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When the new county was established in 1997, it was named Skåne län as its borders coincide with those of the province Skåne.In English, the county as well as the province are sometimes known as Scania, but the name Skåne is more frequently used, e.g. by the county administrative board.
The new Skåne County, operative from 1 January 1997, got a coat of arms that is the same as the province's, but with reversed tinctures. When the county arms is shown with a Swedish royal crown, it represents the County Administrative Board, which is the regional presence of central government authority.
Malmöhus County + Kristianstad County (merged as Skåne County in 1997) Norrland County (in 1645 divided into Västerbotten County, Hudiksvall County and Härnösand County) Nyköping County, Gripsholm County and Eskilstunahus County (united in 1683 to become Södermanland County) Närke and Värmland County (became Örebro County)
Malmö (/ ˈ m æ l m ə / ⓘ, [4] Swedish: Malmö, IPA: [ˈmâlːmøː] ⓘ; Danish: Malmø [ˈmælmˌøˀ]) is the largest city in the Swedish county (län) of Skåne (Scania). It is the third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the sixth-largest city in the Nordic region, with a municipal population of 357,377 in 2022. [5]
established as the fortified harbour of Lund, within a few centuries arguably the richest and most important town in Skåne. Today Skåne's largest and Sweden's third city. Capital of the administrative Skåne County: Simrishamn: approximately 1300: since 1617 the sole town on Skåne's eastern shore, principal port to the large island of ...
Helsingborg (/ ˈ h ɛ l s ɪ ŋ b ɔːr ɡ /, US also /-b ɔːr (j ə),-b ɔːr i, ˌ h ɛ l s ɪ ŋ ˈ b ɔːr i /, [2] [3] [4] Swedish: [hɛlsɪŋˈbɔrj] ⓘ), is a city and the seat of Helsingborg Municipality, Scania (Skåne), Sweden. It is the second-largest city in Scania (after Malmö) and ninth-largest in Sweden, with a population of ...
The regional assembly is the highest political body in the region and its members are elected by the population of Skåne Country, as opposed to the County Administrative Board (länsstyrelsen) which represents the interests of the state within the county, under the chairmanship of the county governor.
Rank County Population Area (km²) Density 1 Stockholm: 1,803,377 6,488 278.0 2 Skåne: 1,156,070 11,027 104.8 3 Västra Götaland: 1,488,709 23,945