Jönköping County

Jönköping County (, ) is a county or län in southern Sweden. It borders the counties of Halland, Västra Götaland, Östergötland, Kalmar and Kronoberg. The total county population was 356,291 inhabitants in September 2017. The capital and largest city is Jönköping. About one quarter of the total county population lives in the combined Jönköping-Huskvarna urban area around the southern point of Lake Vättern.

Provinces and administrative history Despite being commonly used to indicate the geographical, cultural and historical region, the larger historical province (landskap) of Småland, which most of Jönköping County is part of, has no administrative or political significance today. Jönköping County has existed as an administrative division since the 17th century, and constitutes the north-western part of Småland, the other parts being Kronoberg County in the south-west and Kalmar County in the east. Jönköping County was periodically united with neighbouring Kronoberg County in the single Jönköping and Kronoberg County until 1687. Until the 18th century the administration was housed in the Renaissance fortress at Jönköping Castle, which was demolished in the 19th century; the former site of the castle is still the site of the County Administrative Board building and the Governor's residence.

Habo Municipality and Mullsjö Municipality, from the south-eastern part of the historical province of Västergötland, are since the dissolution of Skaraborg County in 1998 also part of Jönköping County; both municipalities joined Jönköping County as the results of local referendums in 1997.

Administration

The main aim of the County Administrative Board is to fulfill the goals set in national politics by the Riksdag and the Government, to coordinate the interests and 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. The seat of residence for the Governor or Landshövding is the city of Jönköping. See the list of Jönköping Governors.

Politics The main responsibilities of the County Council of Jönköping, or Landstinget i Jönköpings län, are the regional public healthcare system and public transport. The County Council Assembly (landstingsfullmäktige), which is the elected body for regional municipal issues, is elected every four years concurrently with the Riksdag elections.

The county's best-known parliamentary representative was the late Olof Palme, leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party from 1969 to 1986, and twice Prime Minister of Sweden from 1969 to 1976 and from 1982 to 1986.

Jönköping County is the strongest electoral region of the Christian Democrats, who traditionally have a large following among members of evangelical churches in the region. The County Council Assembly and most of the municipalities in the county are governed by liberal-conservative, center-right coalitions. The Social Democrats have historically been strong in mill towns and industrial districts of Jönköping County.

In the 1922 prohibition referendum which would have banned the sale of alcohol in Sweden, Jönköping County at 81.5% had the strongest support for the ban.

Current representation in the Riksdag (2022–2026) Seat Name Party Notes 90 Carina Ödebrink Social Democrats 61 Johanna Haraldsson Social Democrats 183 Niklas Sigvardsson Social Democrats 182 Azra Muranovic Social Democrats 34 Jimmie Åkesson Sweden Democrats Party leader 120 Staffan Eklöf Sweden Democrats 121 Eric Westroth Sweden Democrats 60 Mats Green Moderate Party 10 Helena Bouveng Moderate Party 91 Acko Ankarberg Johansson Christian Democrats Serves as Minister for Health in the cabinet of Ulf Kristersson since 2022.Replaced by Camilla Rinaldo Miller. 33 Anders Karlsson Centre Party Replaced Annie Lööf on 20 February 2023. 150 Ciczie Weidby Left Party 151 Jakob Olofsgård Liberals

Riksdag elections The table details all Riksdag election results of Jönköping 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 90.6 192,625 2.8 38.9 25.4 15.6 4.7 12.4 41.7 53.5 1973 92.4 192,883 2.8 38.1 29.2 9.9 5.5 14.1 40.9 53.2 1976 93.2 202,653 2.5 36.4 30.4 11.5 3.6 15.4 38.9 57.2 1979 92.1 201,877 3.2 37.4 23.9 11.3 4.2 19.6 40.6 54.9 1982 92.6 204,335 3.0 40.1 1.1 19.7 6.7 6.8 22.5 43.1 48.9 1985 91.1 203,979 3.1 40.2 1.0 21.7 14.3 19.4 43.3 55.4 1988 87.9 197,555 3.4 40.0 3.8 14.5 11.2 10.6 16.2 47.1 41.9 1991 88.6 200,393 2.8 34.8 2.5 11.0 7.4 16.8 18.8 5.2 37.6 53.9 1994 88.3 200,764 4.4 41.8 4.2 10.8 6.2 10.7 19.9 1.0 50.3 47.6 1998 83.7 199,750 8.8 34.4 3.6 6.7 3.2 22.8 18.4 46.8 51.1 2002 82.1 198,982 5.7 39.5 3.2 7.3 9.0 20.3 12.7 1.0 48.5 49.3 2006 83.4 205,300 4.3 35.4 3.4 8.4 5.4 16.1 22.1 3.2 43.1 51.9 2010 85.5 216,564 4.1 30.6 5.3 7.8 5.6 12.9 26.7 6.4 40.0 53.0 2014 87.0 224,596 3.9 31.8 5.4 7.9 3.6 10.4 20.3 14.6 41.1 42.2 2018 88.1 229,580 4.9 27.8 3.2 10.1 4.0 12.0 17.7 19.3 46.0 52.8202285.3231,6694.029.13.27.53.79.318.723.343.855.0

Governor

The present Governor (landshövding) of Jönköping County is Brittis Benzler.

Municipalities

Localities in order of size The ten most populous localities of Jönköping County in 2020:

# Locality Population 1 Jönköping 100,579 2 Värnamo 19,822 3 Nässjö 18,479 4 Tranås 14,789 5 Vetlanda 13,674 6 Eksjö 11,023 7 Gislaved 10,269 8 Bankeryd 8,838 9 Habo 8,753 10 Mullsjö 5,755

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.

Location200220062010201420182019Aneby 6.3 7.4 9.3 11.2 15.3 15.6Eksjö 6.9 8.1 9.6 12.3 18.3 18.5Gislaved 20.5 21.3 23.0 24.9 31.1 32.0Gnosjö 24.0 24.1 26.4 30.0 33.4 33.7Habo 6.4 6.5 7.3 7.9 9.9 10.2Jönköping 14.3 16.0 18.3 20.3 23.8 24.7Mullsjö 8.9 8.7 9.8 10.5 13.0 13.2Nässjö 8.8 10.6 13.5 18.1 23.9 24.5Sävsjö 8.7 10.7 13.1 18.3 23.4 23.7Tranås 8.8 9.6 11.6 13.9 19.1 19.8Vaggeryd 13.8 15.8 17.2 18.5 21.5 22.4Vetlanda 8.2 10.0 12.3 15.0 19.0 19.5Värnamo 16.9 19.1 20.8 23.1 26.4 26.9Total13.1 14.5 16.6 19.0 23.1 23.8 Source: SCB

Heraldry Jönköping County was formally granted its arms in 1942. By custom it used a combination of the lesser state arms of Sweden and the arms for the town of Jönköping. Blazon for the town of Jönköping: "Gules, a Castle with three towers Argent massoned windowed and gated Sable issuant from a Base wavy Azure".

Jönköping County

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