Uppsala County

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Uppsala County, or Uppsala län is a County or län on the eastern coast of Sweden. It borders to the counties of Stockholm, Södermanland, Västmanland, Gävleborg, and to the Baltic Sea.

**Uppsala län**
Image:Svcmap uppsala.png Map highlighting the location of Uppsala County in Sweden
	County	SE-C, SE021
	Residence City	Uppsala
	Province	Uppland
	Created	1714
	Area - -	6,989 km², 1.7% of Sweden; ranked 15th
	Population Reference: ranked list	294,415 inh., 41.8 inh/km²
	GRP	See this ranked list

1 Province
2 Administration
3 Politics
4 Municipalities
5 Heraldry
6 Miscellaneous topics
7 External links

[edit] Province

For History, Geography and Culture see: Uppland

The province of Uppland encompasses Uppsala County.

[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, promote its development, 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 Uppsala Governors. The current Governor is Anders Björck.

[edit] Politics

The County Council of Uppsala or Landstinget i Uppsala län, which is appointed by the electorate of the county, is primarily responsible for health care and public transportation.

[edit] Municipalities

Image:Uppsala County.png

[edit] Heraldry

Main article: Heraldry of Uppland

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