Gotland County Explained

Official Name:Gotland County
Settlement Type:County
Flag Size:100px
Blank Emblem Type: 
Blank Emblem Size:150px
Image Map1:Sweden Gotland location map.svg
Map Caption1:Location map of Gotland County in Sweden
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Sweden
Established Title:Founded
Established Date:1658
Seat Type:Capital
Seat:Visby
Leader Title:Governor
Leader Name:Anders Flanking
Leader Title1:Municipality
Leader Name1:Region Gotland
Area Total Km2:3151.4
Population As Of:31 December 2023
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:61,029
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:GDP
Demographics1 Footnotes:[2]
Demographics1 Title1:Total
Demographics1 Info1:SEK 19 billion
€2.011 billion (2015)
Timezone1:CET
Utc Offset1:+1
Timezone1 Dst:CEST
Utc Offset1 Dst:+2
Iso Code:SE-I
Blank Name Sec2:NUTS Region

Gotland County (Swedish: Gotlands län) is a county or of Sweden. Gotland is located in the Baltic Sea to the east of Öland, and is the largest of Sweden's islands. Counties are usually sub-divided into municipalities, but Gotland County consists of only one county council, which also serves as a municipality, Region Gotland. Gotland County is the only county in Sweden that is not governed by a municipal council. The municipality handles the tasks that are otherwise handled by the county council: mainly health care and public transport. Like other counties, Gotland has a County Administrative Board, which oversees implementation of the Swedish state government. Both the County Administrative Board and the municipality have their seat in the largest city, Visby, with over 22,000 inhabitants. Princess Leonore, the daughter of Princess Madeleine, is Duchess of Gotland.

Province

The provinces of Sweden are no longer officially administrative units but are used in reporting population size, politics, etc. In that case, the province, the county and the municipality all have identical borders and cover an area of 3151 km2[3]

Administration

Gotland is the only Swedish county that is not administered by a county council. Instead, the municipality is tasked with the responsibilities of a county, including public health care and public transport.

The main aims of the County Administrative Board are to fulfil the goals set in national politics by the Riksdag and the Government, to coordinate the interests and 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 a Government agency headed by a Governor.

Mats Löfving is the regional police chief for both Stockholm and Gotland Counties.[4]

Politics

See main article: Region Gotland. During a trial period the County Council provisions for Gotland has been evolved to provisions for a Regional Council, meaning that it has assumed certain tasks from the County Administrative Board. Similar provisions are applicable to the counties of Västra Götaland and Skåne during the trial period.

Governors

See main article: List of governors of Gotland County.

Localities in order of size

The five most populous localities of Gotland County in 2010:[5]

Locality Population
1 22,593
2 1,715
3 1,483
4 1,363
5 1,286

Foreign background

Statistics Sweden have collected statistics on backgrounds of residents since 2002. These tables consist of all who have two foreign-born parents or are born abroad themselves.[6] The chart lists election years and the last year on record alone.

Location200220062010201420182019
Gotland4.85.25.86.48.89.2
align=left colspan=7Source: SCB

Heraldry

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

References

  1. Web site: Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner 31 december 2023 och befolkningsförändringar 2023 . . 31 December 2023 . 2 June 2024.
  2. http://stats.oecd.org/ Regions and Cities > Regional Statistics > Regional Economy > Regional GDP per Capita
  3. Web site: Statistisk årsbok för Sverige 2009 . . sv.
  4. https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/gWPbka/mats-lofving-ny-regionpolischef Mats Löfving ny Regionpolischef
  5. Web site: Tätorter 2010 (Localities 2010) . . 2010 . 9 February 2014. sv.
  6. Web site: PxWeb - välj variabler och värden. sv. Statistics Sweden. 11 August 2020.

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