Region Blekinge Explained

Region Blekinge is a region in Blekinge County, Sweden. It was first established in 1863.

The region has 159,362 inhabitants and includes of 5 municipalities. Region Blekinge is responsible for maintaining health and dental care services as well as the public transport system.[1]

A regional institution has been formed in a cooperation project between the primary municipalities and county councils in order to take coordinated responsibility for development in the county. In the framework of this project, for example, municipal and county councils have coordinated cultural activities and are responsible for, among others, music and the allocation of funding for the county's cultural associations.

Councillors

The assembly (Swedish: regionfullmäktige) consists of 57 elected councillors, led by:[2]

Mission

The mission of Region Blekinge is, among other things:[3]

Politics

As of the 2018 regional election, the following political parties are represented in the regional assembly.[4]

Party Seats Votes %
bgcolor= align=right 19 align=right 33,974 align=right 32.48%
bgcolor= align=right 12 align=right 21,509 align=right 20.56%
bgcolor= align=right 12 align=right 20,969 align=right 20.05%
bgcolor= align=right 5align=right 7,937 align=right 7.59%
bgcolor= align=right 3 align=right 5,967 align=right 5.70%
bgcolor= align=right 3 align=right 5,349 align=right 5.11%
bgcolor= align=right 3 align=right 5,034 align=right 4.81%
bgcolor=#eeeeee Others align=right - align=right 3,654 align=right 3.49%
Total align=right 57 align=right 104,593 align=right 100%
Turnout align=right 106,530 align=right 85.74%

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Om Region Blekinge. Region Blekinge. 2019-07-07. sv.
  2. Web site: Regionfullmäktige. Region Blekinge. 2019-07-07. sv.
  3. Web site: Region Blekinge . 16 February 2021 . ec.europa.eu.
  4. Web site: Val till landstingsfullmäktige i Blekinge län - Valda 2018. Valmyndigheten. sv. 2019-07-07. 2019-07-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20190707161640/https://data.val.se/val/val2018/slutresultat/L/lan/10/valda.html. dead.