information on election and election results in Sweden. ... This is a list of Governors for Skåne County in Sweden. ...

External links

• Region Skåne (http://www.skane.se/) - Official site