Kronoberg County (, ; is a county or län in southern Sweden. Kronoberg is one of three counties in the province of Småland. It borders the counties of Skåne, Halland, Jönköping, Kalmar, and Blekinge. Its capital is the city of Växjö. While Kronoberg is an inland county, the southernmost fringes are about from the coastline.

Province

Geographically, Kronoberg County is situated in the southern part of the province of Småland. It received its present borders in 1687 when Jönköping County was separated from the former Jönköping and Kronoberg County.

Administration The seat of residence for the Governor or landshövding is Växjö. The Governor is the head of the County Administrative Board or länsstyrelsen. The County Administrative Board is a Government Agency headed by a Governor. The current Governor is Kristina Alsér who took over the office from Lars-Åke Lagrell.

Politics The County Council of Kronoberg or Landstinget Kronoberg.

Governors

Riksdag elections The table details all Riksdag election results of Kronoberg 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.

Year Turnout Votes V S MP C L KD M SD NyD Left Right 1970 88.4 103,021 4.0 39.1 30.0 11.5 2.1 13.2 43.1 54.7 1973 91.0 107,136 4.0 38.8 34.7 5.7 1.7 14.8 42.8 55.2 1976 92.2 113,411 3.5 37.6 34.2 7.6 1.4 15.4 41.1 57.2 1979 91.0 113,467 4.2 38.1 27.2 8.1 1.4 20.6 42.3 55.9 1982 91.4 115,714 4.3 41.1 1.6 23.9 4.0 1.9 23.1 45.4 51.0 1985 90.0 115,825 4.3 40.9 1.4 20.8 11.5 21.0 45.2 53.2 1988 86.6 112,094 4.7 41.1 5.2 18.5 9.3 3.9 17.1 54.1 44.8 1991 87.7 114,359 3.9 34.5 3.1 14.9 6.8 8.8 19.5 7.5 38.3 50.0 1994 87.6 115,735 5.8 42.6 4.8 13.3 5.4 4.8 21.5 0.9 53.2 45.0 1998 82.3 108,852 10.7 36.5 4.1 9.6 2.9 14.4 20.1 51.4 47.1 2002 80.9 107,726 7.3 40.6 4.0 10.9 9.8 10.9 14.1 1.7 51.9 45.7 2006 82.8 111,327 4.9 36.0 4.2 11.3 5.7 7.9 24.7 3.5 45.1 49.6 2010 85.1 116,513 4.6 30.5 6.1 9.9 5.7 6.1 29.8 6.4 41.2 51.6 2014 86.7 120,775 4.5 32.4 5.4 9.1 3.4 5.0 21.9 15.6 42.4 39.4 2018 88.2 124,570 6.1 29.6 3.2 9.4 3.5 7.6 19.2 20.3 48.2 50.5202285.5126,3853.531.03.56.13.16.819.523.644.153.0

Municipalities

Alvesta Lessebo Ljungby Markaryd Tingsryd Uppvidinge Växjö Älmhult

Note that all the municipalities have names after their seats except Uppvidinge, where the seat is located in the small town Åseda.

Localities in order of size The five most populous localities of Kronoberg County in 2020:

# Locality Population 1 Växjö 71,282 2 Ljungby 16,098 3 Älmhult 11,003 4 Alvesta 9,255 5 Markaryd 5,123

Demographics

Foreign background 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. The chart lists election years and the last year on record alone.

Location200220062010201420182019Alvesta 10.8 12.1 15.5 20.9 25.2 25.9Lessebo 10.9 13.4 17.2 23.9 31.6 31.6Ljungby 12.1 13.6 16.2 19.0 23.2 23.7Markaryd 14.2 16.5 19.0 21.8 28.9 29.7Tingsryd 7.5 9.1 11.3 14.4 18.4 19.0Uppvidinge 10.5 13.4 15.8 20.0 25.5 26.5Växjö 12.5 14.9 18.6 21.1 24.4 25.2Älmhult 10.1 12.6 16.2 19.9 29.2 30.3Total11.6 13.7 17.0 19.0 25.0 25.7 Source: SCB

Heraldry Kronoberg was formally granted its arms in 1944. However, use of the arms was already an established practice. It is a variation of the arms of Småland. Blazon: "In a field of gold on a green three tipped mountain, a red lion with blue armament stands upright, holding with both front paws a vertically aligned red crossbow with a black bow and arrow of silver."

References and notes

External links Kronoberg County Administrative Board Kronoberg County Council Kronoberg Regional Association of Local Authorities The Natural Fishing Fishing in South Eastern Sweden—tourism page Book about Kronoberg Travel & Life in Kronoberg