Södermanland County

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Södermanland County, or Södermanlands län is a County or län on the south east coast of Sweden. It borders to the counties of Östergötland, Örebro, Västmanland, Uppsala, Stockholm and to the Baltic sea.

It is an administrative unit, corresponding to the province Södermanland.

**Södermanlands län**
Image:Svcmap sodermanland.png Map highlighting the location of Södermanland County in Sweden
	County	SE-D, SE022
	Residence City	Nyköping
	Province	Södermanland
	Created	1634
	Area - -	6,061 km², 1.5% of Sweden; ranked 18th
	Population Reference: ranked list	255,890 inh., 42.2 inh/km²
	GRP	See this ranked list

1 Administration
2 Politics
3 Municipalities
4 Heraldry
5 History
6 External links

[edit] Administration

The main aim of the County Administrative Board is to fulfil the goals set in national politics by the Parliament and the Government, to coordinate the interests of the county, to promote the development of the county, to establish regional goals and safeguard the due process of law in the handling of each case. The County Administrative Board is nominally a Government Agency headed by a Governor. See List of Södermanland Governors.

[edit] Politics

The County Council of Södermanland or Landstinget Sörmland.

[edit] Municipalities

Image:Södermanland County.png

[edit] Heraldry

Södermanland County inherited its coat of arms from the province of Sudermannia. When it is shown with a royal crown it represents the County Administrative Board.

[edit] History

The province of Södermanland once consisted of three counties; Nyköping County, Gripsholm County and Eskilstunahus County. They were in 1683 merged into nowadays Södermanland County.