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 2021, by County Council
County council
Number employees
Number of person-years
Population 2021
Physicians in person-years per 1000 inh.
Stockholm
6 434
5 727
2 415 139
2,4
Uppsala
1 689
1 529
395 026
3,9
Södermanland
995
922
301 801
3,1
Östergötland
2 105
1 939
469 704
4,1
Jönköping
1 305
1 182
367 064
3,2
Kronoberg
627
576
203 340
2,8
Kalmar
894
823
247 175
3,3
Gotland
244
241
61 001
Blekinge
547
514
158 937
Skåne
4 990
4 572
1 402 425
Halland
1 014
906
340 243
2,7
Västra Götaland
6 132
5 577
1 744 859
Värmland
903
834
283 196
2,9
Örebro
1 229
1 143
306 792
3,7
Västmanland
776
705
278 967
2,5
Dalarna
991
876
288 387
3,0
Gävleborg
948
864
287 767
Västernorrland
808
730
244 193
Jämtland
563
492
132 054
Västerbotten
1 415
1 302
274 563
4,7
Norrbotten
781
713
249 693
All county councils
35 390
32 167
10 452 326
Source: The Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions
Physicians in governmental employment in 2011-2021, by county council
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
5 472
5 588
5 627
5 774
5 856
5 772
5 799
5 805
5 891
6 291
1 421
1 452
1 470
1 509
1 545
1 584
1 621
1 666
1 687
1 708
722
701
734
753
765
797
833
852
885
938
1 487
1 539
1 593
1 660
1 756
1 815
1 885
1 944
1 968
2 031
964
1 005
1 039
1 081
1 115
1 108
1 154
1 162
1 196
1 263
511
536
527
542
532
556
586
606
622
624
695
709
729
766
780
775
813
828
168
173
196
197
209
213
205
220
232
442
456
475
483
501
503
510
520
535
534
3 960
3 963
3 978
4 034
4 219
4 357
4 483
4 616
4 723
4 868
788
814
855
882
879
897
952
962
960
981
4 975
5 107
5 201
5 325
5 410
5 528
5 723
5 858
5 941
6 041
772
783
792
796
817
821
836
1 000
992
1 042
1 076
1 123
1 142
1 177
1 215
607
635
675
691
706
714
735
739
758
840
835
863
874
895
908
915
934
731
763
787
806
820
847
842
853
936
665
690
672
692
718
786
436
433
440
443
450
476
499
525
548
1 156
1 175
1 205
1 231
1 235
1 228
1 296
1 379
1 403
1 394
649
687
710
727
744
737
741
756
773
28 461
29 036
29 585
30 244
30 954
31 472
32 204
32 818
33 535
34 659
Physicians in person-years per 1000 inhabitants
2,3
2,2
4,0
3,8
2,6
3,4
3,6
3,5