Älvsborg County initially encompassed the entire western half of Västergötland, and was named after Älvsborg Castle, which is where the county administration was initially based. Älvsborg was demolished in the 1660s and the county seat moved to nearby Gothenburg, but the county continued to bear the name Älvsborg. Under the 1658 Treaty of Roskilde, the Norwegian province of Bohuslen (Swedish: Bohuslän) was transferred to Sweden, and in 1680 it was decided to form a new county comprising Bohuslän and the western part of Västergötland, creating the new Gothenburg and Bohus County.[1]
The seat of Älvsborg County (which had become even more of a misnomer, as the site of the former Älvsborg fortress now lay within the new Gothenburg and Bohus County) therefore had to be moved again, this time to Vänersborg.[2]
Älvsborg, county, swedish, Älvsborgs, län, county, sweden, until, 1997, when, merged, with, counties, gothenburg, bohus, skaraborg, form, västra, götaland, county, Älvsborgs, läncounty, sweden1634, 1997coat, armscapitalold, Älvsborggothenburgvänersborggovernme. Alvsborg County Swedish Alvsborgs lan was a county of Sweden until 1997 when it was merged with the counties of Gothenburg amp Bohus and Skaraborg to form Vastra Gotaland County Alvsborg CountyAlvsborgs lanCounty of Sweden1634 1997Coat of armsCapitalOld AlvsborgGothenburgVanersborgGovernmentGovernor 1991 1997Bengt K A JohanssonHistory Established1634 Disestablished31 December 1997Succeeded by Vastra Gotaland County The three former counties that constitute today s Vastra Gotaland County Map of the country roads through Alvsborg county and Dalsland in 1731 The county corresponded to the traditional province of Dalsland and the central part of the province of Vastergotland and its coat of arms was created by quartering the respective arms of those provinces Alvsborg County initially encompassed the entire western half of Vastergotland and was named after Alvsborg Castle which is where the county administration was initially based Alvsborg was demolished in the 1660s and the county seat moved to nearby Gothenburg but the county continued to bear the name Alvsborg Under the 1658 Treaty of Roskilde the Norwegian province of Bohuslen Swedish Bohuslan was transferred to Sweden and in 1680 it was decided to form a new county comprising Bohuslan and the western part of Vastergotland creating the new Gothenburg and Bohus County 1 The seat of Alvsborg County which had become even more of a misnomer as the site of the former Alvsborg fortress now lay within the new Gothenburg and Bohus County therefore had to be moved again this time to Vanersborg 2 See also editList of governors of Alvsborg County List of governors of Gothenburg and Bohus County List of governors of Skaraborg County List of Vastra Gotaland Governors County Governors of SwedenReferences edit Alvsborgs Lan Retrieved 3 April 2022 Artal i Vanersborgs historia 1600 talet Retrieved 24 March 2017 58 23 N 12 19 E 58 383 N 12 317 E 58 383 12 317 nbsp This article about a location in Vastra Gotaland County Sweden is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Alvsborg County amp oldid 1147989757, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
