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Kalmar County

Kalmar County, or Kalmar län is a County or län in southern Sweden. It borders to the counties of Kronoberg, Jönköping, Blekinge and Östergötland. To the east in the Baltic Sea is the island Gotland.

Kalmar län
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CountySE-H
Residence CityKalmar
County CouncilLandstinget i Kalmar län
ProvincesSmalandia
Oelandia
Created1634
Area
 - Total
 - Percent
Ranked 9th
11,171 km²
2.7 %
Population
- Total (1999)
 - Percent
 - Density
Ranked 17th
236,501
2.7 %
21.2/km²
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Provinces

For History, Geography and Culture see: Smalandia or Oelandia

Geograpically Kalmar County covers the eastern part of Smalandia and the entire island province of Oelandia.

Administration

Main article: Kalmar County Administrative Board

Kalmar County was integrated with Kronoberg County until 1672. Blekinge was a part of Kalmar County between 1680 and 1683, due to the foundation of the naval base at Karlskrona.

The seat of resicence for the Governor or Landshövding is Kalmar. The Governor is the head of the County Administrative Board or Länsstyrelse. The County Administrative Board is nominally a Government Agency headed by a Governor. See List of Kalmar Governors.

Politics

Main article: Kalmar County Council

Municipalities

Main article: Municipalities of Kalmar

On the mainland:
*Emmaboda
*Hultsfred
*Högsby
*Kalmar
*Mönsterås
*Nybro
*Oskarshamn
*Torsås
*Vimmerby
*Västervik

On Öland:
*Borgholm
*Mörbylånga

Heraldry

Main article: Heraldry of Smalandia

The County of Kalmar was formally granted its arms in 1944. Before this the county carried the arms of Smalandia and Olandia side by side. The current arms is a combination of the arms for Smalandia and Olandia. Blazon: "Quatered, the arms of Smalandia and Olandia"

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Referenced By

Blekinge (county) | Blekinge County | Blekinge län | Borgholm | Counties of Sweden | County Administrative Board of Kalmar | County Administrative Boards of Sweden | County Councils of Sweden | Emmaboda | Geography of Smalandia | Geography of Småland | Heraldry of Oelandia | Heraldry of Olandia | Heraldry of Smalandia | Heraldry of Småland | Heraldry of Öland | Hultsfred | Högsby | ISO 3166-1:SE | ISO 3166-2:SE | ISO 3166-2 codes for Sweden | Jönköping (county) | Jönköping County | Jönköpings län | Kalmar | Kingdom of Sweden | Kronoberg | Kronoberg (county) | Kronoberg County | Kronobergs län | List of Blekinge Governors | List of Kalmar Governors | List of Swedish Regional Municipalities | List of Swedish counties | List of Swedish municipalities by county | List of capitals of subnational entities | Mönsterås | Mörbylånga | Nybro | Oelandia | Olandia | Oskarshamn | Provincial capital | Regional capital | SE-E | SE-F | SE-G | SE-K | Smaland | Smalandia | Småland | State capital | Sverige | Sweden | Torsås | Vimmerby | Västervik | Öland County | Ölands län | Östergötland (county) | Östergötland County | Östergötlands län

 

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