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Norwegian Counties 


Note: A county was known as amt and, from 1 Jan 1919, fylke. Accordingly the title of a governor was amtmann, then fylkesmann.



Akershus
Flag of Akershus
       Adopted 11 Dec 1987

 1 Jan 1919                Akershus amt becomes Akershus fylke.

Governors
1813 - 1815                Poul Christian Holst (acting)      (b. 1776 - d. 1863)
1815 - 1822                Hans Hagerup Falbe                 (b. 1772 - d. 1830)
1822 - 1830                Valentin Christian Wilhelm Sibbern (b. 1772 - d. 1830)
1831 - 1837                Niels Arntzen Sem                  (b. 1782 - d. 1859)
1837 - 1839                Hans Christian Petersen            (b. 1793 - d. 1862)
1840 - 1842                Fredrik Riis                       (b. 1789 - d. 1845)
1842 - 1855                Erik Røring Møinichen              (b. 1797 - d. 1875)
1855 - 1858                Christian Birch-Reichenwald        (b. 1814 - d. 1891)
1859 - 1895                Johan Christian Collett            (b. 1817 - d. 1895)
1895 - 1918                Ole Andreas Furu                   (b. 1841 - d. 1925)
1919 - 1930                Hroar Olsen                        (b. 1859 - d. 1941)
1930 - 1943                Ingolf E. Christensen              (b. 1872 - d. 1943)
1945 - 1955                Carl Platou                        (b. 1885 - d. 1956)
1955 - 1963                Trygve Lie                         (b. 1896 - d. 1968)
1964 - 1965                John Lyng                          (b. 1905 - d. 1978)
1965 - 1979                Petter Mørch Koren                 (b. 1910)
1979 - 1989                Gunnar A. Larsen                   (b. 1919)
1989 - 1998                Kåre Isaachsen Willoch             (b. 1928)
1998 - 2001                Karin Moe Røisland (f) (acting)    (b. 1944)
2001                       Arne Bardalen (acting)
 1 Nov 2001 -              Hans J. Røsjorde                   (b. 1941)



Aust-Agder
Flag of Aust-Agder
          Adopted 12 Dec 1958 

 1 Jan 1919                Nedenes amt becomes Aust-Agder fylke.

Governors
1812 - 1815                Oluf Borch de Schouboe             (b. 1777 - d. 1844)
1815 - 1837                Ulrik Frederik Anton de Schouboe   (b. 1782 - d. 1863)
1837 - 1848                Henrik Harboe                      (b. 1785 - d. 1848)
1849 - 1860                Iver Steen Thomle                  (b. 1812 - d. 1889)
1860 - 1863                Henrik Laurentius Helliesen        (b. 1824 - d. 1900)
1863 - 1868                Niels Wisløff Rogstad              (b. 1814 - d. 1880)
1868 - 1895                Niels Cornelius Bonnevie           (b. 1827 - d. 1899)
1896 - 1906                Nicolai C.G. Prebensen             (b. 1850 - d. 1938) 
1906 - 1908                Sigurd Lambrechts
1908 - 1916                Sven Aarrestad                     (b. 1850 - d. 1942)
1917 - 1921                Hans Thomas Knudtzon               (b. 1857 - d. 1921)
1921 - 1941                Jonas Pedersen                     (b. 1871 - d. 1953)
1945 - 1961                Nils Hjelmtveit                    (b. 1892 - d. 1985)
1961 - 1974                Henrik Svensen                     (b. 1904)
1974 - 1983                Ebba Lodden (f)                    (b. 1913)
1983 - 1994                Signe Marie Stray Ryssdal (f)      (b. 1924)
10 Jan 1995 - 31 Dec 2007  Hjalmar Inge Sunde                 (b. 1937)
 1 Jan 2008 -              Svein Åril (acting)                (b. 1946)



Buskerud
Flag of Buskerud
        Adopted 1 Apr 1966

 1 Jan 1919                Buskeruds amt becomes Buskerud fylke.

Governors
1679 – 1694                Matthias de Tonsberg
1694 - 1806                ....
1806 – 1813                Hermann Wedel Jarlsberg            (b. 1779 - d. 1840)

1813 - 1814                Jonas Collett                      (b. 1772 - d. 1851)

1814 - 1827                Johan Collett                      (b. 1775 - d. 1827)
1828 - 1831                Niels Arntzen Sem                  (b. 1782 - d. 1859)
1831 - 1857                Gustav Peter Blom                  (b. 1785 - d. 1869)
1858 - 1882                Paul Peter Vilhelm Breder          (b. 1816 - d. 1890)
1882 - 1884                Thomas Cathinco Bang (1st time)    (b. 1827 - d. 1902)
1884 - 1890                Nils Vogt                          (b. 1817 - d. 1894)
1890 - 1902                Thomas Cathinco Bang (2nd time)    (s.a.)
1902 - 1928                Theodor Christian Stoud Platou     (b. 1858 - d. 1942)
1929 - 1935                Thomas von Westen Angell           (b. 1871 - d. 1935)
1935 - 1945                Jens Hundseid                      (b. 1883 - d. 1965)
1945 - 1950                Nils Nilsen Thune
1950 - 1962                Arnold G. Dybsjord
1962 - 1969                Olaf Fredrik Watnebryn             (b. 1908 - d. 1977)
1969 - 1979                Gunnar A. Larsen                   (b. 1919)
1979 - 1989                Ragnar Christiansen                (b. 1922)
1989 - 1999                Leif Haraldseth                    (b. 1929)
1999 -                     Kirsti Kolle Grøndahl (f)          (b. 1943)
1999 - 2001                Jon A. Lea (acting for Grøndahl)   (b. 1948)



Finnmark

Flag of Finnmark
       Adopted 6 Jan 1967

 1 Jan 1919                Finmarkens amt becomes Finnmark fylke.
25 Oct 1944 - 25 Feb 1945  Soviet occupation.

Governors
1684 - 1701                Hans Hansen Lilienskiold           (b. 1650 - d. 1703)
1701 - 1717                Erik Lorch
1717 - 1718                Jacob Møinichen
1718 - 1720                Nikolai Friese
1720 - 1729                Peter Siedelmann
1730 - 1738                Henning Friman
1739 - 1750                Rasmus Kjeldsøn
1751 - 1757                Mathias Collett
1757 - 1768                Gunder Gundersen Hammer            (b. 1725 - d. 1772)
1768 - 1771                Eiler Hagerup                      (b. 1736 - d. 1795)
1771 - 1778                Torkil Fieldsted
1778 - 1787                Christen Heiberg                   (b. 1737 - d. 1801)
1787 - 1800                Ole Hannibal Sommerfeldt           (b. 1753 - d. 1821)
1800 - 1806                Martin Andreas Unmack
1806 - 1811                Hilmar Meincke Krogh               (b. 1776 - d. 1851)
1811 - 1814                Frederik Wilhelm Wedel Jarlsberg   (b. 1787 - d. 1863)
1814 - 1828                Johan Caspar Krogh                 (b. 1776 - d. 1831)
1828 - 1829                Christian Ulrik Kastrup            (b. 1784 - d. 1850)
1829 - 1833                Ulrik Fredrik Cappelen             (b. 1797 - d. 1864)
1833 - 1843                Ole Edvard Buck                    (b. 1799 - d. 1843)
Aug 1839 - Mar 1845        Mons Lie
                             (acting for Buck, then for Harris)
1844 - 1853                Anton Theodor Harris               (b. 1804 - d. 1866)
1854 - 1857                Carl Frederik Motzfeldt            (b. 1808 - d. 1902)
1858 - 1866                Mathias Bonsach Krogh Nannestad    (b. 1815 - d. 1878)
1866 - 1874                Jens Holmboe                       (b. 1821 - d. 1891)
1874 - 1882                Johan Blackstad                    (b. 1832 - d. ....)
1882 - 1885                Carl Ingwart Theodor Rynning       (b. 1837 - d. 1892)
1886 - 1889                Carl Adolf Langberg                (b. 1850 - d. 1889)
1889 - 1894                Nikolai Christian Grove Prebensen  (b. 1850 - d. 1938)
1896 - 1906                Truls Johannessen Wiel Graff       (b. 1851 - d. 1918)
1906 - 1912                Andreas Tostrup Urbye              (b. 1869 - d. 1955)
1912 - 1921                Johan Albrigt Rivertz              (b. 1874 - d. 1942)
1922 - 1928                Hagbarth Lund                      (b. 1877 - d. 1963)
1928 - 1948                Hans Gabrielsen                    (b. 1891 - d. 1965)
Nov 1944 - Sep 1945        Peder Holt                         (b. 1899 - d. 1963)
                             (acting for Gabrielsen)
1948 - 1963                Peder Holt                         (s.a.)
1951 - 1955                Dag Tønder (acting for Holt)
1963 - 1974                Kolbjørn Varmann                   (b. 1904 - d. 1980)
Mar 1963 - Jul 1965        Anders Aune (acting for Varmann)   (b. 1923)
1974 - 1989                Anders Aune                        (s.a.)
Jan 1990 - May 1990        Kurt Mosbakk                       (b. 1934)
1990 - 1998                Svein Alsaker                      (b. 1940)
31 Aug 1990 - 31 Jul 1993  Ingrid Røstad Fløtten (f)          (b. 1954)
                             (acting for Alsaker)
 1 Jul 1998 -              Gunnar Kjønnøy                     (b. 1947)

Commander of Soviet Forces in Finnmark
25 Oct 1944 - 25 Feb 1945  Vladimir Ivanovich Shcherbakov     (b. 1901 - d. 1981)


Hedmark
Flag of Hedmark
       Adopted 6 Feb 1987

 1 Jan 1919                Hedemarkens amt becomes Hedmark fylke.

Governors
Feb 1781 – Aug 1781        Johan Arnt Jentoft (acting)
1781 - 1789                Ditlev von Pentz                   (b. 1744 - d. 1821)

1789 - 1802                Andreas Høye (acting to 1789)
1802 - 1804                Nicolai Emanuel de Thygeson        (b. 1772 - d. 1860)
1804 - 1816                Claus Bendeke                      (b. 1764 - d. 1828)
1817 - 1821                Lauritz Weidemann                  (b. 1775 - d. 1856)
1821 - 1849                Fredrik Hartvig Johan Heidmann     (b. 1777 - d. 1850)
1849 - 1856                August Christian Manthey           (b. 1811 - d. 1880)
1856 - 1890                Ludvig R. Kyhn                     (b. 1817 - d. 1890)
1890                       Truls Johannesen Wiel Graff        (b. 1851 - d. 1918)
                             (acting)
1890 - 1897                Oscar Mørch                        (b. 1845 - d. 1897)

1898 - 1915                Gregers Winther Wulfsberg Gram     (b. 1846 - d. 1929)
1916 - 1926                Torvald Løchen                     (b. 1861 - d. 1943)
1926 - 1935                Knud Iversen Øyen                  (b. 1865 - d. 1942)
1935 - 1953                Knut Monsen Nordanger
1954 - 1966                Alf Frydenberg
1966 - 1979                Erling Anger                       (b. 1909 - d. 1999)
1979 - 1981                Anfinn Lund                        (b. 1926)
1981 - 1994                Odvar Nordli                       (b. 1927)
1994 - 1996                Kjell Borgen                       (b. 1939 - d. 1996)
1996 -                     Sigbjørn Johnsen                   (b. 1950)
Apr 1997 - Oct 1997        Jon A. Lea (acting for Johnsen)    (b. 1948)



Hordaland
Flag of Hordaland
           Adopted 1 Dec 1961

 1 Jan 1919                Søndre Bergenhus amt becomes Hordaland fylke.

Governors
1815 - 1825                Wilhelm Friman Koren Christie      (b. 1778 - d. 1849)
1825 - 1827                Christian Magnus Falsen            (b. 1782 - d. 1830)
1829 - 1834                Georg Jacob Bull                   (b. 1785 - d. 1854)
1834 - 1852                Edvard Hagerup                     (b. 1781 - d. 1853)
1852 - 1859                Jens Schydtz                       (b. 1792 - d. 1859)
1859 - 1875                Paul Meyer Smit                    (b. 1813 - d. 1875)
1875 - 1884                Nicolai Ditlev Ammon Ræder         (b. 1817 - d. 1884)
1884 - 1907                Justin Gottfried Andreas Hoffmann  (b. 1836 - d. 1907)
1907 - 1918                ....
1918 - 1929                Kristian Friis Petersen            (b. 1867 - d. 1932)
1929 - 1933                Ernst Andreas Johannesen
1934 - 1949                Gjert Lindebrække
1949 - 1966                Mons Lid                           (b. 1896 - d. 1967)
1966 - 1984                Lars Leiro                         (b. 1914)
1984 - 1998                Håkon Randal                       (b. 1930)
1998 -                     Svein Alsaker                      (b. 1940)


Bergen

1907                       Part of Søndre Bergenhus amt.

Governors 
1829 - 1907                the governors of Søndre Bergenhus (s.a.)



Møre og Romsdal
Flag of Møre og Romsdal
      Adopted 15 Mar 1978

 1 Jan 1919                Romsdals amt becomes Møre fylke.
 1 Jul 1935                Renamed Møre og Romsdal.

Governors
1671 – 1675                Christian von Lindenow
1675 – 1677                Fredrik Offenberg
1680 – 1681                Daniel Knoff
1680 – 1691                Jonas Lilienskiold
1691 – 1700                Iver von Ahnen
1702 – 1703                Hans Lilienskiold
1704 – 1719                Hans Hanssen Nobel
1720 – 1729                Erich Must
1729 – 1731                Michael Worm
1731 – 1742                Christian Solgaard
1742 – 1751                Christian Ulrich Tønder
1750 – 1773                Nils Krog Collin
1751 – 1760                Andreas Fjeldsted
1773 – 1800                Even Hammer

1800 - 1811                Ole Hannibal Sommerfeldt           (b. 1753 - d. 1821)
1811 - 1840                Hilmar Meincke Krogh               (b. 1776 - d. 1851)
1840 - 1853                Gudbrand Thesen                    (b. 1792 - d. 1866)
1853 - 1893                Nils Weyer Arveschoug              (b. 1807 - d. 1894)
1893 - 1902                Ludvig Arnoldus Leth               (b. 1836 - d. 1902)
1902 - 1906                Alexander Lange Kielland           (b. 1849 - d. 1906)
1906 - 1913                Birger Kildal                      (b. 1849 - d. 1913)
1914 - 1928                Oddmund Vik                        (b. 1858 - d. 1930)
1928 - 1952                Trygve Utheim                      (b. 1884 - d. 1952)
1952 - 1958                Olav Berntsen Oksvik               (b. 1887 - d. 1958) 
1958 - 1966                Erling Anger                       (b. 1909 - d. 1999)
1966 - 1972                Erling Sandene                     (b. 1921)
1972 - 1977                Kåre Ellingsgård                   (b. 1926)
1977 -  1 Jan 2002         Alv Jacob Fostervoll               (b. 1932)
 1 Jan 2002 -              Ottar Befring                      (b. 1939)



Nord-Trøndelag
Flag of Nord-Trøndelag
      Adopted 8 Mar 1957

 1 Jan 1919                Nordre Trondhjem amt becomes Nord-Trøndelag fylke.

Governors
1805 - 1815                Caspar Conrad Rafn                 (b. 1763 - d. 1830)
1815 - 1833                Christen Elster                    (b. 1763 - d. 1833)
1833 - 1857                Adam Johan Frederik Poulsen,       (b. 1798 - d. 1876)
                             greve af Trampe 
1857 - 1866                Fredrik August Wessel-Berg         (b. 1809 - d. 1895)
1867 - 1884                Carsten Smith                      (b. 1817 - d. 1884)
1884 - 1894                Lars Otto Roll Grundt              (b. 1843 - d. 1907)
1894 - 1898                Ole Anton Quam                     (b. 1835 - d. 1904)
1898 - 1902                Halvor Bache Guldahl (1st time)    (b. 1859 - d. 1931)
1902 - 1916                Torvald Løchen                     (b. 1861 - d. 1943)
1916 - 1927                Halvor Bache Guldahl (2nd time)    (s.a.)
1927 - 1944                Haakon Martin Five                 (b. 1880 - d. 1944)
1945 - 1959                Asbjørn Lindboe                    (b. 1889 - d. 1967)
1959 - 1964                Gustav Sjaastad                    (b. 1902 - d. 1964)
1964 - 1971                Ole Bae                            (b. 1902 - d. 1972)
1971 - 1979                Leif Granli                        (b. 1909 - d. 1988)
1979 - 1991                Ola Hansen Kveli                   (b. 1921)
1991 -                     Inger Lise Gjørv (f)               (b. 1938)



Nordland
Flag of Nordland
      Adopted 15 Jan 1965

 1 Jan 1919                Nordlands amt becomes Nordland fylke.

Governors
1811 - 1815                Christen Elster                    (b. 1763 - d. 1833)
1815 - 1828                Johan Ernst Berg                   (b. 1768 - d. 1828)
1829 - 1833                Adam Johan Frederik Poulsen,       (b. 1798 - d. 1876)
                             greve af Trampe
1834 - 1847                Lars Bastian Ridder Stabell        (b. 1798 - d. 1860)
1848 - 1853                Niels Weyer Arveschoug             (b. 1807 - d. 1894)
1854 - 1858                Poul Peter Vilhelm Breder          (b. 1816 - d. 1890)
1858 - 1867                Carsten Smith                      (b. 1817 - d. 1884)
1867 - 1878                Claus Nieuwejaar Worsøe            (b. 1822 - d. 1906)
1878 - 1889                Otto Benjamin Andreas Aubert       (b. 1841 - d. 1898)
1890 - 1908                Rasmus Theisen                     (b. 1837 - d. 1908)
1908 - 1913                Anton Omholt                       (b. 1861 - d. 1925)
1913 - 1921                Jonas Pedersen                     (b. 1871 - d. 1953)
1922 - 1939                Olaf Amundsen                      (b. 1876 - d. 1939)
1940 - 1951                Karl Hess Larsen
1951 - 1966                Bue Fjermeros                      (b. 1912 - d. 2000)
1966 - 1983                Ole Aavatsmark                     (b. 1918 - d. 1983)
1983 - 1991                Odd With                           (b. 1921)
 7 Jun 1991 - 2007         Åshild Hauan (f)                   (b. 1941)
 7 Jun 1991 -  1 Sep 1993  Davis Johansen (acting for Hauan)  (b. 1926)
21 Sep 2007 -              Hill-Marta Solberg (f)             (b. 1951)



Oppland
Flag of Oppland
           Adopted 18 May 1989

 1 Jan 1919                Kristians amt becomes Oppland fylke.

Governors
1811 - 1821                Ole Hannibal Sommerfeldt            (b. 1753 - d. 1821)
1821 - 1851                Lauritz Weidemann                   (b. 1775 - d. 1856)
1852 - 1854                Hans Tostrup                        (b. 1799 - d. 1856)
1854 - 1859                Johan Christian Collett             (b. 1817 - d. 1895)
1859 - 1869                Christian Jensen                    (b. 1823 - d. 1884)
1869 - 1878                Hans Thomas Meinich                 (b. 1819 - d. 1878)
1878 - 1900                Jan Greve Skjoldborg
1900 - 1908                Peter Theodor Holst                 (b. 1843 - d. 1908)
1908 - 1933                Sigurd Lambrechts
1933 - 1947                Alfred Ihlen
1947 - 1960                Hans J. Gabrielsen                  (b. 1891 - d. 1965)
1961 - 1976                Nils K. Handal                      (b. 1906 - d. 1992)
1976 - 1981                Thorstein Treholt                   (b. 1911 - d. 1993)
1981 - 2001                Knut Korsæth                        (b. 1932)
2001 -                     Kristin Hille Valla (f)             (b. 1944)



Oslo
 
[Flag of Oslo to 2002]
                        1924 - 2002
Flag of Oslo
                 Adopted 2002

 1 Jan 1919                Kristiania stiftamt becomes Kristiania fylke.
 1 Jan 1925                Renamed Oslo fylke.

Governors (stiftamtmenn to 1919)
1815 - 1842                the governors of Akershus
1842 - 1845                Fredrik Riis                       (b. 1789 - d. 1845)
1846 - 1857                Niels Arntzen Sem                  (b. 1782 - d. 1859)
1857 - 1874                Karelius August Arntzen            (b. 1802 - d. 1875)
1874 - 1880                August Christian Manthey           (b. 1811 - d. 1880)
1880 - 1905                Nils Mathias Rye                   (b. 1824 - d. 1905)
1905 - 1917                Otto Albert Blehr                  (b. 1847 - d. 1927)
1917 -                     the governors of Akershus



Østfold
Flag of Østfold
      Adopted 26 Sep 1958

 1 Jan 1919                Smaalenernes amt becomes Østfold fylke.

Governors
1814 - 1830                Valentin Christian Wilhelm Sibbern (b. 1779 - d. 1853)
1831 - 1846                Greger Winther Wulfsberg           (b. 1780 - d. 1846)
1847 - 1855                Christian Birch-Reichenwald        (b. 1814 - d. 1891)
1855 - 1880                Carl Sibbern                       (b. 1809 - d. 1880)
1881 - 1890                Johan Lauritz Rasch                (b. 1829 - d. 1901)
1891 - 1905                Ulrik Frederik Christian Arneberg  (b. 1829 - d. 1911)
1905 - 1917                Hans Christian Albert Hansen       (b. 1847 - d. 1925)
1918 - 1933                Eivind Olaf Bødtker
1933 - 1940                Ernst Andreas Johannesen
1940 - 1951                Lyder Døscher Bull
1951 - 1966                Karl Hess Larsen
1966 - 1981                Jacob Modalsli                     (b. 1911 - d. 1984)
1981 - 1986                Lars Korvald                       (b. 1916 - d. 2006)
1986 - 1998                Erling Norvik                      (b. 1928 - d. 1998)
1998 - 2003                Edvard Grimstad                    (b. 1933)
2003 -                     Anne Enger Lahnstein (f)           (b. 1949)
2003 -                     Lise Beret Sandereid (f)           (b. 1943)
                             (acting for Lahnstein)



Rogaland
Flag of Rogaland
           Adopted 11 Jan 1974

 1 Jan 1919                Stavanger amt becomes Rogaland fylke.

Governors
1662 – 16..                Johan Fircks
1725 – 17..                Bendix Christian de Fine

1814 - 1824                Wilhelm, Frimann Krog              (b. 1767 - d. 1825)

1825 - 1826                Jens Erichstrup                    (b. 1775 - d. 1826)
1826 - 1828                Peder Martinius Ottesen            (b. 1782 - d. 1852)
1829 - 1833                Christian Ulrik Kastrup            (b. 1784 - d. 1850)
1833 - 1853                Gunder Aas                         (b. 1785 - d. 1853)
1853 - 1863                Anton Theodor Harris               (b. 1804 - d. 1866)
1864 - 1888                Vilhelm Hermann Ludvig von Munthe  (b. 1814 - d. 1888)
                             af Morgenstierne 
1889 - 1910                Carl Lauritz Mechelborg Oppen      (b. 1830 - d. 1914)
1910 - 1932                Thorvald Andreas Larsen
1932 - 1958                Johan Norem
1959 - 1968                Paul Ingolf Ingebretsen            (b. 1904 - d. 1968)
1968 - 1973                Gunnar Fredrik Hellesen            (b. 1913 - d. 2005)
1973 - 1982                Konrad Birger Knutsen              (b. 1925)
1982 - 1991                Kristin Lønningdal (f)             (b. 1923)
1991 -                     Tora Aasland (f)                   (b. 1942)
1991 -  1993               Harald Thune (1st time)            (b. 1952)                  
                             (acting for Aasland)
 1 Jan 2008 -              Harald Thune (2nd time)            (s.a.)        
                             (acting for Aasland)



Sogn og Fjordane
Flag of Sogn og Fjordane
             Adopted 23 Sep 1983

 1 Jan 1919                Nordre Bergenhus amt becomes Sogn og Fjordane fylke.

Governors
1763 - 1771                Joachim de Knagenhjelm             (b. 1727 - d. 1796)
1771 - 1779                Magnus Theite  
1780 - 1781                Ditlev von Petz  
1781 - 1788                Jonas R. Petersen  
1788 - 1789                Nils D. Gunnerus  
1789 - 1794                Peter H. Harboe  
1794 - 1802                Andreas Hiort  
1802 - 1811                Niels Andreas Vibe  
1811 - 1814                Herman G. Treschow

1814 - 1822                Christian Magnus Falsen            (b. 1782 - d. 1830)

1822 - 1831                Edvard Hagerup                     (b. 1781 - d. 1853)
1831 - 1832                Fredrik Riis                       (b. 1789 - d. 1845)
1833 - 1844                Christian Ulrik Kastrup            (b. 1784 - d. 1850)
1844 - 1852                Hans Tostrup                       (b. 1799 - d. 1856)
1852 - 1860                Emil Aubert                        (b. 1811 - d. 1872)
1861 - 1869                Johan Collett Falsen               (b. 1817 - d. 1879)
1870 - 1875                Nicolai Ditlev Ammon Ræder         (b. 1817 - d. 1884)
1875 - 1889                Carl Lauritz Mechelborg Oppen      (b. 1830 - d. 1914)
1889 - 1902                Olaj Johan Olsen                   (b. 1851 - d. 1920)
1902 - 1910                John Utheim                        (b. 1847 - d. 1910)
1910 - 1930                Ingolf E. Christensen              (b. 1872 - d. 1943)
1930 - 1941                Hans Kristian Seip                 (b. 1881 - d. 1945)
1941 - 1944                Vidar Atne                         (b. 1909 - d. 1961)
1944 - 1945                Konrad Sundlo                      (b. 1881 - d. 1965)
1945 - 1971                Nikolai Schei                      (b. 1901 - d. 1985)
1971 - 1976                Arne Ekeberg                       (b. 1925)
1976 - 1994                Ingvald Johan Ulveseth             (b. 1924 - d. 2008)
 1 Aug 1994 -              Oddvar J. Flæte                    (b. 1944)



Sør-Trøndelag
Flag of Sør-Trøndelag
       Adopted 9 Dec 1983

26 Feb 1658 - 27 May 1660  Swedish occupation of Trondheim (Trondheims län).
 1 Jan 1919                Søndre Trondhjems amt becomes Sør-Trøndelag fylke.

Governors
1658 - 1660                Claes Nilsson Stiernsköld          (b. 1617 - d. 1676)
                             (Swedish governor)
1660 - 1802                ....
1802 – 1804                Frederik Adeler
1804 - 1810                ....
1810 - 1832                Fredrik Christopher,               (b. 1779 - d. 1832)

                             greve af Trampe
1832 - 1840                Fredrik Riis                       (b. 1789 - d. 1845)
1840 - 1857                Karelius August Arntzen            (b. 1802 - d. 1875)
1857 - 1894                Carl Fredrik Motzfeldt             (b. 1808 - d. 1902)
1894 - 1907                Lars Otto Roll Grundt              (b. 1843 - d. 1907)
1907 - 1921                Harald Bothner                     (b. 1850 - d. 1924)
1921 - 1940                Odd Sverressøn Klingenberg         (b. 1871 - d. 1944)
1940 - 1947                Johan Cappelen                     (b. 1889 - d. 1947)
1948 - 1958                Ivar Skjånes
1958 - 1963                Thor Skrindo
1963 - 1974                Nils Kristian Lysø                 (b. 1905 - d. 1977)
1974 - 1986                Einar Hole Moxnes                  (b. 1921)
1986 - 1993                Reidar Due                         (b. 1922)
1993 -                     Kåre Erling Gjønnes                (b. 1942)
1997 - 1998                Roald Eriksen
                             (acting for Gjønnes)
1998 - 2000                Aage Rundberget                    (b. 1947)
                             (acting for Gjønnes)



Telemark
Flag of Telemark
      Approved 19 Dec 1970

 1 Jan 1919                Bratsberg amt becomes Telemark fylke.

Governors
1661 – 1662                Jørgen Jensen Bjelke
1662 – 1669                Johan Frederik von Marschalk
1669 – 1675                Preben von Ahnen
1675 – 1692                Nils Søfrensen Adeler
1692 – 1710                Henrik Nilsen Adeler
1710 – 1723                Jacob Lindberg
1724 – 1727                Michael Storm
1727 – 1731                Christian Berg
1731 – 1744                Henrik Essemann
1744 – 1764                Johan Frederik von Løvenhielm
1764 – 1771                Georg Adeler
1771 – 1773                Peder Storm
1773 – 1781                Georg Adeler
1781 – 1788                Frederik Moltke
1788 – 1798                Jonas Petersen
1798 – 1800                Otto Joachim Moltke
1800 – 1813                Severin Løvenskiold                (b. 1777 - d. 1856)

1813 - 1838                Frederik Wilhelm Wedel Jarlsberg   (b. 1787 - d. 1863)

1839 - 1846                Carl Valentin Falsen               (b. 1787 - d. 1852)
1846 - 1877                Jørgen Aall                        (b. 1806 - d. 1894)
1877 - 1880                Nils Mathias Rye                   (b. 1824 - d. 1905)
1881 - 1889                Ulrik Frederik Christian Arneberg  (b. 1829 - d. 1911)
1889 - 1898                Otto Benjamin Andreas Aubert       (b. 1841 - d. ....)
1898 - 1902                Thomas von Westen Engelhart        (b. 1850 - d. 1905)
1902 - 1910                Viggo Ullmann                      (b. 1848 - d. 1910)
1910 - 1932                Guthorm Immanuel Hallager          (b. 1864 - d. 1932)
1933 - 1938                Olaf Hegland
1939 - 1959                Kornelius Olai Bergsvik            (b. 1889 - d. 1975)
1959 - 1969                Tidemann F. Evensen
1969 - 1973                Leif Hjørnevik
1973 - 1976                Olav Haukvik                       (b. 1928 - d. 1992)
1976 - 1987                Oddvar Berrefjord                  (b. 1918 - d. 1999)
1987 - 1998                Kjell Gotfred Bohlin               (b. 1928)
 1 Dec 1998 -  1 Jul 2004  Solveig Sollie (f)                 (b. 1939)
 2 Jul 2004 -  2 Jul 2006  Arne Malme (acting)
 3 Jul 2006 -              Kari Nordheim-Larsen (f)           (b. 1948)



Troms
Flag of Troms
     Adopted 15 Jan 1960

 1 Jan 1919                Tromsø amt becomes Troms fylke.

Governors
1866 - 1869                Mathias Bonsach Krogh Nannestad    (b. 1815 - d. 1878)
1869 - 1889                Christian Collett Kjerschow        (b. 1821 - d. 1889)
1889 - 1914                Boye Christian Riis Strøm          (b. 1847 - d. 1930)
1915 - 1920                Klaus Hoel
1921 - 1928                Otto Backe
1928 - 1938                Johannes Gerckens Bassøe           (b. 1878 - d. 1962)
1939 - 20 Apr 1940         Gunnar Bjørn Nordbye
20 Apr 1940 - 1945         Hans O. Skotner (acting)
1946 - 1953                Arne Aas
1953 - 1977                Kristian Even Haug
1977 - 1991                Martin Buvik                       (b. 1923)
1991 - Aug 2000            Leif Arne Heløe                    (b. 1932)
Aug 2000 - Oct 2005        Vilgunn Gregusson                  (b. 1936) 
                             (acting to 1 Mar 2002)
Oct 2005 -                 Svein Ludvigsen                    (b. 1946)



Vest-Agder
Flag of Vest-Agder
            Adopted 12 Dec 1958

 1 Jan 1919                Lister og Mandal amt becomes Vest-Agder fylke.

Governors
1814 - 1815                Ulrik Frederik Anton de Schouboe   (b. 1782 - d. 1863)
1815 - 1836                Oluf Borch de Schouboe             (b. 1777 - d. 1844)
1837 - 1846                Niels Arntzen Sem                  (b. 1782 - d. 1859)
1846 - 1852                Carl Valentin Falsen               (b. 1787 - d. 1852)
1852 - 1859                Mathias Bille Kjørboe              (b. 1794 - d. 1859)
1860 - 1871                Nils Vogt                          (b. 1817 - d. 1894)
1871 - 1881                Jakob Krefting Bonnevie            (b. 1814 - d. 1881)
1882 - 1889                Johan Christian Georg Hvoslef      (b. 1819 - d. 1889)
1889 - 1906                Hans Georg Jacob Stang             (b. 1830 - d. 1907)
1907 - 1928                Daniel Bremer Juell Koren          (b. 1858 - d. 1948)
1928 - 1948                Hagbarth Lund                      (b. 1877 - d. 1963)
1948 - 1954                Alf Frydenberg
1954 - 1966                Lars Evensen                       (b. 1896 - d. 1969)
1966 - 1982                Bue Fjermeros                      (b. 1912 - d. 2000)
1982 - 1998                Oluf Skarpnes                      (b. 1932)
Dec 1998 -                 Ann-Kristin Olsen (f)              (b. 1945)
 7 Feb 2006 - 28 Jul 2006  Lars Erik Lyngdal                  (b. 1945)
                             (acting for Olsen)



Vestfold
Flag of Vestfold
              Adopted 30 Jan 1970

 1 Jan 1919                Jarlsberg og Larvik amt becomes Vestfold fylke.

Governors
1821 - 1829                Georg Jacob Bull                   (b. 1785 - d. 1854)
1829 - 1833                Johan Henrik Rye                   (b. 1787 - d. 1868)
1833 - 1864                Ulrik Frederik Cappelen            (b. 1797 - d. 1864)
1865 - 1882                Johan Christian Georg Hvoslef      (b. 1819 - d. 1889)
1882 - 1902                Carl Johan Michelet                (b. 1826 - d. 1902)
1902 - 1905                Thomas von Westen Engelhart        (b. 1850 - d. 1905)
1905 - 1908                Ulrik Krohn
1908 - 1924                Abraham Berge                      (b. 1851 - d. 1936)
1924 - 1938                Herman Meinich
1938 - 1948                Jørgen Gerckens Bassøe             (b. 1878 - d. 1962)
1948 - 1958                Oscar Fredrik Torp                 (b. 1893 - d. 1958)
1958 - 1964                Gerhard Dahl
1964 - 1979                Olav R. Grove                      (b. 1909)
1979 - 1988                Odd Vattekar                       (b. 1918 - d. 1992)
1989 -                     Mona Røkke (f)                     (b. 1940)






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