Skaraborg County

Skaraborgs län Skaraborg County County of Sweden 1634–1998 → Coat of arms Capital Mariestad Governor  - 1991–97 Birger Bäckström History  - Established 1634  - Disestablished December 31 1998

Skaraborg County, or Skaraborgs län, was a county of Sweden until December 31, 1998 when it was merged with the counties of Gothenburg and Bohus and Älvsborg to form Västra Götaland County.

The former county was named after a fortress (in Swedish borg) outside the city of Skara, the seat of residence for the county governor was Mariestad, and the largest city was Skövde. The county consisted or the northern part of the province of Västergötland.

Even though Skaraborg County itself no longer exists, various organizations are still (in 2006) named after it, and cover that approximate area. These include several newspapers, one public radio channel (P4 Skaraborg) and various non-profit organizations. Also, the local hospital complex is called Skaraborgs sjukhus.

List of Governors

• Harald Strömfelt (1695–1707)
• Carl Gustaf Soop (1707–1711)
• Germund Cederhielm d.ä. (1712–1716)
• Germund Cederhielm d.y. (1716)
• Peter Scheffer (1716–1723)
• Gustaf Rålamb (1723–1727)
• Erik Wrangel (1727–1729)
• Gustaf Palmfelt (1729–1733)
• Frans Joachim Ehrenstrahl (1733–1735)
• Gabriel Falkenberg (1735–1748)
• Gabriel Gabrielsson Falkenberg (1748–1761)
• Adam Otto Lagerberg (1761–1778)
• Claes Erik Silfverhielm (1778–1784)
• Claes Julius Ekeblad (1784–1796)
• Johan Adam Hierta (1796–1810)
• Georg Adlersparre (1810–1824)
• Arvid Posse (1824–1831)
• Carl Henrik Gyllenhaal (1831–1837)
• Wilhelm Albrecht d'Orchimont (1837–1851)
• Anders Peter Sandströmer (1851–1857)
• Jonas Wærn (1857–1866)
• Carl Malmsten (1866–1879)
• Cornelius Sjöcrona (1879–1906)
• Fabian de Geer (1906–1917)
• Axel Ekman (1917–1935)
• Carl Mannerfelt (1935–1951)
• Fritiof Domö (1951–1956)
• Bertil Fallenius (1956–1967)
• Karl Frithiofson (1967–1986)
• Lennart Orehag (1986–1990)
• Birger Bäckström (1991–1997)

See also

• Municipalities of Skaraborg
• List of Västra Götaland Governors
• County Governors of Sweden