Skaraborg County (Swedish: Skaraborgs län) was a county of Sweden until 1997, when it was merged with the counties of Gothenburg and Bohus and Älvsborg to form Västra Götaland County. The county was named after a fortress (Swedish: borg) outside the city of Skara. The seat of residence for the county governor was Mariestad and the largest city was Skövde.