Regional flags (Sweden)

All Swedish municipalities, provinces (landskap) and counties (län) have official flags derived directly from their arms, if they have arms (which most of them have). The flag is a square representation of the shield of the arms.

(Aside from this, many regions and provinces have their own, unofficial flags. Municipalities are unfortunately not always aware of what their official flag should look like, and are often using other flags, often as a white flag with the arms upon.)
Elias Granqvist 13 Aug 1999

Landskap is most often translated as province. This is the old subdivision of Sweden, dating back to the Middle Ages, when they actually (with a modern term) could be seen as federal states in a united kingdom which was Sweden. The provinces has since at least the 17th Century no political meaning what so ever, but they are still the main way to describe from where in Sweden you are (there are only a few exceptions to this rule).

There are 24 provinces in Sweden, each with its own coat of arms. The official flags for each province is a square banner of the arms. The arms can be crowned with a ducal crown. (Princes and princesses of Sweden who can inherit the Swedish throne are titular duke or duchess of one or two provinces.)
Elias Granqvist, 03 July 2003

Flags of Historical Provinces (landskap)

• clickable map for the provinces

• Blekinge
• Bohuslän
  • Bohuslän, unofficial flags and flag proposals
• Dalecarlia (Dalarna)
• Dalsland
• Gotland
  • Gotland, unofficial flags and flag proposals
• Gästrikland
• Halland
• Hälsingland
  • Hälsingland, unofficial flags and flag proposals
• Härjedalen
  • Härjedalen, unofficial flags and flag proposals
• Jamtland (Jämtland)
  • Republic of Jamtland (Republiken Jamtland)
• Lapland (Lappland)
• Medelpad
• Närke
• Scania (Skåne)
  • Scanian cross flag (Skåne / Skåneland)
• Småland
  • Småland, unofficial flags and flag proposals
• Södermanland
• Upland (Uppland)
• Värmland
• Västergötland
• Västmanland
• West Bothnia (Västerbotten)
  • North Bothnia (Norrbotten)
• Ångermanland
• Öland
  • Öland, unofficial flags and flag proposals
• Östergötland

Län is usually translated as county. The counties are the subdivision of the state, which have led to that the county arms can be crowned with a royal crown when they represent the county board (länsstyrelsen), the highest body of the county, which is led by a landshövding ("land chief" or governor) appointed by the government.

Every county in Sweden also has arms, and their official flags are banners of their arms.

(As Finland was a part of Sweden until 1809, Finland has the same type of subdivisions in both landskap and län.)
Elias Granqvist, 03 July 2003

Län (Counties)

• clickable map for the counties

• County of Blekinge (Blekinges län)
• County of Calmar (Kalmar län)
• County of Dalecarlia (Dalarnas län)
• County of Gotland (Gotlands län)
• County of Gävleborg (Gävleborgs län)
• County of Halland (Hallands län)
• County of Jamtland (Jämtlands län)
• County of Jönköping (Jönköpings län)
• County of Kronoberg (Kronobergs län)
• County of North Bothnia (Norrbottens län)
• County of Scania (Skånes län)
• County of Stockholm (Stockholms län)
• County of Södermanland (Södermanlands län)
• County of Upsala (Uppsala län)
• County of Värmland (Värmlands län)
• County of Västmanland (Västmanlands län)
• County of West Bothnia (Västerbottens län)