1654                       County of Älvsborg (Älvsborgs län).
 1 Jan 1998                Part of Västra Götaland.

Governors
20 Dec 1693 - 1708         David Makeléer                     (b. 16.. - d. 1708)
1708 - 1710                Axel von Faltzburg                 (b. 1645 - d. 1728)
1710 - 1716                Anders Sparrfelt                   (b. 1645 - d. 1730)
1716 - 1725                Gustaf Fock                        (b. 16.. - d. 1725)
1725 - 1733                Olof Gyllenborg                    (b. 1676 - d. 1737)
1733 - 1739                Johan Palmfelt                     (b. c.1675 - d. 1739)
1740 - 1749                Axel Erik Roos                     (b. 1684 - d. 1765)
1749 - 1751                Carl Broman                        (b. 1703 - d. 1784)
1751 - 1756                Adolf Mörner                       (b. 1705 - d. 1766)
1756 - 1763                Johan Råfelt
1763 - 1769                Mauritz Posse                      (b. 1712 - d. 1787)
1769 - 1775                Sven Cederström                    (b. 1710 - d. 1781)
1775 - 1785                Michaël von Törne                  (b. 1726 - d. 1796)
1785 - 1809                Fredric Lilliehorn                 (b. 1745 - d. 1811)
1810                       Johan Adam Hierta
1810 - 1815                Lars Hierta                        (b. 1762 - d. 1835)
1816 - 1817                Per Adolph Ekorn                   (b. 1758 - d. 1819)
1817 - 1825                Carl Georg Flach                   (b. 1778 - d. 1846)
1825 - 17 Oct 1850         Paul Sandelhjelm                   (b. 1776 - d. 1850)
1851 - 1858                Bengt Carl Bergman
1858 - 1886                Eric Sparre                        (b. 1816 - d. 1886)
1886 - 1905                Wilhelm Lothigius                  (b. 1836 - d. 1913)
1905 - 1922                Karl Husberg                       (b. 1854 - d. 1928)
1922 - 1941                Axel von Sneidern
1941 - 1949                Vilhelm Lundvik                    (b. 1883 - d. 1969)
1949 - 1954                Arvid Richert                      (b. 1887 - d. 1981)
1955 - 1970                Mats Lemne                         (b. 1919 - d. 1997)
1970 - 1978                Gunnar von Sydow
1978 - 1991                Göte Fridh
1991 - 1997                Bengt K.Å. Johansson               (b. 1937)

           Adopted 1660

1683                       County of Blekinge (Blekinges län).

Governors
1683 - 1700                Erik Siöblad                       (b. 1647 - d. 1725)
1700 - 1706                Berndt Didrik Mörner               (b. 1639 - d. 1710)
1706 - 1713                Jöran Adlersteen                   (b. c.1640 - d. 1713)
21 Mar 1713 - 14 Apr 1714  Salomon von Otter (1st time)       (b. 1647 - d. 1732)
1713 - 1719                Clas Bonde                         (b. 1664 - d. 1726)
28 Apr 1719 - 13 Jan 1729  Salomon von Otter (2nd time)       (s.a.)
1729 - 1733                Johan Palmfelt                     (b. c.1675 - d. 1739)
1733 - 1740                Carl Georg Siöblad                 (b. 1682 - d. 1754)
1741 - 1746                Wilhelm Ludvig Taube               (b. 1690 - d. 1750)
22 Jan 1747 - 27 Jan 1752  Lars Dalman                        (b. 1680 - d. 1752)
1752 - 1769                Carl Harald Strömfelt              (b. 1709 - d. 1775)
1769 - 1783                Johan von Rajalin                  (b. 1715 - d. 1786)
1783 - 1789                Salomon von Köhler                 (b. 1742 - d. 1814)
1789 - 1800                Claes Jakob Raab                   (b. 1747 - d. 1804)
 2 Aug 1800 - 1812         Anders af Håkansson                (b. 1749 - d. 1813)
1812 - 1813                Nils Adolph Humble                 (b. 1763 - d. 1813)
1813 - 1822                Gustaf Anton af Brinkman           (b. 1760 - d. 1822)
1823 - 1827                Hans Wachtmeister                  (b. 1793 - d. 1827)
17 Apr 1828 - 1831         Carl Henrik Gyllenhaal             (b. 1788 - d. 1857)
1832 - 1847                Johan Otto Nauckhoff               (b. 1788 - d. 1849)
1847 - 1848                Arwid Adolf Palander               (b. 1798 - d. 1848)
                             (acting to 1848)
15 Apr 1848 - 1856         Arvid Gustaf Faxe                  (b. 1799 - d. 1882)
1856 - 1867                Enar Wilhelm Nordenfelt            (b. 1798 - d. 1868)
1867 - 1883                Hans Wachtmeister                  (b. 1828 - d. 1905)
1883 - 1892                Rudolf Horn                        (b. 1825 - d. 1892)
1892 - 1900                Gotthard Wachtmeister              (b. 1834 - d. 1920)
1900 - 1923                Axel Hansson Wachtmeister          (b. 1855 - d. 1926)
26 Oct 1923 - 1942         Sven Hagströmer                    (b. 1877 - d. 1943)
 1 Nov 1942 - 31 May 1947  Erik Lindeberg                     (b. 1889 - d. 1967)
1948 - 1956                Bertil Fallenius                   (b. 1900)
1956 - 1961                Erik von Heland                    (b. 1894 - d. 1973)
1961 - 1973                Thure Andersson                    (b. 1908)
1974 - 1992                Camilla Odhnoff (f)                (b. 1928)
1992 - 2001                Ulf Lönnqvist                      (b. 1936)
2002 -                     Ingegerd Wärnersson (f)            (b. 1947)

        Adopted 16th cent.

1647                       County of Kopparberg
 1 Jan 1997                Renamed County of Dalecarlia (Dalarnas län)

Governors
15 Jan 1692 - 1706         Nils Gripenhielm                   (b. 1653 - d. 1706)
1706                       Hans Rålamb (1st time)             (b. 1652 - d. 1712)
1706 - 1709                Jacob Bure                         (b. 16.. - d. 1709)
1709 - 1710                Hans Rålamb (2nd time)             (s.a.)
Feb 1710 - 1710            Ludvig Fahlström                   (b. 1655 - d. 1721)
21 May 1710 - 1713         Jacob Reenstierna                  (b. 1659 - d. 1716)
1713 - 1716                Jonas Cedercrantz
1716 - 1719                Gustaf Gabriel Appelman            (b. 1656 - d. 1721)
1719 - 1723                Otto Reinhold Strömfelt            (b. 1679 - d. 1746)
16 Sep 1723 - 1732         Peter von Danckwardt               (b. 1662 - d. 1732)
24 Apr 1732 - 1739         Nils Reuterholm                    (b. 1676 - d. 1756)
14 Aug 1739 - 1742         Albrecht Lindcreutz                (b. 1674 - d. 1744)
1742 - 1755                Carl Gustaf Wennerstedt            (b. 1692 - d. 1778)
1756 - 1763                Bernhard Reinhold von Hauswolff    (b. 1700 - d. 1776)
1763 - 1766                Johan Abraham Hamilton             (b. 1734 - d. 1795)
1766                       Adolf Mörner                       (b. 1705 - d. 1766)
1766 - 1781                Carl Cederström                    (b. 1706 - d. 1793)
1781 - 1790                Johan Beck-Friis                   (b. 1729 - d. 1796)
1790 - 1812                Johan af Nordin                    (b. 1746 - d. 1823)
19 Nov 1812 - 26 Mar 1822  Hans Järta                         (b. 1774 - d. 1847)
1822 - 1853                Pehr Daniel Lorichs                (b. 1785 - d. 1853)
1853 - 1856                Erik Polycarpus Cronhielm
1857 - 1863                Olof af Geijerstam                 (b. 1800 - d. 1863)
1863 - 1880                Johan Gustaf Samuel de Maré        (b. 1820 - d. 1880)
1880 - 1892                Curry Treffenberg                  (b. 1825 - d. 1897)
1893 - 1901                Claës Wersäll                      (b. 1848 - d. 1919)
1901 - 1922                Carl Fredrik Holmquist             (b. 1857 - d. 1922)
1922 - 1932                Herman Kvarnzelius                 (b. 1864 - d. 1938)
1932 - 1944                Bernhard Eriksson                  (b. 1878 - d. 1952)
1944 - 1951                Gustaf Andersson                   (b. 1884 - d. 1961)
1951 - 1957                Eije Mossberg                      (b. 1908 - d. 1997)
1957 - 1973                Gösta Elfving                      (b. 1908 - d. 1992)
1974 - 1980                Bengt Olsson
1980 - 1986                Ingvar Gullnäs                     (b. 1924)
1896 - 1992                Lilly Hansson (f)                  (b. 1927)
1992 - 31 Dec 2001         Gunnar Björk
 1 Jul 2002 - 30 Nov 2006  Ingrid Dahlberg (f)                (b. 1941)
 1 Dec 2006 - 21 May 2007  Inger Eriksson (f) (acting)        (b. 1951)
21 May 2007 -              Maria Norrfalk (f)                 (b. 1952)

       Adopted 14 Oct 1938

1762                       County of Gävleborg (Gävleborgs län) from part of Västernorrland.

Governors
1762 - 1763                Fredrik Henrik friherre Sparre     (b. 1691 - d. 1764)
1763 - 1772                Carl friherre Sparre               (b. 1723 - d. 1791)
1773 - 1781                Nils Philip Gyldenstolpe           (b. 1734 - d. 1810)
1781 - 1812                Fredrik Adolf Ulrik greve          (b. 1744 - d. 1829)
                             Cronstedt
1812 - 1813                Salomon Mauritz von Rajalin        (b. 1757 - d. 1825)
1813 - 1843                Erik Samuel greve Sparre           (b. 1776 - d. 1843)
1843 - 1853                Lars Magnus Lagerheim              (b. 1786 - d. 1858)
1853 - 1861                Lars Adolf Prytz                   (b. 1792 - d. 1863)
1861 - 1883                Gustaf Ferdinand Asker             (b. 1812 - d. 1897)
1883 - 1899                Carl Adolf Theodor Björkman        (b. 1831 - d. 1908)
1899 - 1900                Albrecht Theodor Odelberg          (b. 1847 - d. 1938)
1900 - 1918                Hugo Erik Gustaf greve Hamilton    (b. 1849 - d. 1928)
1908 - 1911                Carl Mathias Ström                 (b. 1849 - d. 19..)
                             (acting for Hamilton)
1918 - 1922                August Robert Hagen 
1922 - 1941                Sven Edvard Julius Lübeck          (b. 1877 - d. 1941)
1941 - 1950                Rickard Sandler                    (b. 1884 - d. 1964) 
1950                       Gösta Finngård (acting)
1950 - 1954                Elon Andersson                     (b. 1891 - d. 1954) 
1954 - 1962                John Lingman                       (b. 1901 - d. 1962)
1962 - 1971                Jarl Hjalmarson                    (b. 1904 - d. 1993)
1971 - 1986                Hans Hagnell                       (b. 1919)
1986 - 1992                Lars Ivar Hising                   (b. 1927)
1992 - 2002                Lars Eric Ericsson                 (b. 1943)
2002 - 2003                Monica Robin Svensson (f)(acting)  (b. 1938)
 1 Jan 2003 - 30 Sep 2007  Christer Eirefelt                  (b. 1942)
 1 Oct 2007 - 21 Jan 2008  Gun-Marie Pettersson (f) (acting)  (b. 1949)
21 Jan 2008 -              Barbro Holmberg (f)                (b. 1952) 

           Adopted 1560

16..                       County of Gotland (Gotlands län).
24 Apr 1808 - 18 May 1808  Brief Russian occupation.

Governors
1689 - 1708                Gustaf Adolf von der Osten         (b. 1636 - d. 1716)
                             genandt Sucken
1708 - 1710                Anders Sparrfelt                   (b. 1645 - d. 1730)
1710 - 1711                Peter Snack                        (b. 16.. - d. 1713)
1711 - 1716                Nils Posse                         (b. 1660 - d. 1723)
1716 - 1728                Gustaf von Psilander               (b. 1669 - d. 1738)
1728 - 1738                Johan Didrik Grönhagen             (b. 1681 - d. 1738)
1738 - 1757                Jacob von Hökerstedt               (b. 1685 - d. 1757)
1757 - 1763                Didrik Henrik Taube                (b. 1711 - d. 1781)
1763 - 1765                Mårten Kalling                     (b. 1705 - d. 1765)
1765 - 1787                Carl Otto von Segebaden            (b. 1718 - d. 1795)
1787 - 1812                Salomon Mauritz von Rajalin        (b. 1757 - d. 1825)
24 Apr 1808 - 18 May 1808  Bodisko -Russian Commander
1812 - 1817                Carl Fredrik Aschling              (b. 1751 - d. 1820)
1817 - 1833                Jacob Cederström                   (b. 1782 - d. 1857)
1833 - 1849                Michael Silvius von Hohenhausen    (b. 1790 - d. 1849)
1849 - 1858                Gustaf Jacob af Dalström           (b. 1785 - d. 1867)
1858 - 1862                Gillis Bildt                       (b. 1820 - d. 1894)
1862 - 1873                Gustaf Henrik Wilhelm Gyllenram    (b. 1814 - d. 1890)
1874 - 1883                Nils Henning Rudolf Bernhard Horn  (b. 1825 - d. 1892)
1883 - 1900                Per Gustaf Emil Poignant           (b. 1829 - d. 1910)
1901 - 1903                Conrad Cedercrantz                 (b. 1854 - d. 1932)
1903 - 1909                Karl Johan August Well
1909 - 1912                Karl Rudolf Rydin
1912 - 1927                Gustaf Wilhelm Alexander Roos      (b. 1859 - d. 1938)
1927 - 1938                Alvar Elis Rodhe                   (b. 1882 - d. 1964)
1938 - 1941                Ola Jeppsson                       (b. 1887 - d. 1941)
1941 - 1951                Erik Nylander                      (b. 1885 - d. 1958)
1951 - 1959                Ture Åke Hovgard                   (b. 1896 - d. 1959)
1959 - 1968                Johan Martin Wahlbäck
1968 - 1974                Torsten Andersson                  (b. 1909 - d. 1978)
1975 - 1980                Gustaf Einar Gustafsson
1980 - 1983                Lars Gustaf Johannes Westerberg
1984 - 1991                Claes Elmstedt                     (b. 1928)
1992 - 1998                Thorsten Andersson
1998 - 2004                Lillemor Arvidsson (f)             (b. 1943)
2004 -                     Marianne Samuelsson (f)            (b. 1945) 

1680                       County of Gothenburg and Bohus (Göteborgs och Bohus län)
                             created from Bohus län, Göteborg (city) and parts of Älvsborg.
 1 Jan 1998                Part of Västra Götaland.

Governors
1682 - 1700                Johan von Schönleben               (b. 1613 - d. 1706)
1700 - 1711                Erik Siöblad                       (b. 1647 - d. 1725)
1712 - 1719                Carl Gustaf Mörner                 (b. 1658 - d. 1721)
1719 - 1723                Nils Posse                         (b. 1660 - d. 1723)
1723 - 1730                Axel Gyllenkrok                    (b. 1664 - d. 1730)
1730 - 1741                Bengt Ribbing                      (b. 1686 - d. 1741)
1741 - 1749                Lorentz Kristoffer Stobée          (b. 1676 - d. 1756)
1749 - 1762                Johan von Kaulbars                 (b. 1689 - d. 1762)
1763 - 1772                Didrik Henrik Taube                (b. 1711 - d. 1781)
1772 - 1790                Anders Du Rietz                    (b. 1720 - d. 1792)
1790 - 1796                Johan Beck-Friis
1796 - 1800                Samuel af Forselles                (b. 1757 - d. 1814)
1800 - 1808                Johan Fredrik Carpelan             (b. 1745 - d. 1808)
1809 - 1834                Axel von Rosen                     (b. 1773 - d. 1834)
22 Nov 1834 - 19 Jun 1843  Gillis Edenhjelm                   (b. 1778 - d. 1862)
                             (acting to 14 Nov 1835)
1843 - 1847                Carl Gustaf Löwenhielm             (b. 1790 - d. 1858)
1847 - 1864                Olof Fåhræus                       (b. 1796 - d. 1884)
1864 - 1885                Albert Ehrensvärd                  (b. 1821 - d. 1901)
1885 - 1897                Gustaf Fredrik Snoilsky            (b. 1833 - d. 1897)
1897 - 1917                Gustaf Lagerbring                  (b. 1847 - d. 1921)
1917 - 1934                Oscar von Sydow                    (b. 1873 - d. 1936)
1934 - 1950                Malte Jacobsson                    (b. 1885 - d. 1966)
1950 - 1971                Per Nyström                        (b. 1903 - d. 1993)
1971 - 1978                Erik Huss                          (b. 1913)
1979 - 1980                Carl Persson                       (b. 1919)
1980 - 1989                Åke Norling                        (b. 1924? - d. 2001)
1989 - 1995                Kjell A. Mattsson                  (b. 1930)
1996 - 1997                Göran Bengtsson

          Adopted 1660

1658                       County of Halland (Hallands län).

Governors
1698 - 1705                Hans von Dellingshausen            (b. 1641 - d. 1705)
1795 - 1710                Reinhold Johan von Fersen          (b. 1646 - d. 1716)
1710 - 1728                Axel von Faltzburg                 (b. 1645 - d. 1728)
1728 - 1737                Wilhelm Bennet                     (b. 1677 - d. 1740)
1737 - 1745                Claes Rålamb                       (b. 1682 - d. 1751)
1745 - 1750                Carl Mårten Fleetwood              (b. 1705 - d. 1751)
1750                       Nils Bonde                         (b. 1685 - d. 1760)
1750 - 1761                Hans Hummelhielm 
1761 - 1771                Arvid Silfvershiöld 
1771 - 1776                Olof von Nackreij                  (b. 1728 - d. 1783)
1776 - 1781                Salomon von Otter                  (b. 1733 - d. 1781)
1781 - 1793                Georg Gustaf Wrangel               (b. 1728 - d. 1795)
1793 - 1810                Axel Eric Gyllenstierna            (b. 1747 - d. 1823)
1810 - 1812                Gustaf Wilhelm Conradi             (b. 1761 - d. 1846)
1812 - 1818                Josua Sylvander                    (b. 1769 - d. 1833)
1818 - 1823                Lars Arnell                        (b. 1781 - d. 1856)
1824 - 1844                Claes Ludvig Virgin                (b. 1776 - d. 18..)
1844 - 1860                Patrick Adolph Lewenhaupt          (b. 1794 - d. 1871)
1860 - 1876                Carl Jonas Oscar Alströmer         (b. 1811 - d. 1888)
1876 - 1883                Fredrik Wilhelm Leijonancker       (b. 1818 - d. 1883)
1883 - 1902                Carl Nordenfalk                    (b. 1833 - d. 1909)
1902 - 1916                Axel Asker                         (b. 1848 - d. 1924)
1916 - 1920                Carl Fredrik Hederstierna          (b. 1861 - d. 1928)
1920 - 1935                Axel Mörner                        (b. 1868 - d. 1954)
1935 - 1943                Hilding Kjellman                   (b. 1885 - d. 1953)
1943 - 1959                Reimer Johansson                   (b. 1893 - d. 1967)
1959 - 1971                Ingvar Lindell                     (b. 1904 - d. 1993)
1972 - 1977                Yngve Holmberg                     (b. 1925)
1978 - 1979                Carl Persson                       (b. 1919)
1979 - 1986                Johannes Antonsson                 (b. 1921 - d. 1995)
1986 - 1997                Björn Molin                        (b. 1932)
 1 May 1997 - Oct 2004     Karin Starrin (f)                  (b. 1947)
Oct 2004 -                 Lars-Erik Lövdén                   (b. 1950)

1660 - 23 May 1935

Adopted 23 May 1935

1810                       County of Jamtland (Jämtlands län) created from 
                             parts of Västernorrland and Gävleborg counties.

Governors
1810 - 1817                Anders Wasell                      (b. 1759 - d. 1828)
1817 - 1818                Lars Arnell                        (b. 1781 - d. 1856)
1818 - 1841                Michael von Törne                  (b. 1775 - d. 18..)
1841 - 1842                Gustaf Montgomery                  (b. 1791 - d. 1861)
1842 - 1843                Lars Magnus Lagerheim              (b. 1786 - d. 1858)
1843 - 1844                Carl Printzensköld                 (b. 1796 - d. 1866)
1844 - 1848                Anders Peter Sandströmer           (b. 1804 - d. 1857)
1848 - 1859                Jacob Axel Dahlström
1860 - 1865                Nils Axel Bennich                  (b. 1817 - d. 1904)
1865 - 1866                Gustaf Lagercrantz                 (b. 1816 - d. 1867)
1866 - 1882                Gustaf Asplund
1883 - 1895                John Ericson                       (b. 1834 - d. 1895)
1895 - 1906                Knut Sparre                        (b. 1835 - d. 19..)
1906 - 1923                Johan Widén                        (b. 1856 - d. 1933)
1923 - 1930                Sigfrid Linnér                     (b. 1877 - d. 1963)
1931 - 1938                Mortimer Munck af Rosenschöld
1938 - 1953                Torsten Löfgren
1954 - 1969                Anders Tottie
1969 - 1977                Hans Gustafsson                    (b. 1912 - d. 1981)
1977 - 1983                Harald Pettersson
1984 - 1995                Sven Heurgren                      (b. 1930)
1995 - 2001                Kristina Persson (f)
2001 - 2002                Uno Svaleryd (f)(1st time)(acting) (b. 1943)
2002 - 2006                Maggi Mikaelsson (f)               (b. 1946)
2006 -                     Uno Svaleryd (f)(2nd time)(acting) (s.a.)

       Adopted 12 Jun 1942

1687                       County of Jönköping (Jönköpings län).

Governors 
1696 - 1716                Mårten Lindhielm                   (b. 1638 - d. 1720)
1716 - 1718                Georg Reinhold Patkull             (b. 1656 - d. 1723)
1718 - 1727                Anders Leijonhielm                 (b. 1655 - d. 1727)
1728 - 1746                Johan von Mentzer                  (b. 1670 - d. 1747)
1747 - 1751                Anders Tungelfeldt                 (b. 1681 - d. 1751)
1751 - 1762                Ludvig von Saltza                  (b. 1685 - d. 1763)
1762 - 1778                Claes Erik Silfverhielm            (b. 1725 - d. 1792)
1778 - 1795                Fredric Ulric Hamilton             (b. 1735 - d. 1797)
1795 - 1801                Eric Johan de la Grange            (b. 1734 - d. 1807)
1801 - 1805                Johan Axel Stedt                   (b. 1756 - d. 1805)
1805 - 1815                Eric Gustaf Boije af Gennäs        (b. 1763 - d. 1815)
1815 - 1835                Lars Hierta                        (b. 1762 - d. 1835)
1835 - 1855                Claes Gabriel Bergenstråhle        (b. 1787 - d. 1864)
1855 - 1870                Arvid Gustav Faxe                  (b. 1799 - d. 1882)
1870 - 1888                Carl R. Ekström                    (b. 1818 - d. 1903)
1888 - 1892                Robert Dickson                     (b. 1843 - d. 1924)
1892 - 1906                Hjalmar Palmstierna                (b. 1836 - d. 1909)
1906 - 1922                Fredrik E. Pettersson              (b. 1855 - d. 1949)
1922 - 1934                Carl Malmroth                      (b. 1874 - d. 1934)
1934 - 1937                Felix Hamrin                       (b. 1875 - d. 1937)
1938 - 1957                Olle Ekblom                        (b. 1892 - d. 1978)
1957 - 1963                Allan Nordenstam                   (b. 1904 - d. 1982)
1964 - 1979                Sven af Geijerstam                 (b. 1913 - d. 1990)
1980 - 1997                Gösta Gunnarsson                   (b. 1938)
1998 - 2003                Birgit Friggebo (f)                (b. 1941)
Jan 2004 - Oct 2004        Bo Landholm (acting)               (b. 1941)
Oct 2004 -                 Lars Engqvist                      (b. 1945)

       Adopted 6 Oct 1944

1634                       County of Kalmar (Kalmar län).

Governors
1695 - 1701                Blechardt Wachtmeister             (b. 1644 - d. 1701)
1701 - 1709                Reinhold Rehbinder                 (b. 1640 - d. 1709)
1709 - 1711                Adam Carl de la Gardie             (b. 1665 - d. 1721)
1711 - 1721                Gabriel Gyllengrip                 (b. 1664 - d. 1726)
1721 - 1728                Georg Vilhelm Fleetwood            (b. 1669 - d. 1728)
1728 - 1734                Gustaf von Psilander               (b. 1669 - d. 1738)
1734 - 1754                Georg Bogislaus Stael von Holstein (b. 1685 - d. 1763)
1755 - 1757                Nils Djurklou                      (b. 1686 - d. 1758)
1757 - 1774                Carl Gustaf Roxendorff             (b. 1697 - d. 1784)
1774 - 1781                Carl Rappe                         (b. 1721 - d. 1790)
1781 - 1788                Lars Fredrik Kaulbars              (b. 1734 - d. 1815)
1788 - 1790                Fredrik von Köhler                 (b. 1728 - d. 1810)
1790 - 1810                Mikael (Cosswa) Ankarsvärd         (b. 1742 - d. 1838)
1810 - 1822                Johan Georg de la Grange           (b. 1774 - d. 1884)
1822 - 1839                Gustaf Peter Nordenanckar          (b. 1771 - d. 1839) 
1839 - 1840                Jakob August von Hartmansdorff     (b. 1792 - d. 1856)
1840 - 1852                Claes Ulrik Nerman                 (b. 1792 - d. 1852) 
1852 - 1873                Knut Erik Sköldebrand              (b. 1807 - d. 1874)
1873 - 1888                Gustav Jakob Edelstam              (b. 1831 - d. 1892)
1888 - 1896                Viktor Lennart Groll               (b. 1845 - d. 1903)
1896 - 1903                Karl Adolf Fagerlund               (b. 1842 - d. 1903)
1903 - 1917                Conrad Cedercrantz                 (b. 1854 - d. 1932)
1917 - 1938                John Ludvik Falk                   (b. 1873 - d. 1956)
1938 - 1947                Arvid Lidén                        (b. 1881 - d. 1950)
1947 - 1958                Ruben Wagnsson                     (b. 1891 - d. 1978)
1959 - 1967                Ivar Persson                       (b. 1901 - d. 1979) 
1968 - 1981                Erik Westerlind                    (b. 1914 - d. 1990)
1981 - 1996                Eric Krönmark                      (b. 1931)
1996 - 2002                Anita Bråkenhielm (f)              (b. 1937)
2002 -                     Sven Lindgren                      (b. 1946)

   24 Nov 1939 - 1 Jan 1997

1719                       County of Kristianstad.
 1 Jan 1997                Merged into County of Skåne. 

Governors
1719 - 1738                Samuel von Hylteen                 (b. 1671 - d. 1738)
1739 - 1745                Nils Silfverskiöld
1745 - 1761                Christian Barnekow                 (b. 1694 - d. 1762)
1761 - 1763                Carl Axel Hugo Hamilton            (b. 1722 - d. 1763)
1763 - 1772                Reinhold Johan von Lingen          (b. 1708 - d. 1785)
1773 - 1776                Axel Löwen                         (b. 1729 - d. 1802)
1776 - 1786                Gabriel Erik Sparre                (b. 1726 - d. 1804)
1786 - 1803                Carl Adam Wrangel                  (b. 1748 - d. 1829)
1803 - 1811                Eric von Nolcken
1811 - 1838                Axel de la Gardie                  (b. 1772 - d. 1838)
1838 - 1851                Georg Ludvig von Rosen             (b. 1786 - d. 1857)
1852 - 1856                Knut Axel Posse
1856 - 1859                Emil von Troil
1860 - 1866                Axel Ludvig Rappe                  (b. 1800 - d. 1875)
1866 - 1883                Axel Trolle-Wachtmeister           (b. 1812 - d. 1907)
1883 - 1905                Magnus de la Gardie
1905 - 1923                Louis de Geer                      (b. 1854 - d. 1935)
1923 - 1938                Johan Nilsson                      (b. 1873 - d. 1963)
1938 - 1947                Alvar Elis Rodhe                   (b. 1882 - d. 1964)
1947 - 1963                Per Westling
1964 - 1979                Bengt Petri                        (b. 1913)
1979 - 1984                Lennart Sandgren                   (b. 1926)
1985 - 1989                Einar Larsson
1990 - 1996                Anita Bråkenhielm (f)              (b. 1937)
1996 - 21 Dec 1996         Hans Blom

       Adopted 6 Oct 1944

1674                       County of Kronoberg (Kronobergs län).

Governors
1687 - 1701                Åke Ulfsparre                      (b. 16.. - d. 1701)
1701 - 1710                Gustaf von Faltzburg               (b. 1650 - d. 1719)
1710 - 1718                Axel Claesson Banér                (b. 1661 - d. 1742)
1718 - 1719                Olof Törnflycht                    (b. 1680 - d. 1737)
1719 - 1727                Jakob Cronstedt                    (b. 1668 - d. 1751)
1727 - 1729                Johan Brauner                      (b. 1668 - d. 1743)
1729 - 1746                Anders Koskull                     (b. 1677 - d. 1746)
1747 - 1758                Gustaf Fredrik Rothlieb            (b. 1686 - d. 1758)
1758 - 1763                Peter von Psilander                (b. 1702 - d. 1776)
1763 - 1769                Joakim Beck-Friis                  (b. 1722 - d. 1797)
1769 - 1776                Adam Johan Raab                    (b. 1703 - d. 1776)
1776 - 1782                Olof von Nackreij                  (b. 1728 - d. 1783)
1782 - 1787                Salomon Hedenstierna               (b. 1726 - d. 1808)
1787 - 1793                Göran Henrik Falkenberg
1793 - 1827                Carl Stellan Mörner                (b. 1761 - d. 1834)
1827 - 1863                Carl Mörner                        (b. 1792 - d. 1870)
1863 - 1864                Carl Johan Thyselius               (b. 1811 - d. 1891)
1864 - 1875                Gustaf Lorentz Munthe              (b. 1809 - d. 1889)
1875 - 1888                Gunnar Wennerberg                  (b. 1817 - d. 1901)
1888 - 1898                Gustaf Harald Spens                (b. 1827 - d. ....)
1898 - 1909                Charles E. Oelreich                (b. 1839 - d. 1911)
1909 - 1925                Alexis Hammarström                 (b. 1858 - d. 1936)
1925 - 1944                August Beskow 
1944 - 1946                Erik Lundh 
1946 - 1965                Thorwald Bergquist                 (b. 1899 - d. 1972)
1965 - 1970                Gunnar Helén                       (b. 1918 - d. 2002)
1971 - 1977                Lars Eliasson                      (b. 1914)
1977 - 1982                Astrid Kristensson (f)             (b. 1917 - d. 2000)
1983 - 1988                Britt Mogård (f)                   (b. 1922)
1988 - 1995                Sten Wickbom                       (b. 1931)
1995 - 2002                Wiggo Komstedt 
2002 - Dec 2006            Lars-Åke Lagrell                   (b. 1940)
2007                       Claes Sjöblom (acting)             (b. 1941)
 1 Oct 2007 -              Kristina Alsér (f)                 (b. 1956)

   24 Nov 1939 - 1 Jan 1997

1719                       County of Malmöhus
 1 Jan 1997                Merged into County of Skåne. 

Governors
1719 - 1727                Carl Gustaf greve Hård             (b. 1674 - d. 1744)
1727 - 1737                Johan Cronman                      (b. 1662 - d. 1737)
1737 - 1740                Wilhelm Bennet                     (b. 1677 - d. 1740)
1740 - 1754                Carl Georg Siöblad                 (b. 1682 - d. 1754)
1754 - 1763                Georg Bogislaus Staël von Holstein (b. 1685? - d. 1763)
1764 - 1769                Carl Adlerfelt                     (b. 1719 - d. 1769)
1769 - 1772                Johan Cronhielm                    (b. 1707 - d. 1782)
1772                       Reinhold Johan von Lingen          (b. 1708 - d. 1785)
1772 - 1776                Bengt Gustaf Frölich               (b. 1715 - d. 1783)
1776 - 1794                Tage Thott                         (b. 1739 - d. 1824)
1794 - 1812                Gustaf von Rosen
1812 - 1829                Wilhelm af Klinteberg              (b. 1759 - d. 1829)
1829 - 1831                Jean Albrecht Berg von Linde
1831 - 1833                Magnus Stackelberg
1834 - 1851                Fredrik Posse                      (b. 1785 - d. 1853)
1851 - 1874                Samuel von Troil                   (b. 1804 - d. 1880)
1874 - 1880                Axel Adlercreutz                   (b. 1821 - d. 1880)
1880 - 1892                Gotthard Wachtmeister              (b. 1834 - d. 19..)
1892 - 1902                Robert Dickson                     (b. 1843 - d. 1924)
1902 - 1909                Gustaf Tornérhjelm                 (b. 1854 - d. 19..)
1909 - 1925                Robert de la Gardie                (b. 1858 - d. 19..)
1925 - 1938                Fredrik Ramel                      (b. 1872 - d. 1947)
1939 - 1951                Arthur Thomson                     (b. 1891 - d. 1977)
1951 - 1953                Allan Vougt                        (b. 1895 - d. 1953)
1953 - 1961                Gustav Adolf Widell
1961 - 1973                Gösta Netzén                       (b. 1908 - d. 1984)
1973 - 1984                Nils Hörjel                        (b. 1917)
1984 - 1993                Bertil Göransson                   (b. 1933 - d. 1999)
1993 - 1996                Ann-Cathrine Haglund (f)

18 Jun 1949 - Apr 1995

Adopted Apr 1995

1810                       County of North Bothnia (Norrbottens län) created 
                             from part of Västerbotten county.

Governors
1810 - 1816                Per Adolph Ekorn                   (b. 1758 - d. 1819)
1816 - 1821                Gustaf Adolph Koskull              (b. 1780 - d. 1829)
1821 - 1825                Paul Öhrvall                       (b. 1776 - d. 1850)
1825 - 1836                Carl Georg Sparre                  (b. 1790 - d. 1852)
1836 - 1849                Carl August von Hedenberg          (b. 1784 - d. 1850)
1849 - 1856                Hans Samuel Knut Åkerhielm         (b. 1809 - d. 1879)
1856 - 1859                Axel Emanuel Ros 
1859 - 1861                Per Henrik Widmark 
1861 - 1873                Sven Peter Bergman 
1873 - 1885                Henrik Adolf Widmark               (b. 1833 - d. 1889)
1885 - 1893                Lars Berg                          (b. 1838 - d. 1920)
1893 - 1900                Karl Sigfrid Husberg               (b. 1854 - d. 1928)
1900 - 1911                Karl Johan Bergström               (b. 1858 - d. 1937)
1911 - 1917                Oscar Fredrik von Sydow            (b. 1873 - d. 1936)
1917 - 1928                Carl Gösta Oskar Malm              (b. 1873 - d. 1965)
1928 - 1937                August Bernhard Gärde 
1937 - 1947                David Hansén                       (b. 1880 - d. 1957)
1947 - 1952                Oskar Wilhelm Lövgren              (b. 1888 - d. 1952) 
1953 - 1957                Folke Thunborg 
1957 - 1966                Manfred Näslund                    (b. 1899 - d. 1988) 
1966 - 1982                Ragnar Lassinantti                 (b. 1915 - d. 1985) 
1982 - 1985                Erik Hammarsten                    (b. 1927 - d. 1985) 
1985 - 1991                Curt Boström                       (b. 1926)
1992 - 1995                Gunnar Brodin                      (b. 1931)
1996 - 1998                Björn Rosengren                    (b. 1942)
1999 - 2003                Kari Marklund                      (b. 1938)
2003 -                     Per-Ola Eriksson                   (b. 1946)

          Adopted 1560

1819                       County of Öland created from part of Kalmar.
1825                       Re-incorproated into Kalmar.

Governors
1819 - 1821                Axel Adlersparre                   (b. 1763 - d. 1838)
1821 - 1825                Erik Gustaf Lindencrona

1560 - 1779  Närke

Adopted 15 Jul 1944

1634                       County of Örebro (Örebro län).
.... - 1779                Part of Närke och Värmland county.

Governors (until 1779 of Närke och Värmland)
1693 - 1706                Fromhold Fägerskiöld               (b. 16.. - d. 1706)
1707 - 1714                Salomon Cronhielm                  (b. 1666 - d. 1724)
1714 - 1719                Claes Ekeblad                      (b. 1669 - d. 1737)
1719 - 1729                Conrad Ribbing af Zernava          (b. 1671 - d. 1736)
1729 - 1739                Erik Wrangel                       (b. 1686 - d. 1765)
1739 - 1756                Nils Reuterholm                    (b. 1676 - d. 1756)
1756                       Johan Råfelt                       (b. 1702 - d. 1763)
1759 - 1766                Adolf Mörner                       (b. 1705 - d. 1766)
1766 - 1780                Johan Abraham Hamilton af Hageby   (b. 1734 - d. 1795)
1780 - 1796                Evert August Franc                 (b. 1729 - d. 1800)
1796 - 1801                Carl Didrik Hamilton af Hageby     (b. 1766 - d. 1848)
1801 - 1816                Solomon Löfvensköld                (b. 1764 - d. 1850)
1817 - 1834                Nils Gyldenstolpe (acting to 1817) (b. 1768 - d. 1844)
1834 - 1835                Wilhelm Albrecht d'Orchimont
                             (acting)
1835 - 1856                Erik Johan Bergensköld 
1856 - 1876                Karl Åkerhielm 
1876 - 1893                Axel Bergström                     (b. 1823 - d. 1893) 
1893 - 1904                Axel G. Svedelius                  (b. 1836 - d. 1924) 
1904 - 1911                Theodor Nordström                  (b. 1843 - d. 1920) 
1911 - 1925                Karl Johan Bergström               (b. 1858 - d. 1937) 
1925 - 1928                Henning Elmquist                   (b. 1871 - d. 1933)
1928 - 1947                Bror C. Hasselrot                  (b. 1882 - d. 1951) 
1947 - 1960                K.J. Olsson 
1961 - 1971                Valter Åman                        (b. 1905 - d. 1998) 
1971 - 1980                Harald Aronsson                    (b. 1913 - d. 1981)
 1 Oct 1980 -  9 Nov 1980  Ove Sundelius (acting)
1980 - 1989                Elvy Olsson (f)                    (b. 1923)
1989 - 1994                Sigvard Marjasin                   (b. 1929) 
 1 Nov 1994 - 14 Jan 1995  Lars Östring (1st time) (acting)
15 Jan 1995 - 14 Jan 2004  Gerd Engman (f)                    (b. 1942)
15 Jan 2004 - 20 Apr 2004  Lars Östring (2nd time) (acting)
21 Apr 2004 -              Sören Gunnarsson                   (b. 1943)

     Adopted 18 Jan 1884

16..                       County of Östergötland (Östergötlands län).

Governors
1693 - 1701                Lars Eldstierna                    (b. 1626 - d. 1701)
1702 - 1706                Mårten Trotzig                     (b. 1646 - d. 1706)
1706 - 1710                Jakob Burensköld                   (b. 1655 - d. 1738)
1710 - 1714                Johan Lillienstedt                 (b. 1655 - d. 1732)
1714 - 1718                Anders Leijonhielm                 (b. 1655 - d. 1727)
1718 - 1721                Gustaf Bonde                       (b. 1682 - d. 1764)
1721 - 1727                Ernst Johan Creutz                 (b. 1675 - d. 1742)
1727 - 1736                Erik Ehrenkrona                    (b. 1673 - d. 1737)
1736 - 1747                Christer Henrik d'Albedyhll        (b. 1679 - d. 1750)
1748 - 1769                Gustaf Adolf Lagerfelt             (b. 1693 - d. 1769)
1769 - 1775                Carl Harald Strömfelt              (b. 1709 - d. 1775)
1775 - 1783                Fredric Ulric Reenstierna
1783 - 1810                Fredrik Georg Strömfelt            (b. 1738 - d. 1814)
1810 - 1817                Johan Adam Cronstedt               (b. 1749 - d. 1836)
1817 - 1826                Carl Nieroth