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4 unusual facts about County Administrative Boards of Sweden


Early voting

Early votes that don't reach the polling station in time are transported to the County Administrative Board and counted if the voter hasn't already voted.

Hjalmar Mehr

Hjalmar Leo Mehr (1910–1979) was a Swedish Social Democratic politician, mayor of Stockholm (1958–1966, 1970–1971) and governor of Stockholm County (1971–1977).

Peter Egardt

Peter Arvid Nils Egardt (born 1949) is a Swedish executive who served as Secretary of State for the Prime Minister from 1991 to 1994, and who is the current County Governor (landshövding) of Uppsala County.

Stockholm Federation of Student Unions

The organisation's presiding officers represent the students towards the City of Stockholm, the Stockholm County Council, the Stockholm County Administrative Board, and within the Assembly for Presidents and Vice-Chancellors of the universities and university colleges in Stockholm.


County councils of Sweden

Within the same borders, for the county there is also a county administrative board which is an administrative entity appointed by the government.

Västra Götaland Regional Council

It was created in 1999 by the merger of the county councils of Gothenburg and Bohus, Älvsborg, and Skaraborg Counties coupled with the devolution of power from the County Administrative Boards of the same counties, that also merged.


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