Västmanland County (, ) is a county or län in central Sweden. It borders the counties of Södermanland, Örebro, Gävleborg, Dalarna and Uppsala. The county also has a stretch of shoreline towards Mälaren (Sweden's third largest lake).

Province For history, geography and culture, see: Västmanland (Westmannia)

Administration The main aim of the County Administrative Board is to fulfil the goals set in national politics by the Riksdag and the Government, to coordinate the interests of the county, to 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. See List of Västmanland Governors.

Politics The County Council of Västmanland or Landstinget Västmanland.

Riksdag elections The table details all Riksdag election results of Västmanland 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 87.9 148,587 4.8 53.5 17.8 14.8 1.4 7.3 58.3 39.9 1973 90.7 155,418 5.2 50.8 23.2 9.0 1.4 9.7 56.0 42.0 1976 91.7 163,608 4.3 50.3 21.0 11.2 1.2 11.6 54.6 43.8 1979 90.7 164,056 5.1 50.5 15.5 10.7 1.1 16.1 55.6 42.3 1982 91.6 167,995 5.5 52.6 1.4 13.4 5.9 1.5 19.4 58.2 38.7 1985 89.7 167,297 5.3 51.7 1.3 10.4 13.8 17.0 57.0 41.3 1988 85.0 158,748 5.8 50.2 4.5 9.6 12.7 2.3 14.0 60.5 36.4 1991 85.9 162,451 4.4 44.1 2.8 6.9 9.7 6.4 17.7 7.5 48.5 40.7 1994 86.5 164,306 6.3 51.2 4.7 6.0 7.2 3.3 19.0 1.2 62.2 35.6 1998 80.4 150,609 13.3 41.1 4.3 4.7 4.5 10.8 19.9 58.7 39.8 2002 78.4 149,321 8.7 45.0 4.4 5.7 13.3 8.0 12.4 1.1 58.0 39.4 2006 80.8 148,299 6.2 39.8 4.3 6.9 8.1 5.7 23.3 2.5 50.3 44.0 2010 84.4 160,143 5.7 36.4 5.9 5.2 7.5 4.6 27.1 6.2 48.0 44.4 2014 85.2 166,939 5.4 35.9 5.1 5.2 5.2 3.9 21.4 14.8 46.4 35.7 2018 86.7 172,719 7.1 31.4 3.0 6.7 5.5 5.8 19.2 20.1 48.1 50.5202283.0172,8426.132.03.25.44.25.019.123.746.752.0

Municipalities The lake at the lower right is Mälaren; at the lower left is Hjälmaren.

Arboga Fagersta Hallstahammar Kungsör Köping Norberg Sala Skinnskatteberg Surahammar Västerås

Demographics

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. Heby Municipality was included in the 2002 overall statistics, since it was part of the county at the time.

Location200220062010201420182019Arboga 9.6 10.9 12.1 15.4 19.0 19.2Fagersta 21.6 23.1 26.0 31.2 34.7 35.0Hallstahammar 21.5 22.1 22.8 24.7 26.7 27.3Kungsör 14.1 14.5 15.4 18.9 24.8 25.2Köping 18.4 19.4 21.6 24.9 28.7 29.0Norberg 12.0 13.3 13.0 16.7 19.7 19.7Sala 9.7 10.1 11.6 13.8 18.0 18.3Skinnskatteberg 17.7 17.7 18.7 22.2 23.0 23.5Surahammar 24.2 24.3 24.8 26.2 27.2 27.1Västerås 20.3 21.9 24.2 26.4 29.9 30.8Total17.8 19.6 21.6 24.2 27.7 28.4 Source: SCB

Heraldry

The County of Västmanland inherited its coat of arms from the province of Västmanland. When it is shown with a royal crown it represents the County Administrative Board.

Sports

Football in the county is administered by Västmanlands Fotbollförbund. Bandy is also popular, with the most successful Swedish team Västerås SK. Several Bandy World Championship finals have been played in Västerås.

References and notes

External links Västmanland County Administrative Board Västmanland County Council