Editing Counties of Sweden (section)

== Map ==
With county codes, which were official until 1974.
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*AB: [[Stockholm County]]
*C: [[Uppsala County]]
*D: [[Södermanland County]]
*E: [[Östergötland County]]
*F: [[Jönköping County]]
*G: [[Kronoberg County]]
*H: [[Kalmar County]]
*I: [[Gotland County]]
*K: [[Blekinge County]]
*M: [[Skåne County]]
*N: [[Halland County]]
*O: [[Västra Götaland County]]
*S: [[Värmland County]]
*T: [[Örebro County]]
*U: [[Västmanland County]]
*W: [[Dalarna County]]
*X: [[Gävleborg County]]
*Y: [[Västernorrland County]]
*Z: [[Jämtland County]]
*AC: [[Västerbotten County]]
*BD: [[Norrbotten County]]
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[[File:SverigesLän2007mKod.svg|center|242px]]{{center|''Counties of Sweden''}}
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[[File:Sweden provinces and counties overlayed.svg|center|250px]]{{center|''Comparison with the provinces of Sweden''<br/>Bold lines represent county borders, colors represent provinces.}}
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Each county region contains a number of [[Municipalities of Sweden|municipalities]] ({{lang|sv|kommuner}}), the existence of which is partly at the discretion of the central government. Since 2004 their number has been 290, thus an average of 13.8 municipalities per county.

Until 1968, the City of [[Stockholm]] had its own "county code" '''A''', which is still used interchangeably with '''AB''' in some contexts, and County of Stockholm had county code '''B'''. '''L''' was for [[Kristianstad County]] and '''M''' was for [[Malmöhus County]] but since they were merged to form [[Skåne County]], '''M''' is usually used. '''O''' used to stand for [[Gothenburg and Bohus County]] but has been used for [[Västra Götaland County]] since it was merged with [[Skaraborg County]] ('''R''') and [[Älvsborg County]] ('''P''').