Kronoberg County

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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.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"

! 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

| 50.5

|2022

|85.5

|126,385

|3.5

|31.0

|3.5

|6.1

|3.1

|6.8

|19.5

|23.6

|44.1

|53.0

Municipalities

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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:

{|class="wikitable"

! # !! Locality !! Population

| 1 || Växjö || align="right" | 71,282

| 2 || Ljungby || align="right" | 16,098

| 3 || Älmhult || align="right" | 11,003

| 4 || Alvesta || align="right" | 9,255

| 5 || Markaryd || align="right" | 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.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style=text-align:right

!Location

!2002

!2006

!2010

!2014

!2018

!2019

|align=left|Alvesta

| 10.8

| 12.1

| 15.5

| 20.9

| 25.2

| 25.9

|align=left|Lessebo

| 10.9

| 13.4

| 17.2

| 23.9

| 31.6

|align=left|Ljungby

| 12.1

| 13.6

| 16.2

| 19.0

| 23.2

| 23.7

|align=left|Markaryd

| 14.2

| 16.5

| 19.0

| 21.8

| 28.9

| 29.7

|align=left|Tingsryd

| 7.5

| 9.1

| 11.3

| 14.4

| 18.4

| 19.0

|align=left|Uppvidinge

| 10.5

| 13.4

| 15.8

| 20.0

| 25.5

| 26.5

|align=left|Växjö

| 12.5

| 14.9

| 18.6

| 21.1

| 24.4

| 25.2

|align=left|Älmhult

| 10.1

| 12.6

| 16.2

| 19.9

| 29.2

| 30.3

|align=left|Total

|11.6

|13.7

|17.0

|19.0

|25.0

|25.7

|align=left colspan=7|Source: SCB