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Jämtland County Jämtlands län (Swedish) Jiemthen leene (Southern Sami)
County of Sweden
Flag Coat of arms
Jämtland County in Sweden
Location map of Jämtland County in Sweden
Coordinates: 63°21′N 14°24′E / 63.35°N 14.4°E / 63.35; 14.4
Country	Sweden
Founded	1810
Capital	Östersund
Municipalities	8 Åre Berg Bräcke Härjedalen Krokom Östersund Ragunda Strömsund
Government
• Governor	Marita Ljung
• Council	Jämtlands Läns Landsting
Area
• Total	49,341.2 km2 (19,050.7 sq mi)
Population  (September 30, 2017)[1]
• Total	129,649
• Density	2.6/km2 (6.8/sq mi)
GDP [2]
• Total	SEK 43 billion €4.605 billion (2015)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE-Z
NUTS Region	SE322
Website	www.z.lst.se

Jämtland County (Swedish: Jämtlands län, Southern Sami: Jiemthen leene) is a county or län in Sweden. It consists of the provinces of Jämtland and Härjedalen, along with minor parts of Hälsingland and Ångermanland, plus two small uninhabited strips of Lapland and Dalarna. It borders the counties of Dalarna, Gävleborg, Västernorrland, and Västerbotten, as well as the Norwegian county of Trøndelag. It measures 49,443 km² (19,090 sq mi) and constitutes 12% of Sweden's total area, making it the country's third largest county. The capital is Östersund. The county governor and leader of the administrative board, as appointed by the Swedish government, has been Marita Ljung since 2021.^[3]

The county was established in 1810, at which time it consisted only of the provinces of Jämtland and Härjedalen, which is why the coat of arms is a shield parted per fess with their provincial arms. King Carl XVI Gustaf is occasionally referred to as Duke of Jämtland after his title of king.

Provinceedit

Jämtland County consists of primarily the provinces of Jämtland and Härjedalen, though minor parts of Hälsingland and Ångermanland are also included, along with small uninhabited areas in Lapland and Dalarna.

Administrationedit

The main aim of the County Administrative Board is 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. See List of Jämtland Governors.

Demographyedit

Jämtland County is sparsely populated and more than one third of the population live on the countryside, making Jämtland County the second largest rural region in Sweden, after Gotland County, though a majority of the population live in the rather densely populated region surrounding lake Storsjön, commonly called Storsjöbygden, "the Storsjö district/countryside".

Politicsedit

The county is dominated by the Swedish Social Democratic Party and the Centre Party, which is unique in Sweden, but corresponds to the situation in the bordering Norwegian county of Nord-Trøndelag. The county is rather contrastive in the political field. While the municipality association and a majority of the municipalities are governed by liberal-conservative (Swedish: borgerlig, lit. "bourgeois") majorities or by coalitions overstepping the bloc border, the county council is red-green and the Social Democrats receive three out of five mandates to the Riksdag.

After the Swedish county council election in 2018, the following political parties are represented in the Jämtland county council (Swedish: Region Jämtland Härjedalen):^[4]

Riksdag electionsedit

The table details all Riksdag election results of Jämtland County since the unicameral era began in 1970. The blocs denote which party would support the Prime Minister or the lead opposition party towards the end of the elected parliament.

Governorsedit

Municipalitiesedit

In Härjedalen Province:

• Härjedalen

In Jämtland Province:

• Berg
• Bräcke
• Krokom
• Ragunda
• Strömsund
• Åre
• Östersund

Localities by population (2010)edit

^[21]

Demographicsedit

Foreign backgroundedit

SCB 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.^[22] The chart lists election years and the last year on record alone.