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Östergötland County (Swedish: Östergötlands län) is a county or län in southeastern Sweden. It has land borders with the counties of Kalmar to the southeast, Jönköping to the southwest, Örebro to the northwest, and Södermanland to the northeast. It also has a sea border with Västra Götaland to the west (across lake Vättern), and borders the Baltic Sea to the east.

This article is about the administrative county. For the Riksdag constituency, see Östergötland County (Riksdag constituency).
Östergötland County
Östergötlands län
County of Sweden
Flag
Coat of arms
Location map of Östergötland County in Sweden
Map of Östergötland County
Coordinates: 58°24′38″N 15°36′49″E
CountrySweden
Founded1634
CapitalLinköping
Municipalities
13
  • Åtvidaberg
  • Boxholm
  • Finspång
  • Kinda
  • Linköping
  • Mjölby
  • Motala
  • Norrköping
  • Ödeshög
  • Söderköping
  • Vadstena
  • Valdemarsvik
  • Ydre
Government
 • GovernorCarl Fredrik Graf (M)
 • CouncilLandstinget i Östergötland
Area
 • Total10,602.0 km2 (4,093.5 sq mi)
Population
 (September 30, 2017)[1]
 • Total456,550
 • Density43/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE-E
GDP/ NominalSEK 97,387 million (2004)
GDP per capitaSEK 236,000
NUTS RegionSE123
Websitewww.e.lst.se

Östergötland County has a population of 456,550 (September 30, 2017) and the capital and biggest city is Linköping. Linköping and neighbouring twin city Norrköping together form one of Sweden's metropolitan areas; The Linköping-Norrköping Corridor is therefore sometimes marketed as The Fourth Metropolitan Region of Sweden,[citation needed] the other three being Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö. Princess Estelle is Duchess of Östergötland.


Province


For History, Geography and Culture see: Östergötland.

Östergötland has virtually the same boundaries as the current administrative entity, the Östergötland County.


Administration


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 of the county, to 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 Östergötland Governors.


Municipalities


The county is divided into 13 municipalities:


Politics


The County Council of Östergötland or Landstinget i Östergötland.


Riksdag elections


The table details all Riksdag election results of Östergötland 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[2] 89.1 239,956 3.6 49.5 19.4 13.5 2.5 11.2 53.1 44.1
1973[3] 91.2 247,375 4.0 47.3 24.5 7.2 2.6 13.9 51.3 45.6
1976[4] 92.3 260,602 3.5 46.2 23.3 9.4 2.0 15.3 49.7 48.0
1979[5] 91.2 261,160 4.5 46.6 17.2 9.4 1.9 19.8 51.1 46.3
1982[6] 92.0 265,147 5.1 48.4 1.4 15.0 4.7 2.5 22.9 53.0 43.0
1985[7] 90.6 266,559 4.4 47.5 13.0 12.9 20.6 51.9 46.5
1988[8] 86.5 256,735 5.1 45.6 5.2 11.8 10.9 3.6 17.5 55.9 40.2
1991[9] 87.3 261,387 4.0 38.8 3.0 8.3 8.3 8.8 21.1 6.6 42.8 46.6
1994[10] 87.7 266,456 5.5 46.1 5.1 7.7 6.7 4.8 21.7 1.4 56.6 40.8
1998[11] 82.4 249,757 11.1 37.2 4.8 5.1 3.8 13.1 22.0 53.1 44.1
2002[12] 81.1 250,926 7.3 42.2 4.8 6.1 11.8 10.3 14.7 0.9 54.3 42.9
2006[13] 83.4 262,168 5.2 37.4 5.1 7.6 6.5 7.2 24.8 2.3 47.7 46.1
2010[14] 85.8 279,741 5.1 33.0 7.6 6.3 6.8 5.9 28.7 5.3 45.6 47.6
2014[15] 87.0 291,484 4.8 32.6 6.6 6.0 5.1 5.1 22.3 14.4 44.0 38.4
2018[16] 88.2 300,778 6.8 29.1 4.2 8.4 5.4 6.7 20.4 17.6 48.4 50.0

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.[17] The chart lists election years and the last year on record alone.

Location 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2019
Boxholm 4.1 5.2 6.1 8.4 11.3 11.6
Finspång 12.0 13.0 13.5 15.9 19.1 19.9
Kinda 4.2 5.2 6.0 9.0 10.5 10.7
Linköping 11.7 13.6 17.2 19.2 22.4 23.1
Mjölby 6.7 7.4 8.7 10.5 14.0 14.7
Motala 11.5 12.4 13.4 15.8 19.2 19.5
Norrköping 16.5 18.0 20.4 23.1 26.7 27.3
Söderköping 5.7 5.8 6.2 6.7 8.6 8.9
Vadstena 6.2 7.1 7.9 8.9 10.8 10.5
Valdemarsvik 4.9 5.8 7.5 9.2 15.1 14.7
Ydre 5.0 6.0 7.3 9.9 11.9 11.6
Åtvidaberg 4.9 5.2 5.8 7.3 9.2 9.4
Ödeshög 5.3 6.4 8.0 10.5 14.4 14.2
Total 11.8 13.2 15.5 17.8 21.1 21.7
Source: SCB [17]

Heraldry


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


See also



References and notes


  1. "Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner 30 september 2017 och befolkningsförändringar 1 juli–30 september 2017. Totalt". Statistics Sweden. 2017-11-08. Retrieved 2017-11-19.
  2. "Riksdagsvalet 1970" (PDF). SCB. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  3. "Riksdagsvalet 1973" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  4. "Riksdagsvalet 1976" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  5. "Riksdagsvalet 1979" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  6. "Riksdagsvalet 1982)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  7. "Riksdagsvalet 1985" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  8. "Riksdagsvalet 1988)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  9. "Riksdagsvalet 1991" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  10. "Riksdagsvalet 1994" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  11. "Riksdagsvalet 1998" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  12. "Valresultat Riksdag 2002" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  13. "Allmänna val 17 september 2006" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  14. "Röster - Val 2010" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  15. "Röster - Val 2014" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  16. "Röster - Val 2018" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  17. "PxWeb - välj variabler och värden" (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 11 August 2020.


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