Norwegian Counties 

Note: From 1 Feb 1662, a county was known as amt and, from 1 Jan 1919, fylke. Accordingly the title of a governor was amtmann, then fylkesmann.

       Adopted 11 Dec 1987

Governors
1682 – 1750                sammen med Akershus stiftamt
1750 – 1757                Christian Rudolph Philip Gersdorff (b. 1723 - d. 1800)
1757 – 1772                Caspar Herman von Storm
1763 – 1810                sammen med Akershus stiftamt
1810 – 1813                Eggert Christopher Knuth

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)
1943 - 1945                Konrad Sundlo                      (b. 1881 - d. 1965)
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 - d. 2004)
1979 - 1989                Gunnar Alf Larsen                  (b. 1919 - d. 2003)
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)

          Adopted 12 Dec 1958 

Governors  
1671 – 1679                the governors of Kristiansand (Agdesiden) stiftamt
1680 – 1681                Jens Toller Rosenheim              (b. 1636 - d. 1690)
1681 – 1691                Jørgen Müller
1691 – 1815                the governors of Kristiansand stiftamt
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                  (b. 1863 - d. 1941)
1908 - 1916                Sven Aarrestad                     (b. 1850 - d. 1942)
1917 - 1921                Hans Thomas Knudtzon               (b. 1857 - d. 1921)
1921 - 1942                Jonas Pedersen                     (b. 1871 - d. 1953)
1945 - 1961                Nils Hjelmtveit                    (b. 1892 - d. 1985)
1961 - 1974                Henrik Svensen                     (b. 1904 - d. 2007)
1974 - 1983                Ebba Lodden (f)                    (b. 1913 - d. 1997)
1983 - 1994                Signe Marie Stray Ryssdal (f)      (b. 1924)
10 Jan 1995 - 31 Dec 2007  Hjalmar Inge Sunde                 (b. 1937)
 1 Jan 2008 - 30 Sep 2009  Svein Åril (acting)                (b. 1946)
 1 Oct 2009 -              Øystein Djupedal                   (b. 1960)

Bergenhus

1681                       Bergenhus amt.
1763                       Divided into Nordre Bergenhus amt and Søndre Bergenhus amt.

Governors
1681 – 1690                Laurids Lindenow
1691 – 1697                Hans Nielsen
1697 – ....                Axel Rosenkrantz
1702 – 1728                sammen med Bergen stiftamt
1732 – 1738                Wilhelm August von der Osten
1738 – 1766                sammen med Bergen stiftamt

        Adopted 1 Apr 1966

Governors
1679 – 1695                Mats de Tonsberg                   (b. 1638 - d. 1705)
1695 - 1719                Paul Glud
1719 - 1760                Just Must
1760 - 1788                Andreas Fjeldsted                  (b. 1717 - d. 1788)
1788 - 1803                Herman Leopoldus Lange             (b. 1734 - d. 1803)
1803 - 1806                Emanuel Ravn
1806 – 1813                Hermann lensgreve 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                  (b. 1890 - d. 1950)
1950 - 1962                Arnold Gerhard Dybsjord            (b. 1897 - d. 19..)
1962 - 1969                Olaf Fredrik Watnebryn             (b. 1908 - d. 1977)
1969 - 1979                Gunnar Alf Larsen                  (b. 1919 - d. 2003)
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)

       Adopted 6 Jan 1967

1684                       Finmarkens amt.
 1 Jan 1919                Finnmark fylke.
25 Oct 1944 - 25 Feb 1945  Soviet occupation.

Governors
1684 - 1701                Hans Hansen Lilienskiold           (b. 1650 - d. 1703)
1701 - 1717                Erik Matssøn Lorch                 (b. 1647 - d. 1717)
1717 - 1718                Jacob A. Møinichen
1718 - 1720                Nicolas Friese (Friis)
1720 - 1729                Peter Siedelmann
1730 - 1738                Henrik Frimann
1739 - 1750                Rasmus Kjeldsen
1750                       Peter Schnitler
1750 - 1757                Mathias Collett                    (b. 1708 - d. 1759)
1757 - 1768                Gunder Gundersen Hammer            (b. 1725 - d. 1772)
1768 - 1771                Eiler Hagerup                      (b. 1736 - d. 1795)
1772 - 1778                Thorkel Jonsen Fjeldsted           (b. 1741 - d. 1796)
1778 - 1787                Christen Heiberg                   (b. 1737 - d. 1801)
1787 - 1800                Ole Hannibal Sommerfeldt           (b. 1753 - d. 1821)
1800 - 1806                Martin Andreas Unmack
1807 - 1811                Hilmar Meincke Krogh               (b. 1776 - d. 1851)
1811 - 1813                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)       (b. 1907 - d. 1989)
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)

Hamar

1864                       Hamar stiftamt, separated from Kristiania stiftamt.
1918                       Incorproated to Hedmark.

Governors
1864 – 1898                the governors of Hedmark
1898 – 1915                Gregers Winther Wulfsberg Gram     (b. 1846 - d. 1929)
1915 – 1916                Johannes Irgens                    (b. 1896 - d. 1939)

       Adopted 6 Feb 1987

Governors
Feb 1781 – Aug 1781        Johan Arnt Jentoft (acting)
1781 - 1789                Ditlev von Pentz                   (b. 1744 - d. 1821)
1789 - 1802                Andreas Høyer (acting to ... 1789) (b. 1742 - d. 1817)
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)
1874                       Nils Flifledt (acting for Kyhn)
1890                       Truls Johannesen Wiel Graff        (b. 1851 - d. 1918)
                             (acting)
1890 - 1897                Oscar Mørch                        (b. 1845 - d. 1897)
1897 - 1898                August Teilmann Wilhelmsen (acting)(b. 1861 - d. 19..)
1898 - 1915                Gregers Winther Wulfsberg Gram     (b. 1846 - d. 1929)
1915 - 1916                Johannes Irgens (acting)           (b. 1896 - d. 1939)
1916 - 1926                Torvald Løchen                     (b. 1861 - d. 1943)
1926 - 1935                Knud Iversen Øyen                  (b. 1865 - d. 1942)
1935 - 1953                Knut Monsen Nordanger              (b. 1883 - d. 1965)
1954 - 1966                Alf Frydenberg                     (b. 1896 - d. 1989)
1966 - 1979                Erling Anger                       (b. 1909 - d. 1999)
1979 - 1981                Anfinn Lund                        (b. 1926 - d. 2001)
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)
Oct 2009 -                 Tormod W. Karlstrøm                (b. 1944)
                             (acting for Johnsen)

           Adopted 1 Dec 1961

Governors
1766 – 1831                sammen med Bergen stiftamt

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                Hroar Olsen                        (b. 1859 - d. 1941)
1918 - 1929                Kristian Friis Petersen            (b. 1867 - d. 1932)
1929 - 1933                Ernst Andreas Johannesen           (b. 1870 - d. 1957)
1934 - 1949                Gjert Lindebrække                  (b. 1879 - d. 1960)
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)

1831                       Bergen fylke.
1907                       Part of Søndre Bergenhus amt.
1972                       Part of Horadland fylke.

Governors 
1829 - 1907                the governors of Søndre Bergenhus (s.a.)
1907 - 1972                the governors of Horadland (s.a.)

      Adopted 15 Mar 1978

Governors
1671 – 1675                Christian Lindenow                 (b. 1632 - d. 1675) 
1675 – 1677                Fredrik von Offenberg              (d. 1677)
1680 – 1681                Daniel Knoff                       (b. 1614 - d. 1687)
1680 – 1691                Jonas Lilienskiold                 (b. 1651 - d. 1691)
1691 – 1700                Iver von Ahnen                     (b. 1657 - d. 1722)
1702 – 1703                Hans Lilienskiold                  (b. 1650 - d. 1703)
1704 – 1719                Hans Hanssen Nobel d.e.            (b. 1657 - d. 1732)
1720 – 1729                Erik Must
1729 – 1730                Michael Worm                       (b. 1707 - d. ....)
1730 – 1742                Christian Sørensen Solgaard        (b. 1687 - d. 1742)
1742 – 1751                Christian Ulrich Tønder            (b. 1699 - d. 1751)
1750 – 26 Aug 1773         Nils Krog Collin                   (b. 1718 - d. 1782)
1751 – 1760                Andreas Fjeldsted                  (b. 1717 - d. 1788)
1760 - 1773                Niels Krog Collin
1773 – 1800                Even Hammer                        (b. 1732 - d. 1800)
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 -  1 Oct 2009  Ottar Befring                      (b. 1939)
 1 Oct 2009 -              Lodve Solholm                      (b. 1949)

      Adopted 8 Mar 1957

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 - d. 2003)
1991 - 31 May 2008         Inger Lise Gjørv (f)               (b. 1938 - d. 2009)
1991 - 1993                Oddbjørn Karmhus Nordset
                             (1st time) (acting for Gjørv)    (b. 1946)
 1 Jun 2008 -  2 Nov 2009  Oddbjørn Karmhus Nordset
                             (2nd time) (acting)              (s.a.)
 2 Nov 2009 -              Inge Ryan                          (b. 1956)     

      Adopted 15 Jan 1965

Governors
1669 – 1686                Knud Gjedde
1686 – 1691                Christian Kruse
1691 – 1694                Peter Christoffersen Tønder        (b. 1641 - d. 1694)
1694 – 1703                Christoffer Heidemann
1703 – 1704                Frederik Split
1704 – 1751                Ove Sørensen Schjelderup           (b. 1674 - d. 1759)
1751 – 1767                Hans Hagerup de Gyldenpalm         (b. 1717 - d. 1781)
1767 – 1771                Peter Holm
1771 - 1789                Joachim de Knagenhielm             (b. 1727 - d. 1796)
1789 - 1811                Christian Torberg Hegge            (b. 1743 - d. 1818)
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                   (b. 1900 - d. 1966)
1941 - 1942                Per von Hirsch
                             (appointed by Quisling government)
1942 - 1945                Karl Ludvik Nøstvik
                             (appointed by Quisling government)
1951 - 1966                Bue Fjermeros                      (b. 1912 - d. 2000)
1966 - 1983                Ole Aavatsmark                     (b. 1918 - d. 1983)
1983 - 1991                Odd With                           (b. 1921 - d. 2006)
1991 - 1993                Davis Idin Pareli Johansen (acting)(b. 1926)
1993 - 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)

           Adopted 18 May 1989

Governors
1757 – 1759                Mathias Collett
1760 – 1768                Christian Petersen
1768 – 1781                Christian Frederik Holck
1781 - 1811                Christian Sommerfeldt               (b. 1746 - d. 1811)
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                (b. 1832 - d. 1901)
1900 - 1908                Peter Theodor Holst                 (b. 1843 - d. 1908)
1908 - 1933                Sigurd Lambrechts                   (b. 1863 - d. 1941)
1933 - 1947                Alfred Ihlen                        (b. 1877 - d. 1961)
1947 - 1960                Hans J. Gabrielsen                  (b. 1891 - d. 1965)
1961 - 1976                Nils Kristoffer 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)

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

Governors (stiftamtmenn to 1919)
1664 – 1699                Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve          (b. 1638 - d. 1704)
1679 – 1681                Erik Ottesen Banner                (b. 1618 - d. 1687)
1682 – 1694                Just Justssøn Høg
1694 – 1699                Christian Stockfleth               (b. 1639- d. 1704)
1699 – 1708                Frederik Gabel
1708 – 1710                Johan Vibe
1710 – 1731                Vilhelm de Tonsberg
1731 – 1735                Lorentz de Reichwein
1735 – 1737                Jacob Benzon (1st time)            (b. 1688 - d. 1775)
1737 – 1740                Peter Neve
1740 – 1750                Frederik Otto von Rappe
1750 – 1763                Jacob Benzon (2nd time)            (s.a.)
1763 – 1772                Caspar Herman von Storm            (b. 1718 - d. 1777)
1772 – 1773                Diderik Otto von Grambow           (b. 1732 - d. 1773)
1773                       Gustav Frederik Holck-Winterfeldt  (b. 1733 - d. 1776)
1774 – 1784                Albrecht Philip von Levetzau       (b. 1744 - d. 1817)
1784 – 1789                Jørgen Erik Skeel                  (b. 1737 - d. 1795)
1789 – 1795                Frederik Moltke
1795 – 1802                Frederik Julius Kaas (1st time)    (b. 1758 - d. 1827)
1802 – 1809                Gebhard Moltke                     (b. 1764 - d. 1851)
1809 – 1810                Frederik Julius Kaas (2nd time)    (s.a.)
1810 – 1812                Marcus Gjøe Rosenkrantz            (b. 1762 - d. 1838)
1812 – 1813                Nicolai Emanuel de Thygeson        (b. 1772 - d. 1860)
1813 - 1815                Poul Christian Holst (acting)      (b. 1776 - d. 1863)

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

      Adopted 26 Sep 1958

Governors
1671 – 1673                Erik Ottesen Banner til Tyberg     (b. 1618 - d. 1687)
1673 – 1687                Hans Kaas
1687 – 1700                Ambrosius Charisius
1700 – 1703                Casper Gottlob Moltke              (b. 1668 - d. 1728)
1703 – 1741                Niels Werenskiold                  (b. 1669 - d. 1741)
1741 – 1743                Henrik Frimann
1743 – 1767                Baltzer Sechmann Fleischer         (b. 1703 - d. 1767)
1768 – 1781                Henrik Lachmann
1781 – 1789                Frederik Hauch
1789 – 1794                Johan Christian Hauch
1794 – 1804                Andreas Hofgaard                   (b. 1748 - d. 1811)
1804 – 1810                Marcus Gjøe Rosenkrantz            (b. 1762 - d. 1838)
1810 – 1814                Mathias Otto Leth Sommerhielm      (b. 1764 - d. 1827)
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                (b. 1863 - d. 1946)
1933 - 1940                Ernst Andreas Johannesen           (b. 1870 - d. 1957)
1940 - 1951                Lyder Døscher Bull                 (b. 1881 - d. 1959)
1941 - 1945                Hans S. Jacobsen                   (b. 1901 - d. 1980)
                             (appointed by Quisling government)
1951 - 1966                Karl Hess Larsen                   (b. 1900 - d. 1966)
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)

           Adopted 11 Jan 1974

Governors
1671 – 1673                Henrik Below
1673 – 1683                Ludvig Holgersen Rosenkrantz       (b. 1628 - d, 1685)
1683 – 1687                Daniel Knoff
1687 – 1700                Christian Frederik Powisch
1700 – 1710                Edvard Hammond
1710 – 1714                Ulrik Christian Mese
1714 – 1726                Hans Nobel d.y.
1726 – 1746                Bendix Christian de Fine
1746 – 1761                Henrik Wilhelm Tillisch            (b. 1720 - d. 1761)
1762 – 1768                Henrik Lachmann
1768 – 1772                Gunder Hammer                      (b. 1725 - d. 1772)
1772 – 1781                Wilhelm Mathias Skeel
1781 – 1785                Peter Frederik Ulrik Benzon        (b. 1760 - d. 1840)
1785 – 1799                Frederik Otto Scheel               (b. 1748 - d. 1803)
1799 – 1810                Ulrich Wilhelm Koren               (b. 1747 - d. 1826)
1810 – 1812                Oluf Borch de Schouboe             (b. 1777 - d. 1844)
1812 – 1814                Ulrik Fredrik Anton de Schouboe    (b. 1782 - d. 1863)
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            (b. 1863 - d. 19..)
1932 - 1941                John Norem (1st time)              (b. 1888 - d. 1976)
1941 - 1945                ....
                             (appointed by Quisling government)
1945 - 1958                John Norem (2nd time)              (s.a.)
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 Torfinn Thune (1st time)    (b. 1952)                  
                             (acting for Aasland)
 1 Jan 2008 -              Harald Torfinn Thune (2nd time)    (s.a.)        
                             (acting for Aasland)

             Adopted 23 Sep 1983

Governors
1763 - 1771                Joachim Knagenhielm                (b. 1727 - d. 1796)
1771 - 1779                Magnus Theite                      (b. 1725 - d. 1791)  
1780 - 1781                Ditlef von Petz  
1781 - 1788                Jonas Ramus Petersen 
1788 - 1789                Niels Dorph Gunnerus               (b. 1751 - d. 1789)  
1789 - 1794                Peder Hersleb Harboe 
1794 - 1802                Andreas Hiort  
1802 - 1811                Niels Andreas Vibe                 (b. 1759 - d. 1814)  
1811                       Hilmar Meincke Krohg
1811 - 1814                Herman Gerhard Treschow            (b. 1780 - d. 1836)
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)

       Adopted 9 Dec 1983

Governors
1804 - 1810                Erik Must Angell
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                       (b. 1888 - d. 1975)
1958 - 1963                Thor Skrindo
1963 - 1974                Nils Kristian Lysø                 (b. 1905 - d. 1977)
1974 - 1986                Einar Hole Moxnes                  (b. 1921 - d. 2006)
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)

Sunmøre og Nordfjord

1675                       Sunmøre og Nordfjord amt created from parts of
                             Romsdals amt and Bergenhus amt.
1678                       Part of Bergenhus amt.

Governor
1675 – 1678                Christian Lindenow

      Approved 19 Dec 1970

Governors
1661 – 1662                Jørgen Jensen Bjelke               (b. 1621 - d. 1696)
1662 – 1669                Johan Frederik von Marschalk       (b. 1618 - d. 1679)
1669 – 1675                Preben von Ahnen                   (b. 1606 - d. 1675)
1675 – 1692                Niels Sørensen Adeler              (b. 1628 - d. 1694)
1692 – 1710                Henrik Nilsen Adeler               (d. 1718)
1710 – 1723                Jacob Lindberg
1724 – 1727                Michael Storm                      (d. 1727)
1727 – 1731                Christian Berg                     (b. 1697 - d. 1731)
1731 – 1744                Henrik Essemann                    (d. 1744)
1744 – 1764                Johan Frederik Brockenhuus von     (b. 1706 - d. 1764)
                             Løwenhielm    
1764 – 1771                Frederik Georg Adeler (1st time)   (b. 1736 - d. 1810)
1771 – 1773                Peter Holm
1773 – 1781                Frederik Georg Adeler (2nd time)   (s.a.)
1781 – 1788                Frederik Moltke                    (b. 1754 - d. 1836)
1788 – 1798                Jonas Ramus Petersen
1798 – 1800                Otto Joachim Moltke                (b. 1770 - d. 1853)
1800 - 1803                Johan Henrik Selmer
1803 – 1813                Severin Løvenskiold                (b. 1777 - d. 1856)
1813 - 1838                Frederik Wilhelm baron Wedel       (b. 1787 - d. 1863)
                             Jarlsberg
1839 - 1846                Carl Valentin Falsen               (b. 1787 - d. 1852)
1846 - 1877                Jørgen Aall                        (b. 1806 - d. 1894)
1877 - 1880                Niels 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)
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                       (b. 1885 - d. 1939)
1939 - 1959                Kornelius Olai Bergsvik            (b. 1889 - d. 1975)
1959 - 1969                Tidemann F. Evensen                (b. 1905 - d. 1969)
1969 - 1973                Leif Hjørnevik                     (b. 1910 - d. 1973)
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)                (b. 1949)
 3 Jul 2006 -              Kari Nordheim-Larsen (f)           (b. 1948)

     Adopted 15 Jan 1960

Governors
1844 - 1853                Anton Theodor Harris               (b. 1804 - d. 1866)
1854 - 1857                Carl Frederik Motzfeldt            (b. 1808 - d. 1902)
1858 - 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                         (b. 1865 - d. 1923)
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                 (b. 1906 - d. 2000)
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)

            Adopted 12 Dec 1958

Governors
1671 – c.1675              Robert Hamilton
1677 – c.1681              Jens (Toller) Rosenheim
1681 – 1683                Daniel Knoff
1683 – 1685                Ludvig Holgersen Rosenkrantz
1687 – 1692                Claus Røyem
1692 – c.1699              Jørgen Hansen Burchart
1699 – 1711                Andreas Undall
1711 – 1718                Povel Juel
1718 – 1745                Vilhelm Reesen
1745 – 1768                Jens Stoud
1768 – 1771                Magnus Theiste
1771 – 1773                Frederik Georg Adeler
1773 – 1805                Peter Holm
1805 – 1810                Hans Vilhelm Cederfeld de Simonsen
1810 – 1814                Adam Ditlef Wedell Wedellsborg
1814 - 1815                Ulrik Frederik Anton de Schouboe   (b. 1782 - d. 1863)
1815 - 1907/18             sammen med Kristiansand stiftamt
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                Niels Petersen 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                     (b. 1896 - d. 1989)
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)

              Adopted 30 Jan 1970

Governors
1662 - 1671                ....
Counts of Larvik (title Greva av Laurvig)
29 Sep 1671 - 17 Apr 1704  Ulrik Fredrik Gyldenløve           (b. 1638 - d. 1704)
1704 - 18 Sep 1754         Ferdinand Anton Danneskiold-       (b. 1688 - d. 1754)
                             Laurvig
18 Sep 1754 - 12 Aug 1762  Frederik Ludvig Danneskiold-       (b. 1717 - d. 1762)
                             Laurvig
12 Aug 1762 -  9 Apr 1783  Christian Conrad Danneskiold-      (b. 1723 - d. 1783)
                             Laurvig
1785 - 1785                interregnum
1785 -  9 Oct 1791         Christian Ahlefeldt-Laurvig        (b. 1732 - d. 1791)
 9 Oct 1791 - 1805         Frederik Ahlefeldt-Laurvig         (b. 1760 - d. 1832)
1805 - 26 Aug 1817         the kings of Denmark
Count of Griffenfeld (title Greva av Griffenfeld)
23 Nov 1673 - 1676         Peder Schumacher Griffenfeld       (b. 1623 - d. 1699)
Counts of Tønsberg (title Greva av Tønsberg)
1676 - 1678                King Christian V                   (b. 1646 - d. 1699)
1678 -  3 Jan 1684         Ulrik Fredrik Gyldenløve           (s.a.)
Counts of Jarlsberg (title Greva av Jarlsberg)
 3 Jan 1684 - 21 Dec 1717  Gustav Vilhelm Wedel-Jarlsberg     (b. 1641 - d. 1717)
21 Dec 1717 - 22 Sep 1738  Frederik Anton greve Wedel-        (b. 1694 - d. 1738)
                             Jarlsberg
22 Sep 1738 - 18 Nov 1776  Frederik Christian Otto Wedel-     (b. 1718 - d. 1776)
                             Jarlsberg
18 Nov 1776 -  7 Apr 1811  Anton Frederik Wedel-Jarlsberg     (b. 1748 - d. 1811)
 7 Apr 1811 - 27 Aug 1840  Herman Wedel Jarlsberg             (b. 1779 - d. 1840)
27 Aug 1840 - 23 Jun 1893  Peder Anker Wedel-Jarlsberg        (b. 1809 - d. 1893)
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                        (b. 1867 - d. 1944)
1908 - 1924                Abraham Berge                      (b. 1851 - d. 1936)
1924 - 1938                Herman Meinich                     (b. 1868 - d. 1948)
1938 - 1948                Jørgen Gerckens Bassøe             (b. 1878 - d. 1962)
1942 - 1943                Halvor P. Hektoen                  (b. 1884 - d. 1960)
                             (appointed by Quisling government)
1943 - 1945                Christopher A. Lange
                             (appointed by Quisling government)
1948 - 1958                Oscar Fredrik Torp                 (b. 1893 - d. 1958)
1958 - 1964                Gerhard Dahl                       (b. 1905 - d. 1964)
1964 - 1979                Olav R. Grove                      (b. 1909 - d. 1997)
1979 - 1988                Odd Vattekar                       (b. 1918 - d. 1992)
1989 -                     Mona Røkke (f)                     (b. 1940)