Local government is a generic term for the lowest tiers of public administration within a particular sovereign state. This particular usage of the word government refers specifically to a level of administration that is both geographically-localised and has limited powers. While in some countries,"government" is normally reserved purely for a national administration (government),the term local government is always used specifically in contrast to national government –as well as,in many cases,the activities of sub-national,first-level administrative divisions. Local governments generally act only within powers specifically delegated to them by law and/or directives of a higher level of government. In federal states,local government generally comprises a third or fourth tier of government,whereas in unitary states,local government usually occupies the second or third tier of government.
The European Union created a Committee of the Regions to represent Regions of Europe as the layer of EU government administration directly below the nation-state level. The committee has its headquarters in Brussels.
Stockholm County is a county or län on the Baltic Sea coast of Sweden. It borders Uppsala County and Södermanland County. It also borders Mälaren and the Baltic Sea. The city of Stockholm is the capital of Sweden. Stockholm County is divided by the historic provinces of Uppland (Roslagen) and Södermanland (Södertörn). More than one fifth of the Swedish population lives in the county. Stockholm County is also one of the statistical riksområden according to NUTS:SE,Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics within the EU. With more than two million inhabitants,Stockholm is the most densely populated county of Sweden.
Södermanland County is a county or län on the southeast coast of Sweden. In the local Sörmlandic dialects it is virtually universally shortened and pronounced as Sörmlands län,or simply Sörmland,which is the dominant pronunciation and spelling inside the county. For example,the name of the local regional council is Region Sörmland. It borders the counties of Östergötland,Örebro,Västmanland,Uppsala,Stockholm and to the Baltic Sea. It holds the popular camping route called "Sörmlandsleden" which is a system of trails covering a total of approximately 100 mil (1000 km) of walking paths,in Södermanland.
Karlstad Municipality is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Karlstad.
Västerbotten County is a county or län in the north of Sweden. It shares the borders with the counties of Västernorrland,Jämtland,and Norrbotten,as well as the Norwegian county of Nordland and the Gulf of Bothnia. Its capital is Umeåthat houses about half of the population when combined together with the largest town in the northern part Skellefteå. The two municipalities themselves are making up the majority of the population. The county has vast wilderness areas and Västerbotten County has a land area larger than Denmark,the Netherlands and Switzerland.
UmeåMunicipality is a municipality in Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is Umeå,which is also the county seat of Västerbotten County.
The European Committee of the Regions (CoR) is the European Union's (EU) assembly of local and regional representatives that provides sub-national authorities with a direct voice within the EU's institutional framework.
A regional council is a self-governing local authority. There are 21 regional councils,each corresponding to a county. Regional councils are governed by a regional assembly (regionfullmäktige) that is elected by the regional electorate every four years in conjunction with the general elections. The most important responsibilities of regional councils are the public health care system and public transportation. It is one of the principal administrative subdivisions of Sweden.
The municipalities of Sweden are its lower-level local government entities. There are 290 municipalities which are responsible for a large proportion of local services,including schools,emergency services and physical planning.
MalmöMunicipality,or City of Malmö,is a Swedish municipality in Skåne County,the southernmost of the counties of Sweden.
The Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR) is the largest organisation of local and regional governments in Europe. Its members are 60 national associations of towns,municipalities and regions from 41 countries that are part of the Council of Europe. Together these associations represent about 130,000 local and regional authorities.
The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities is the pan-European political assembly representing local and regional authorities from the forty-six member states of the Council of Europe. Its role is to promote local and regional democracy,improve local and regional governance and strengthen authorities' self-government,according to the principles laid down in the European Charter of Local Self-Government. It is made up of two chambers,the Chamber of Local Authorities and the Chamber of Regions and holds its plenary sessions twice a year at the Palace of Europe in Strasbourg,where its permanent Secretariat is located.
Kristina Jonäng is a Swedish politician. She is a member of the Centre Party and has been a member of the Västra Götaland Regional Council representing Bohuslän / Västra Götaland West since September 2010.
Keith Arthur Whitmore is a former British politician. He was a Liberal and later Liberal Democrat member of Manchester City Council for more than thirty years,retiring in 2012,and was also a member of the Committee of the Regions and the Congress of the Council of Europe,of which he was President from 2010 to 2012.
Karl Axel Jansson was a Swedish politician,belonging to the Communist Party of Sweden.
Marie Helene Hellmark Knutsson is a Swedish politician of the Social Democrats. She has served as Governor of Västerbotten County since 2020. She previously served as Minister for Higher Education and Research in the Swedish Government from October 2014 to January 2019.
Sara Magdalena Skyttedal is a Swedish politician of the Christian Democrats party. She was elected Member of the European Parliament in the 2019 European Parliament election in Sweden.
Anders Uno Henriksson,born September 26,1961,in Kalmar,Kalmar County,Sweden,is a Swedish Social Democratic politician.
