Dalarna County
Dalarna County
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Korpimäcki Reserve in July 2008 | |
Dalarna County in Sweden | |
Location map of Dalarna County in Sweden | |
| Coordinates: 60°40′43″N 15°36′02″E / 60.67861°N 15.60056°E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| Founded | 1634 |
| Capital | Falun |
| Largest city | Borlänge |
| Municipalities | |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Helena Hoij |
| • Regional Council | Region Dalarna |
| Area | |
• Total | 28,188.8 km2 (10,883.8 sq mi) |
| Population (31 December 2023) | |
• Total | 287,253 |
| • Density | 10/km2 (26/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Total | SEK 99 billion €10.595 billion (2015) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | SE-W |
| NUTS Region | SE312 |
| Website | www |
Dalarna County (Swedish: Dalarnas län) is a county or län in central Sweden (Svealand). It borders on the counties of Uppsala, Jämtland, Gävleborg, Västmanland, Örebro and Värmland. It also borders on the Norwegian counties of Hedmark and Trøndelag to the west. It was formerly known as Kopparberg County (Swedish: Kopparbergs län) until the name was changed to that of the provincial region on 1 January 1997. The province of Dalarna is slightly larger than the county, as the westernmost part of Ljusdal Municipality belongs to it. Prince Gabriel, the son of Prince Carl Philip, is Duke of Dalarna.
The term Dalarna County is mainly used for administrative purposes; it is further divided into municipalities (kommuner). Dalarna County encompasses nearly all of the cultural and historical province of Dalarna (literally, "the valleys"). For the most part sparsely populated and with extensive tracts of wilderness, Dalarna County is almost as large as Belgium in terms of land area.