Skaraborg County ( Swedish : Skaraborgs län [ˈskɑ̂ːraˌbɔrjs ˈlɛːn] ) was a county of Sweden from 1634 until 1997. It was disestablished at the end of 1997 when it was merged with the counties of Gothenburg and Bohus and Älvsborg to form Västra Götaland County .
5-573: The county was named after a fortress ( borg ) outside the city of Skara . The seat of residence for the county governor was Mariestad from 1660 onwards and the largest city (during the 20th century) was first Lidköping and later Skövde . The county consisted of the northeastern part of the province of Västergötland . Even though Skaraborg County itself no longer exists, various organizations are still named after it, and cover that approximate area. These include several newspapers, one public radio channel and various non-profit organizations. Also,
10-570: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . List of cities in Sweden This is a list of cities in modern Sweden that once enjoyed city privileges , thus were entitled to call themselves town ( Swedish : stad , plural städer ). The year indicates the year they were established or when they were granted a royal charter . The list does not include towns in Finland established during Swedish rule. Legally and administratively,
15-548: The merger of Swedish municipalities in the 1970s and 1980s. These 14 are: Borås Municipality , Gothenburg Municipality , Haparanda Municipality , Helsingborg Municipality , Landskrona Municipality , Lidingö Municipality , Malmö Municipality , Mölndal Municipality , Solna Municipality , Stockholm Municipality , Sundbyberg Municipality , Trollhättan Municipality , Vaxholm Municipality and Västerås Municipality . The decision to call themselves stad has been taken purely for image and marketing reasons. In legal situations
20-740: The regional hospital complex in Skövde is named Skaraborgs sjukhus, as is the Skaraborg Wing (F 7) in Såtenäs and the Skaraborg Regiment (P 4) in Skövde. Two of the municipalities , Habo and Mullsjö , adjacent to the city of Jönköping , were transferred to the Jönköping County at the time of dissolution. This article about a location in Västra Götaland County , Sweden
25-566: The term stad is not used in Sweden since the municipal reform of 1971, when the municipality ( kommun ) became the only existing form of local government. Before the reform there were 132 urban centres (133 to 1966) that had the title of stad . The urban centres of these municipalities are still called stad in daily speech and 14 of the municipalities have chosen to continue to call themselves stad in marketing situations, although several of them now encompass large rural areas following
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