Kalmar County

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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.

The counties are mainly administrative units. Geographically Kalmar County covers the eastern part in the Småland province, and the entire island of Öland. For the areas history and culture, see those areas.

**Kalmar län**
Image:Svcmap kalmar.png
County	SE-H
Residence City	Kalmar
County Council	Landstinget i Kalmar län
Provinces	Småland Öland
Created	1634
Area - Total - Percent	Ranked 9th 11,171 km² 2.7 %
Population - Total (1999) - Percent - Density	Ranked 17th 236,501 2.7 % 21.2/km²

1 Culture
2 Administration
3 Municipalities
4 Heraldry
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] Culture

Much of Oland's present day landscape known as the Stora Alvaret has been designated as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. This southern part of Oland is known for a large number of rare species; early paleolithic settlement at Alby; other prehistoric remains such as the Gettlinge Gravefield and Eketorp Fortress; and the Ottenby Nature Preserve.

[edit] Administration

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 residence 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. The current Governor is Sven Lindgren. See List of Kalmar County Governors.

[edit] Municipalities

Image:Kalmar Municipalities.png

On the mainland:

On Öland:

[edit] Heraldry

Main article: Heraldry of Småland

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