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Halland County, or Hallands län, is a County or län on the western coast of Sweden. It borders the counties of Västra Götaland, Jönköping, Kronoberg, Skåne and the sea of the Kattegat.

Hallands län
County SE-N, SE0A1
Residence City Halmstad
Governor Karin Starrin
County Council Landstinget Halland
Province Hallandia
Created 1719
Area
 - Total
 - Percent
Ranked 19th
5,454 km²
1.3 %
Population
 - Total (1999)
 - Percent
 - Density
Ranked 11th
273,537
3.1 %
50.1/km²
GRP
 - Total (2004)
 - Percent
 - GRP/capita
Ranked 9th
61,339 Million SEK
2.61 %
221,000 SEK

Map highlighting the location of Halland County in Sweden


1 Province

For History, Geography and Culture see: Hallandia

Hallandia, the historical province Halland, has virtually the same boundaries as the current administrative entity, Halland County. The major exception is the eastern part of the municipality of Hylte, which belonged to the province of Smalandia.

2 Administration

Main article: Halland County Administrative Board

The main aim of the County Administrative Board is to fulfil the goals set in national politics by the Parliament and the GovernmentSweden is a constitutional monarchy with a representative democracy based on a parliamentary system. The affairs of Government are decided by a Cabinet of Ministers, which is led by a Prime Minister. The Cabinet and the Prime Minister are responsible for, 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 nominally a Government AgencyThe Government Agencies in Sweden are state controlled organizations who act independently to carry out the policies of the Swedish Government. The Government Ministries are relatively small and merely policy-making organizations, allowed to control agenc headed by a Governor. See List of Halland GovernorsThis is a list of Governors for Halland County of Sweden, from 1658 to present. Bengt Christoffersson Lilliehook ( 1658- 1665) # Johan Hard af Segerstad ( 1665- 1676) # Goran Sperling ( 1676- 1678) # Sven Ranck ( 1678- 1684) # Gustaf Tungel ( 1684- 1694).

3 Politics

Main article: Halland County Council

Among the main responsibilities of the Halland County Council or Landstinget Halland are public health care issues.

4 Municipalities

Main article: Municipalities of Halland





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