Skåne Regional Council

Region Skåne Region Skåne
Type
Type	County council of the Scania County
Leadership
Chair of the Executive Committee	Henrik Fritzon, Swedish Social Democratic Party
Elections
Voting system	Proportional representation
Last election	2014
Meeting place
Scania House, Kristianstad
Website
http://www.skane.se

Region Skåne is the county council of Scania County in Sweden. Region Skåne (formally Skåne läns landsting) was created on January 1, 1999, by the amalgamation of the county councils of Malmöhus County and Kristianstad County and some of the tasks handled by Malmö Municipality.

The county council assembly is the highest political body in the region and its members are elected by the Scanians themselves, as opposed to the County Administrative Board (länsstyrelsen) that guards the interest of the state in the region under the chairmanship of the county governor.

The regional council's main responsibility is for the public healthcare system, public transport and development within the region, which includes co-ordination of development of commerce, communication, culture and collaboration with other regions both in and outside of Sweden.

By devolution the newly formed regional council assumed some power from the Skåne County Administrative Board, the state authority in Skåne County.

Before Region Skåne was formed in 1999 on a trial basis, the regional development was the responsibility of a Regional Association, comprising the 33 municipalities together with the then current health services principals, namely the Kristianstad and Malmöhus county councils and the Health Services authority in the City of Malmö.

Similar provisions had also been extended to the Västra Götaland Regional Council and the Gotland Council during a trial period.

The regional council (regionfullmäktige or formally landstingsfullmäktige) meets at Skånehuset in Kristianstad. Elections are held every fourth year in conjunction with the national and municipal elections, on the third Sunday of September.