Sweden - Fiscal Powers

11-06-2025

Sweden's government structure is highly decentralised and includes two sub-national levels: 21 counties and 290 municipalities. In reality, the number of government levels should be seen as only two as there is no hierarchical relationship between counties and municipalities since both have their own self-governing local authorities dealing with different responsibilities.

You can read the full study in English here:
https://portal.cor.europa.eu/divisionpowers/Pages/Sweden-Fiscal-Powers.aspx