Dalarna County

Dalarna County Dalarnas län (Swedish)
County of Sweden
Korpimäcki Reserve in July 2008
Flag Coat of arms
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 / 60.67861; 15.60056
Country	Sweden
Founded	1634
Capital	Falun
Largest city	Borlänge
Municipalities	15 Älvdalen Avesta Borlänge Falun Gagnef Hedemora Leksand Ludvika Malung-Sälen Mora, Sweden Orsa Rättvik Säter Smedjebacken Vansbro
Government
• Governor	Maria Norrfalk
• Council	Landstinget Dalarna
Area
• Total	28,188.8 km2 (10,883.8 sq mi)
Population  (31 December 2023)[1]
• Total	287,253
• Density	10/km2 (26/sq mi)
GDP [2]
• 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.w.lst.se

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.