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Norrbotten CountyNorrbotten County, or Norrbottens ln, or North Bothnia is a County or ln in the extreme north of Sweden. It borders to Vsterbotten County and the Gulf of Bothnia. It also borders to Lapland Province in Finland, Nordland and Troms counties in Norway. The term "Norrbotten", can also refer to just the eastern part, rather than to the whole of Norrbotten County. History Main article: History of Norrbotten Following the Finnish War in 1809 Vsterbotten County was separated into a Swedish and a Finnish part, where the main part remained within Swedish borders. In 1810 the county was divided once more when Norrbotten County was created out of the northern part, on the Swedish side. Administration Main article: Norrbotten County Administrative Board The main aim of the County Administrative Board is to fulfil the goals set in national politics by the Parliament 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 nominally a Government Agency headed by a Governor. See List of Norrbotten Governors. Sami, Menkieli, and Finnish may be used be used in dealing with government agencies, courts, municipalities, preschools and nursing homes in parts of Norrbotten County. Politics Main article: Norrbotten County Council The County Council of Norrbotten or Norrbottens Lns Landsting. Municipalities Main article: Municipalities of Norrbotten The Sami language can be used in Arjeplog, Gllivare, Jokkmokk and Kiruna. Similary, Finnish and Menkieli can be used in Gllivare, Haparanda, Kiruna, Pajala and vertorne. Culture Main article: Culture of Norrbotten Cultural identification in Sweden is closely related to the historical Provinces of Sweden, and the people in the coastal region of Norrbotten County, are in this sense living in Northern Westrobothnia, or Norra Vsterbotten. In order not to be confused with people from Southern Westrobothnia, i.e. the coastal region of Vsterbotten County, they started to identify themselves with the county rather than with the historical province. By the early 20th century Swedes had in general started referring to northern Sweden as Norrbotten. Specifically this came to mean that Norrbotten, at times referred to just Northern Westrobothnia, rather than to the whole of Norrbotten County. In this Norrbotten also came to be seen as being on equal footing with the historical provinces, even if it never had been one itself, and from the 1980s it has adopted or has been assigned provincial symbols. There is a coat of arms for Norrbotten County, but Norrbotten designated as a traditional province does not hold any distinction of this kind. Heraldry Main article: Heraldry of Norrbotten The arms for the Norrbotten County is a combination of the arms of Westrobothnia, and Laponia. When it is shown with a royal crown it represents the County Administrative Board. Blazon: "Quartered, the arms of Westrobothnia and the arms of Laponia." Miscellaneous topics External links
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