The history of the County Administrative Borards

The primary duty of these first County Administrative Boards was to oversee the work of the tax collectors and ensure that taxes were correctly collected. County Governors functioned as the King's commanders in their respective counties.

Over the years that have since passed - almost four hundred of them - the role and duties of the County Administrative Boards have undergone extensive changes. Collection of taxes is now the responsibility of the Inland Revenue, a completely independent authority.

Instead, the most important role of the County Administrative Boards has become that of ensuring that their counties develop for the benefit of their inhabitants, basing themselves on the authority vested in them by the Central Government and by the Swedish Parliament, which is elected by the Swedish people.