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SweGGate uses the provinces for presentation of regional information. To find detail info of a place within a län find the corresponding province in the table below and go to that province's pages.
In the "Name" column the name is given in the possessive form used when the name is followed by the word "län". The rule is to add a possessive "s" to the native name but please note a few exceptions to the rule below ! (Uppsala, Kalmar, Blekinge, Malmöhus, Skåne, Bohus, Örebro, Västerås), the majority because they end in a vowel or a "s", Kalmar by tradition.
In Swedish genealogical records the alpha code is commonly used instead of the full name, e.g. "(D)" instead of "Södermanlands län".
Map of counties (before 1998)

kommuner = communes (similar to municipalities)
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