The Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions in co-operation with Statistics Sweden annually collects data about county council employees. The data are based mainly on the county councils' staff registers.The number of employees on an annual basis within a category is obtained by adding the employees' level of employment (hours) and dividing them by the set normal number of working hours per year.
Physicians in governmental employment in 2025, by County Council
County council
Number employees
Number of person-years
Population 2025
Physicians in person-years per 1000 inh.
Stockholm
7 258
6 592
2 486 259
2,7
Uppsala
1 891
1 765
410 590
4,3
Södermanland
1 092
1 007
300 422
3,4
Östergötland
2 219
2 020
472 521
Jönköping
1 373
1 260
369 702
Kronoberg
673
620
203 103
3,1
Kalmar
918
836
245 469
Gotland
245
261
60 871
Blekinge
573
550
156 616
3,5
Skåne
5 274
4 941
1 433 081
Halland
1 109
1 005
346 112
2,9
Västra Götaland
6 585
6 009
1 777 797
Värmland
971
881
283 033
Örebro
1 264
1 182
308 327
3,8
Västmanland
877
796
280 734
2,8
Dalarna
1 055
964
286 040
Gävleborg
1 043
972
283 439
Västernorrland
838
765
240 643
3,2
Jämtland
615
556
132 733
4,2
Västerbotten
1 447
1 347
279 010
4,8
Norrbotten
853
782
248 923
All county councils
38 173
35 110
10 605 425
3,3
Source: The Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions
Physicians in governmental employment in 2015-2025, by county council
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
5 856
5 772
5 799
5 805
5 891
6 291
6 434
6 596
6 804
7 008
1 545
1 584
1 621
1 666
1 687
1 708
1 689
1 748
1 809
1 871
797
833
852
885
938
995
1 009
1 035
1 059
1 756
1 815
1 885
1 944
1 968
2 031
2 105
2 144
2 197
2 176
1 115
1 108
1 154
1 162
1 196
1 263
1 305
1 313
1 330
1 384
532
586
606
622
624
627
631
628
660
766
780
775
813
828
876
894
896
898
895
209
213
205
220
232
244
252
248
501
503
510
520
535
534
547
528
4 219
4 357
4 483
4 616
4 723
4 868
4 990
5 037
5 081
5 208
879
897
952
962
960
981
1 014
1 030
1 068
1 078
5 410
5 528
5 723
5 858
5 941
6 041
6 132
6 197
6 269
6 310
817
821
864
882
903
925
953
1 076
1 123
1 143
1 142
1 177
1 215
1 229
1 230
1 248
1 231
706
714
735
739
758
776
789
830
908
915
934
991
984
999
1 031
820
847
842
936
948
958
973
718
695
690
786
808
824
816
450
476
499
525
548
563
557
591
1 235
1 228
1 296
1 379
1 403
1 394
1 415
1 400
1 437
727
744
737
741
756
773
781
763
793
30 954
31 472
32 204
32 818
33 535
34 659
35 390
35 811
36 490
37 193
Physicians in person-years per 1000 inhabitants
2,3
2,2
2,4
2,5
2,6
4,0
3,9
3,0
3,6
4,1
4,5
4,6
3,7
4,4
4,7