State or region
County Governor
- Swedish: Landshövding
County Administrative Board of Kalmar County · Kalmar County
How it's filled
- In plain words
- Appointed by the Government of Sweden
- Exact method
- Appointed by the Government of Sweden for a fixed period (förordnande), normally six years and extendable. The county governor heads the county administrative board, the state's regional authority; it is not an elected office.
- Chosen by
- Government of Sweden
- Seats
- 1
Who holds it now
Allan Widman since May 2023
Report Source: lansstyrelsen.se,
checked (+1 more)
Sources
- lansstyrelsen.se · checked Source for office row added by verifier (first load gave none): Länsstyrelserna, lansstyrelsen.se, read 2026-10-12: each county administrative board is headed by a county governor (landshövding) appointed by the Government. For: County Governor
- lansstyrelsen.se · checked Lansstyrelsen, read 2026-10-12. For: County Governor in Swedish
- lansstyrelsen.se · checked Länsstyrelsen kalmar, Om oss, read 2026-10-12: lists Allan Widman as landshövding (county governor). Official confirmation of the Wikidata-sourced holder. For: Allan Widman, current term
- wikidata.org · checked Wikidata, county governor position holder (no end date), read 2026-10-12. Fallback: Wikidata, because the lansstyrelsen.se governor pages are not uniformly fetchable; Vasterbotten (reappointed 1 Aug 2026 - 31 Jul 2029), Varmland (to 31 Jan 2028) and Kronoberg (to 28 Feb 2027) checked against lansstyrelsen.se. For: Allan Widman, current term