Sweden
Administrative Division
Sweden is located on the Scandinavian Peninsula and borders to Norway in the west and Finland in the north and northeast. The Skagerak and the Kattegat lies to the west and southwest while the Gulf of Botnia and the Baltic Sea lies to the east and south-east. The country's two largest islands are Gotland and Öland, both situated in the Baltic Sea.
For administrative purposes, Sweden is divided into 21 counties (län). In each county there is a governmentally appointed county administrative board and an elected regional government county council. It should be noted that there has been some changes with respect to the country structure during the 1990s: in 1997, the counties of Malmöhus and Kristianstad merged into Skåne and in 1999 the counties of Skaraborg, Gothenburg and Bohus and Älvsborg merged as Västra Götaland and the county of Kopparberg changed its name into Dalerna. The counties are further subdivided into just below 300 municipalities governed by a directly elected municipal assembly (kommunfullmäktige).
NUTS structure
Sweden has 21 NUTS 3 units, 8 NUTS 2 units and 1 NUTS 1 unit. The NUTS 3 level equals the counties.
| Code | Country | NUTS 1 | NUTS 2 | NUTS 3 |
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| SE | Sweden |
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| SE0 | Sverige | |||
| SE01 | Stockholm | |||
| SE010 | Stockholms län | |||
| SE02 | Östra Mellansverige | |||
| SE021 | Uppsala län | |||
| SE022 | Södermanlands län | |||
| SE023 | Östergötlands län | |||
| SE024 | Örebro län | |||
| SE025 | Västmanlands län | |||
| SE04 | Sydsverige | |||
| SE041 | Blekinge län | |||
| SE044 | Skåne län | |||
| SE06 | Norra Mellansverige | |||
| SE061 | Värmlands län | |||
| SE062 | Dalarnas län | |||
| SE063 | Gävleborgs län | |||
| SE07 | Mellersta Norrland | |||
| SE071 | Västernorrlands län | |||
| SE072 | Jämtlands län | |||
| SE08 | Övre Norrland | |||
| SE081 | Västerbottens län | |||
| SE082 | Norrbottens län | |||
| SE09 | Småland med öarna | |||
| SE091 | Jönköpings län | |||
| SE092 | Kronobergs län | |||
| SE093 | Kalmar län | |||
| SE094 | Gotlands län | |||
| SE0A | Västsverige | |||
| SE0A1 | Hallands län | |||
| SE0A2 | Västra Götalands län |
