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Note: On 24 Jul 1634, the Provinces (landskapen) were replaced with Counties (Län). The governor of a county (län) is called landshövding who is appointed by the government of Sweden.
 
Noble titles: Friherre = Baron, Greve = Count, Hertig = Duke. 


Älvsborg

[flag of Älvsborg
                        county 1942-1998 (Sweden)]
5 Sep 1942 - 1 Jan 1998

29 Jul 1634                County of Älvsborg (Älvsborgs län).
 1 Jan 1998                Part of Västra Götaland.

Governors
1634 - 18 Jan 1644         Johan Henriksson Reuter (
Rytter)   (b. 1585 - d. 1644)
1644 - 1648                Nils Assersson Mannersköld
        (b. 1577 - d. 1655)
1648 - 1663                Per Ribbing                        (b. 1606 - d. 1664)
                             (from 1654, Per
friherre Ribbing af Zernava)
1663 - 1674                Per Larsson Sparre                 (b. 1628 - d. 1692)
1674 - 1676                Henrik Falkenberg                  (b. 1634 - d. 1691)
1676 - 1679                Hans Georg Mörner af Morlanda, d.ä.(b. 1623 - d. 1685)
1679 - 11 Apr 1690         Henrik von Vicken                  (b. 1624 - d. 1690)
1690 - 1693                Lars Larsson Eldstierna            (b. 1626 - d. 1701)
20 Dec 1693 - 1708         David Makeléer (from 1708)         (b. 1646 - d. 1708)
                             friherre Maclean                 
1708 - 1710                Axel von Faltzburg                 (b. 1645 - d. 1728)
1710 - 1716                Anders Sparrfelt                   (b. 1645 - d. 1730)
1716 - 1725                Gustaf (from 1719, friherre) Fock  (b. c.1660 - d. 1725)
1725 - 1733                Olof greve Gyllenborg              (b. 1676 - d. 1737)
1733 - 1739                Johan friherre Palmfelt            (b. c.1675 - d. 1739)
1740 - 1749                Axel Erik friherre Roos            (b. 1684 - d. 1765)
1749 - 1751                Carl Broman                        (b. 1703 - d. 1784)
1751 - 1756                Adolf greve Mörner af Morlanda     (b. 1705 - d. 1766)
1756 - 1763                Johan Råfelt                       (b. 1712 - d. 1763)
1763 - 1769                Mauritz friherre Posse af Säby     (b. 1712 - d. 1787)
1769 - 1775                Sven friherre Cederström           (b. 1710 - d. 1781)
1775 - 1785                Michaël von Törne                  (b. 1726 - d. 1796)
1785 - 1809                Johan Fredrik (from 1800, friherre)
                             Lilliehorn                       (b. 1745 - d. 1811)
1810                       Johan Adam Hierta                  (b. 1749 - d. 1816)
1810 - 1815                Lars friherre Hierta               (b. 1762 - d. 1835)
                             (acting to 1814)
1816 - 1817                Per Adolf Ekorn                    (b. 1758 - d. 1819)
1817 - 1825                Carl Georg Flach                   (b. 1778 - d. 1846)
1825 - 17 Oct 1850         Paul Öhrvall                       (b. 1776 - d. 1850)
                            
(from 1826, Paul Sandelhielm) 
1851 - 1858                Bengt Carl Bergman                 (b. 1805 - d. 1878)
1858 - 17 Jul 1886         Eric Josias Filip greve Sparre af  (b. 1816 - d. 1886)
                             Söfdeborg
1886 - 1905                Lars Wilhelm Samuel Lothigius      (b. 1836 - d. 1913)
1905 - 1922                Karl Sigfrid Husberg               (b. 1854 - d. 1928)
1922 - 1941                Axel Wilhelm Teodor von Sneidern   (b. 1875 - d. 1950)
1941 - 1949                Vilhelm Göran Lundvik              (b. 1883 - d. 1969)
1949 - 1954                Arvid Gustaf Richert               (b. 1887 - d. 1981)
1955 - 1970                Mats Herman Lemne                  (b. 1919 - d. 1997)
1970 - 1978                Gunnar von Sydow                   (b. 1911 - d. 1990)
1978 - 1991                Karl "Göte" Fridh                  (b. 1926 - d. 1996)
1991 - 31 Dec 1997         Bengt Karl Åke Johansson           (b. 1937 - d. 2021)



Blekinge

[Flag of Blekinge county
                        (Sweden)] Adopted 1660

26 Feb 1658                Ceded to Sweden by Denmark in the Treaty of Roskilde (part of
                             Kristianstads län to 1680, then Kalmar 1680-1683).

1683                       County of Blekinge (Blekinges län).

Governors
1683 - 11 Jan 1700         Erik (from 21 Dec 1687, friherre)  (b. 1647 - d. 1725)
                             Sjöblad                       
11 Jan 1700 - 20 Aug 1706  Berndt Didrik friherre Mörner af
                             Tuna                             (b. 1639 - d. 1710)
20 Aug 1706 - 10 Mar 1713  Jöran (from 1707, friherre)
                             Adlersteen                       (b. c.1640 - d. 1713)
23 May 1713 - 28 Apr 1719  Claes Bonde (from 17 Apr 1719,
                             Claes greve Bonde af Säfstaholm) (b. 1664 - d. 1726)
28 Apr 1719 - 13 Jan 1729  Salomon (from 28 May 1719,
                             friherre) von Otter              (b. 1647 - d. 1732)
 6 Mar 1729 - 22 Nov 1733  Johan (from 5 Jul 1731, friherre)
                             Palmfelt                         (b. c.1675 - d. 1739)
22 Nov 1733 - 12 Dec 1740  Carl Georg friherre Siöblad        (b. 1683 - d. 1754)
26 Jan 1741 - 22 Dec 1746  Wilhelm Ludvig friherre Taube af
                             Odenkat                          (b. 1690 - d. 1750)
22 Jan 1747 - 27 Jan 1752  Lars Dalman                        (b. 1680 - d. 1752)
1752 - 18 Sep 1769         Carl Harald friherre Strömfelt     (b. 1709 - d. 1775)
18 Sep 1769 - 28 Jan 1783  Johan (from 15 Oct 1771, friherre)
                             von Rajalin                      (b. 1715 - d. 1786)
28 Jan 1783 - 28 Apr 1789  Salomon friherre von Köhler        (b. 1742 - d. 1814)
28 Apr 1789 -  2 Aug 1800  Claes Jakob friherre Raab          (b. 1747 - d. 1804)
 2 Aug 1800 - 26 Nov 1812  Anders Håkansson (from 28 May
                             1801, Anders af Håkansson; from
                             29 Jun 1809, Anders friherre af
                             Håkansson)                       (b. 1749 - d. 1813)
26 Nov 1812 - 26 May 1813  Nils Adolph Humble                 (b. 1763 - d. 1813)
13 Jul 1813 -  5 Jun 1822  Gustaf Anton von Brinckman (from
                             4 Jul 1817, Gustaf Anton af
                             Brinkman)                        (b. 1760 - d. 1822)
14 Jun 1822 -  8 Nov 1827  Hans greve Wachtmeister af
                           Johannishus (acting to 4 Feb 1823) (b. 1793 - d. 1827)
17 Apr 1828 - 29 Jun 1831  Carl Henrik Gyllenhaal             (b. 1788 - d. 1857)
                             (acting to 22 Oct 1828)
11 Feb 1832 - 14 May 1847  Johan Otto friherre Nauckhoff      (b. 1788 - d. 1849)
                             (acting to 22 Dec 1832)
1847 -  7 Apr 1848         Arwid Adolf Palander               (b. 1798 - d. 1848)
                             (acting to ... 1848)

15 Apr 1848 - 14 Feb 1856  Arvid Gustaf Faxe                  (b. 1799 - d. 1882)
27 Mar 1856 -  5 Jul 1867  Enar Wilhelm Nordenfelt            (b. 1798 - d. 1868)
                             (acting to 30 Dec 1856)
 5 Jul 1867 -  5 Oct 1883  Hans greve Wachtmeister af         (b. 1828 - d. 1905)
                             Johannishus             
 5 Oct 1883 - 13 Feb 1892  Rudolf greve Horn af Rantzien      (b. 1825 - d. 1892)
10 Mar 1892 -  8 Sep 1900  Gotthard greve Wachtmeister af
                             Johannishus                      (b. 1834 - d. 1920)
 8 Sep 1900 - 31 Dec 1923  Axel Hansson greve Wachtmeister af
                             Johannishus                      (b. 1855 - d. 1926)
 1 Jan 1924 - 31 Oct 1942  Sven Axel Eschelsson Hagströmer    (b. 1877 - d. 1943)
 1 Nov 1942 - 31 May 1947  Erik Lindeberg                     (b. 1889 - d. 1967)
 1 Jan 1948 - 31 Aug 1956  Bertil Albertsson Fallenius        (b. 1900 - d. 1990)
 1 Apr 1952 - 30 Jun 1961  Erik von Heland                    (b. 1894 - d. 1973)
                             (acting for Fallenius to 31 Aug 1956)
 1 Jul 1961 - 31 Dec 1973  Thure Andersson                    (b. 1908 - d. 2002)
1974 - 1992                Elna "Camilla" Odhnoff (f)         (b. 1928 - d. 2013)
1992 - 2001                Ulf Roland Lönnqvist               (b. 1936 - d. 2022)

 1 Mar 2002 - 31 Aug 2008  Helena Ingegerd Wärnersson (f)     (b. 1947)
 1 Sep 2008 - 30 Sep 2011  Gunvor Engström (f)                (b. 1950)
 1 Oct 2011 - 30 Sep 2017  Berit Andnor Bylund (f)            (b. 1954)
 1 Oct 2017 - 31 Jan 2021  Sten Nordin                        (b. 1956)
 1 Feb 2021 - 30 Sep 2021  Helena Morgonsköld (f) (acting)    (b. 1964)
 1 Oct 2021 -              Ulrica Messing (f)                 (b. 1968)



Dalarna (Dalecarlia)

[Flag of Dalarna
                        (Dalecarlia) county (Sweden)]
Adopted 16th cent.

24 Jul 1634                County of Dalarna and Kopparbergslagen
                             (Dalarna och Kopparbergslagen
län)
1647                       County of Kopparberg (Kopparbergs län).
 1 Jan 1997                Renamed County of Dalarna (Dalarnas län).

Governors
 4 Oct 1634 - 1645         Peter Kruse                        (b. 1601 - d. 1645)
1645 - 1651                Johan Berendes, d.y.               (b. 1603 - d. 1652)
1651 - 1655                Erik Henriksson Fleming
(1st time) (b. 1616 - d. 1679)
1655 - 1662                Lorentz
friherre Creutz, d.ä.      (b. 1615 - d. 1676)
1658                       Erik Henriksson Fleming (2nd time) (s.a.)
                             (acting for Creutz)
1658 - 1659                Jesper Crusebjörn                  (b. 1603 - d. 1663)
                             (acting for Creutz)
1662 - 1692                Gustaf (from 1674
, friherre)       (b. 1630 - d. 1692)
                             Duwall                    
15 Jan 1692 - 1706         Nils friherre Gripenhielm          (b. 1653 - d. 1706)
1706                       Hans friherre Rålamb (1st time)    (b. 1652 - d. 1712)
                             (acting)
1706 - 1709                Jacob Bure                         (b. 1649 - d. 1709)
1709 - 1710                Hans friherre Rålamb (2nd time)    (s.a.)
                             (acting)
Feb 1710 - 1710            Ludvig Fahlström                   (b. 1655 - d. 1721)
21 May 1710 - 1713         Jacob (from 1711, friherre)
        (b. 1659 - d. 1716)
                             Reenstierna, d.y.              
1713 - 1716                Jonas Cedercreutz                  (b. 1661 - d. 1727)
1716 - 1719                Gustaf Gabriel (from 1719,         (b. 1656 - d. 1721)
                             friherre) Appelman       
1719 - 1723                Otto Reinhold (from 1720,
         (b. 1679 - d. 1746)
                             friherre) Strömfelt             
16 Sep 1723 - 1732         Peter (from 1726, friherre) von
   (b. 1662 - d. 1732)
                             Danckwardt                   
24 Apr 1732 - 1739         Nils Esbjörnsson (from 1735, 
      (b. 1676 - d. 1756)
                             friherre) von Reuterholm             
14 Aug 1739 - 1742         Albrecht Lindcreutz                (b. 1674 - d. 1744)
1742 - 1755                Carl Gustaf Wennerstedt            (b. 1692 - d. 1778)
1743                       Olof Malmer                        (b. 1693 - d. 1771)
                             (from 1743,
Olof Malmer von Malmerfelt)
                             (acting for Wennerstedt)
1756 - 1763                Bernhard Reinhold von Hauswolff    (b. 1700 - d. 1776)
1763 - 1766                Johan Abraham friherre Hamilton
   (b. 1734 - d. 1795)
                             af Hageby                    
1766                       Adolf greve Mörner af Morlanda     (b. 1705 - d. 1766)
                             (acting)
1766 - 1781                Carl friherre Cederström           (b. 1706 - d. 1793)
1777                       Carl Hierta (acting for
Cederström)(b. 1719 - d. 1793)
1781 - 1790                Johan friherre Beck-Friis          (b. 1729 - d. 1796)
1790 - 1812                Johan Magnus (from 1800, friherre)
(b. 1746 - d. 1823)
                             af Nordin                     
19 Nov 1812 - 26 Mar 1822  Hans Järta                         (b. 1774 - d. 1847)
1822 - 1853                Pehr Daniel Lorichs                (b. 1785 - d. 1853)
1853 - 1856                Polycarpus Erik greve Cronhielm
   (b. 1797 - d. 1856)
                             af Hakunge                      
1857 - 1863                Olof af Geijerstam                 (b. 1800 - d. 1863)
1863 -  3 Jan 1880         Johan Gustaf Samuel de Maré        (b. 1820 - d. 1880)
1880 - 1892                Nils "Curry" Engelbrekt Treffenberg(b. 1825 - d. 1897)
1893 - 1901                Claës Richard Wersäll              (b. 1848 - d. 1919)
1894 - 1897                Charles Emil von Oelreich          (b. 1839 - d. 1911)
                             (acting for Wars
äll)
1901 - 13 Jul 1922         Carl Fredrik Holmquist             (b. 1857 - d. 1922)

1919 - 1920                Nils Gustaf Ringstrand             (b. 1863 - d. 1935)
                             (acting for
Holmquist)
1922 - 1932                Svante Herman Kvarnzelius          (b. 1864 - d. 1938)

1932 - 1944                Johan Bernhard Eriksson            (b. 1878 - d. 1952)
1944 - 1951                Gustaf Henning Andersson           (b. 1884 - d. 1961)
1951 - 1957                Hugo Karl "Eije" Mossberg          (b. 1908 - d. 1997)
1957 - 1973                Oskar "Gösta" Charles Elfving      (b. 1908 - d. 1992)
1974 - 1980                Bengt Karl Olsson                  (b. 1918 - d. 1990)
1980 - 1986                Sven Ingvar Gullnäs                (b. 1924 - d. 2012)
1896 - 1992                Lilly Elvira Hansson (f)           (b. 1927 - d. 2019)
1992 - 31 Dec 2001         Erik Gunnar Björk                  (b. 1944)
 1 Jan 2002 - 30 Jun 2002  Inger Eriksson (f) (1st time)      (b. 1951)
                             (acting)
 1 Jul 2002 - 30 Nov 2006  Ingrid Margareta Dahlberg (f)      (b. 1941)
 1 Dec 2006 - 21 May 2007  Inger Eriksson (f) (2nd time)      (s.a.)
                             (acting)
21 May 2007 - 31 Aug 2015  Maria Helene Norrfalk (f)          (b. 1952)
 1 Sep 2015 - 31 Jul 2021  Ylva Britt Inger Thörn (f)         (b. 1954)
 1 Aug 2021 - 30 Oct 2022  Camilla Fagerberg Littorin (f)     (b. 1968)
                             (acting)
 1 Nov 2022 -              Helena Margareta Höij (f)          (b. 1965)


Säter

29 Jul 1634                County of Säter (Säters län).
1646                       Incorporated into Dalarna and Kopparbergslagen.

Governor
1634 - 30 Dec 1645         Peter Kruse                        (b. 1601 - d. 1645)



Gävleborg

[Flag of Gävleborg
                        county (Sweden)] Adopted 14 Oct 1938

29 Jun 1762                County of Gävleborg (Gävleborgs län), split 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 greve Gyldenstolpe     (b. 1734 - d. 1810)
1781 - 1812                Fredrik Adolf Ulrik greve          (b. 1744 - d. 1829)
                             Cronstedt
1812 - 1813                Salomon Mauritz friherre von       (b. 1757 - d. 1825)
                             Rajalin              
1813 - 1843                Erik Samuel greve Sparre af        (b. 1776 - d. 1843)
                             Söfdeborg
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. 1926)
                             (acting for Hamilton)
1911                       Oskar Fredrik von Sydow            (b. 1873 - d. 1936)
                             (acting for Hamilton)
1918 - 1922                August Robert Hagen                (b. 1868 - d. 1922)
1922 - 14 Feb 1941         Sven Edvard Julius Lübeck          (b. 1877 - d. 1941)
1923 - 1924
               Oskar Georg Rydin (1st time)       (b. 1865 - d. 1935)
                             (acting for
Lübeck)
1928 - 1930                Oskar Georg Rydin (2nd time)       (s.a.)
                             (acting for
Lübeck)
1941 - 1950                Rickard Johannes Sandler           (b. 1884 - d. 1964) 
1950  (6 months)           Gösta Finngård (acting)            (b. 1885 - d. 1963)
1950 - 1954                Johan Elon Andersson               (b. 1891 - d. 1954) 
1954 - 1962                John Henrik Lingman                (b. 1901 - d. 1962)
1962 - 1963                Jöns Johan Yngve Mattsson (acting) (b. 1900 - d. 1995)
1963 - 1971                Jarl Harald Hjalmarson             (b. 1904 - d. 1993)

1971 - 1986                Hans Hagnell                       (b. 1919 - d. 2006)
1986 - 1992                Lars Ivar Hising                   (b. 1927 - d. 2022)
1992 - 2002                Lars Eric Ericsson                 (b. 1943)
2002 - 2003                Monica Robin Svensson (f)(acting)  (b. 1938)
 1 Jan 2003 - 30 Sep 2007  Jan Christer Eirefelt              (b. 1942)
 1 Oct 2007 - 21 Jan 2008  Gun-Marie Pettersson (f) (acting)  (b. 1949)
21 Jan 2008 - 31 Jul 2015  Barbro Margareta Holmberg (f)      (b. 1952)
 1 Aug 2015 -              Per Otto Bill                      (b. 1958)



Gotland

[Flag of Gotland
                        county (Sweden)]
Adopted 1560

23 Aug 1645                Gotland annexed by Sweden.
1645                       County of Gotland (Gotlands län).

1652 - 1654                Part of Crown Prince Karl Gustav's (later King Karl X
                             Gustav) fiefs.
1654 - 19 Apr 1689        
Part of retired Queen Kristina's (b. 1626 - d. 1689)
                             maintenance domains (livgeding).
 1 May 1676 - Sep 1679     Danish occupation.
24 Apr 1808 - 18 May 1808  Russian occupation.

Governors (title Länsherre)
22 Sep 1645 - 1648         Ake Hänsson Ulfsparre              (b. 1597 - d. 1657)
1648 - 1650                Gustaf Persson friherre Banér      (b. 1618 - d. 1689)
1650 - 1654                Axel Carlsson Sparre               (b. 1620 - d. 1679)
Governors-general
1654 - 1657                Herman Claesson Fleming af         (b. 1619 - d. 1673)
                             Liebelitz
1657 - 1668                Seved Bosson Bååth                 (b. 1615 - d. 1669)
1669 - 1674                Gustaf Kurck                       (b. 1624 - d. 1689)
1674 - 1678                Jöran Gyllenstierna friherre till  (b. 1632 - d. 1686)
                             Lundholmen (from 1674, greve af
                             Björksund och Helgö)
Danish governor
1676 - 1679                Niels Juel                         (b. 1629 - d. 1697)

1676 - 1679                Thomas Wallenstein (Walgustein)
                             (commissioner)

Governors (title Landshövding)
1679                       Gustav friherre Soop (acting)      (b. 1624 - d. 1679)
1679 - 1689                Johan Cedercrantz                  (b. 1646 - d. 1699)
                             (appointed 1678)
1689 - 1708                Gustaf Adolf (from 1696, friherre) (b. 1636 - d. 1716)
                             von der Osten genannt Sacken   
1708 - 1710                Anders Sparrfelt                   (b. 1645 - d. 1730)
1710 - 1711                Peter Snack (Schnack)              (b. 1632 - d. 1713)
1711 - 1716                Nils friherre Posse af Säby        (b. 1660 - d. 1723)
1716 - 1728                Gustaf (from 1719, friherre) von   (b. 1669 - d. 1738)
                             Psilander                      
1728 -  4 Jan 1738         Johan Didrik (from 1731, friherre) (b. 1681 - d. 1738)
                             Grönhagen                      
1738 - 1757                Jacob Olofsson von Hökerstedt      (b. 1685 - d. 1757)
1757 - 1763                Didrik Henrik greve Taube          (b. 1711 - d. 1781)
1763 - 1765                Mårten friherre Kalling            (b. 1705 - d. 1765)
1765 - 1787                Carl Otto (from 1771, friherre)    (b. 1718 - d. 1795)
                             von Segebaden                 
1787 - 1812                Salomon Mauritz friherre von       (b. 1757 - d. 1825)
                             Rajalin                          
Apr 1798 - May 1798        Erik af Klint (acting for Rajalin) (b. 1732 - d. 1812)
Jun 1800 - Sep 1800        Erik af Klin
t (acting for Rajalin) (s.a.)
Dec 1800 -  9 Jun 1808     Erik af Klint (acting for Rajalin) (s.a.)
24 Apr 1808 - 18 May 1808  Nikolay Andreyevich Bodisko        (b. 1757 - d. 1815)

                             (Russian military governor)
1812 - 1817                Carl Fredrik Aschling              (b. 1751 - d. 1820)

1817 - 1833                Jacob friherre Cederström          (b. 1782 - d. 1857)
1833 - 19 Jun 1849         Michael Silvius von Hohenhausen    (b. 1790 - d. 1849)
1849 - 1858                Gustaf Jacob af Dalström           (b. 1785 - d. 1867)
1858 - 1862                Didrik Anders "Gillis" Bildt       (b. 1820 - d. 1894)
1862 - 1873                Gustaf Henrik Wilhelm Gyllenram    (b. 1814 - d. 1890)
1874 - 1883                Nils Henning Rudolf Bernhard       (b. 1825 - d. 1892)
                             greve Horn af Rantzien
1883 - 1900                Per Gustaf Emil Poignant           (b. 1829 - d. 1910)
1901 - 1903                Otto Conrad Waldemar Cedercrantz   (b. 1854 - d. 1932)
1903 - 1909                Carl Johan August Wall             (b. 1855 - d. 1934)
1909 -  9 Sep 1912         Karl Rudolf Rydin                  (b. 1854 - d. 1912)
1912 - 1927                Gustaf Wilhelm Alexander Roos      (b. 1859 - d. 1938)
1927 - 30 Sep 1938         Alvar Elis "Allan" Rodhe           (b. 1882 - d. 1964)
 1 Oct 1938 - 17 Jun 1941  Ola Jeppsson                       (b. 1887 - d. 1941)
1941 - 1951                Oskar Erik Nylander                (b. 1885 - d. 1958)
 1 Apr 1951 - 10 Feb 1959  Ture Åke Hovgard                   (b. 1896 - d. 1959)
1959 - 1968                Johan Martin Wahlbäck              (b. 1901 - d. 1985)
1968 - 1974                John Torsten Andersson             (b. 1909 - d. 1978)
1975 - 1980                Gustaf Einar Gustafsson            (b. 1914 - d. 1995)
1980 - 12 Nov 1983         Lars Gustaf Johannes Westerberg    (b. 1929 - d. 1983)
1984 - 1991                Claes Yngve Elmstedt               (b. 1928 - d. 2018)
1992 - 1998                Thorsten Andersson                 (b. 1938 - d. 2011)
15 Jan 1998 - 29 Feb 2004  Maj Lillemor Arvidsson (f)         (b. 1943 - d. 2012)
2004 -  4 Aug 2009         Birgit Marianne Samuelsson (f)     (b. 1945) 
 4 Aug 2009 - 31 Dec 2009  Anders Granat (acting)             (b. 1946)
 
1 Jan 2010 - 31 Dec 2018  Cecilia Iréne Schelin Seidegård (f)(b. 1954)
 1 Jan 2019 - 31 May 2019  Sven Peter Molin (acting)          (b. 1957)
 1 Jun 2019 -              Per Anders Daniel Flanking         (b. 1957)



Göteborgs och Bohus (Gothenburg and Bohus)

[Flag of Göteborgs
                        och Bohus county 1962-1998 (Sweden)]
25 May 1962 - 1 Jan 1998

26 Feb 1658                Ceded to Sweden by Denmark in the Treaty of Roskilde.
1658
                      Båhus län.
1680
                       Bohus n.
 
4 Sep 1680 - 1693         Subordinated to the government-general of Skane, Halland, and
                             Bohuslän.
1700                       County of Gothenburg and Bohus (Göteborgs och Bohuslän)

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

Governors (title Guvernör)
1658 - 1677                Harald Stake                       (b. 1598 - d. 1677)
1677 - 1680                
Rutger friherre von Ascheberg      (b. 1621 - d. 1693)
Governors (title Landshövding)
1680 - 1682                Georg Henrik Lybecker              (b. 1618 - d. 1683)
1682 - 1700                Johan (from 1687, friherre) von    (b. 1613 - d. 1706)
                             Schönleben                     
1700 - 1711                Erik Carlsson friherre Sjöblad     (b. 1647 - d. 1725)
1712 - 1719                Carl Gustaf friherre Mörner af     (b. 1658 - d. 1721)
                             Morlanda (from 1716, Carl Gustaf
                             greve Mörner af Morlanda)
      
1719 - 1723                Nils friherre Posse af Säby        (b. 1660 - d. 1723)
1723 - 1730                Axel (from 1727, friherre)         (b. 1664 - d. 1730)
                             Gyllenkrok              
1730 - 1741                Bengt Johansson Ribbing            (b. 1686 - d. 1741)
                             (from 1731, Bengt Johansson friherre Ribbing af Koberg)    
1741 - 1749                Lorentz Kristoffer Stobée          (b. 1676 - d. 1756)
1749 - 1762                Johan Fredrik (from 1751, friherre)(b. 1689 - d. 1762)
                             von Kaulbars                      
1763 - 1772                Didrik Henrik greve Taube          (b. 1711 - d. 1781)
1772 - 1790                Anders Rudolf du Rietz             (b. 1720 - d. 1792)
                             (from 1778, Anders Rudolf friherre du Rietz af Hedensberg) 
1790 - 1796                Johan friherre Beck-Friis          (b. 1729 - d. 1796)
1796 - 1800                Samuel af Forselles                (b. 1757 - d. 1814)
1800 - 1808                Johan Fredrik friherre Carpelan    (b. 1745 - d. 1808)
1809 - 1834                Axel Pontus greve 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 greve Löwenhielm       (b. 1790 - d. 1858)
1847 - 1864                Olof Immanuel Fåhraeus             (b. 1796 - d. 1884)
1864 - 1885                Albert Carl August Lars greve      (b. 1821 - d. 1901)
                             Ehrensvärd 

1885 - 1897                Gustaf Fredrik greve Snoilsky      (b. 1833 - d. 1897)
1897 - 1917                Gustaf Otto Robert Lagerbring      (b. 1847 - d. 1921)
1917 - 1934                Oscar Fredrik von Sydow            (b. 1873 - d. 1936)
1921                       Esaias Centerwall                  (b. 1867 - d. 1947)
                             (acting for von Sydow)
1934 - 1950                Malte Ferdinand Jacobsson          (b. 1885 - d. 1966)
1950 - 1971                Per Ingvar Nyström                 (b. 1903 - d. 1993)
1971 - 1978                Erik Johan Huss                    (b. 1913 - d. 2010)
1979 - 1980                Carl Johan Gunnar Persson          (b. 1919 - d. 2014)
1980 - 1989                Sven Åke Norling                   (b. 1924 - d. 2001)
1989 - 1995                Kjell Algot Mattsson               (b. 1930 - d. 2015)
1996 - 1997                Lars Göran Bengtsson               (b. 1947)



Halland

[Flag of Halland county
                        (Sweden)] Adopted 1660

13 Aug 1645                Halland under Swedish rule by the Peace of Brömsebro.
1645 - 1719                Subordinated to the government-general of Skane, Halland, and
                             Blekinge (from 4 Sep 1680 Skane, Halland, and Bohuslän).
26 Feb 1658                Ceded to Sweden by Denmark in the Treaty of Roskilde.
1658                       County of Halland (Hallands län).
1683                       Swedish law is introduced in the area.

Governors (title Guvernör to 1658, then Landshövding)
1646 - 1651                Caspar Otto Sperling               (b. 1596 - d. 1655)
1651 - 16 Nov 1653         Nils Kagg                          (b. 1598 - d. 1653)
1654 - 1655                Bengt Horn af Åminne               (b. 1623 - d. 1678)
1655 - 1658                Axel Lillie                        (b. 1603 - d. 1662)
1656 - 1658                Erik Gustavsson Stenbock           (b. 1612 - d. 1659)
                             (acting for Lillie) 

1658 - 1665                Bengt Lilliehöök                   (b. 1612 - d. 1665)
1665 - 1666                Johan Hård af Segerstad (1st time) (b. 1617 - d. 1691)
1666                       Augustin Leijonsköld (acting)      (b. 1632 - d. 1682)
1666 - 1676                Johan Hård af Segerstad (2nd time) (s.a.)
1676 - 1678                
Göran Kaspersson friherre Sperling (b. 1630 - d. 1691)
1678 - 1684                Sven Andersson Ranck               (b. 1616 - d. 1684)
1684 - 17 Jun 1698         Gustaf friherre Tungel             (b. 1639 - d. 1698)
1698 -  8 Jan 1705         Hans von Dellingshausen            (b. 1641 - d. 1705)
1705 - 1710                Reinhold Johan friherre von Fersen (b. 1646 - d. 1716)
1710 - 1728                Axel friherre Faltzburg            (b. 1645 - d. 1728)
1728 - 1737                Wilhelm friherre Bennet            (b. 1677 - d. 1740)
1737 - 1745                Claes friherre Rålamb              (b. 1682 - d. 1751)
1745 - 1750                Carl Mårten friherre Fleetwood     (b. 1705 - d. 1751)
1750                       Nils greve Bonde af Björnö         (b. 1685 - d. 1760)
1750 - 1761                Hans Hummelhielm                   (b. 1694 - d. 1772) 
1761 - 1771                Arvid Silfvershiöld                (b. 1710 - d. 1781) 
1771 - 1776                Olof von Nackreij                  (b. 1728 - d. 1783)
1776 - 1781                Salomon friherre von Otter         (b. 1733 - d. 1781)
1781 - 1793                Georg Gustaf friherre Wrangel af   (b. 1728 - d. 1795)
                             Adinal                           

1793 - 1810                Axel Eric friherre Gyllenstierna   (b. 1747 - d. 1823)
                             af Lundholm                    
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. 1850)
1844 - 1860                Adolf Patrik greve Lewenhaupt      (b. 1794 - d. 1871)
1860 - 1870                Carl Jonas Oscar Alströmer         (b. 1811 - d. 1888)
                             (1st time)

1870                       Fredrik Wilhelm Erik Carl          (b. 1818 - d. 1883)
                             Leijonancker (1st time)(acting)
1870 - 1876               
Carl Jonas Oscar Alströmer         (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)
1876 - 1883                Fredrik Wilhelm Erik Carl          (s.a.)
                             Leijonancker (2nd time)

1883 - 1902                Carl Olof Christian Johan          (b. 1833 - d. 1909) 
                             Nordenfalk 

1902 - 1916                Axel Asker                         (b. 1848 - d. 1924)
1916 - 1920                Carl Fredrik Wilhelm Hederstierna  (b. 1861 - d. 1928)
1920 - 1935                Karl Axel Göran greve Mörner af    (b. 1868 - d. 1954)
                             Morlanda 

 1 Jul 1935 - 30 Sep 1943  Gustav Hilding Kjellman            (b. 1885 - d. 1953)
 1 Oct 1943 - 1959         Reimer Napoleon Johansson          (b. 1893 - d. 1967)
1959 - 1971                Ingvar Albert Lindell              (b. 1904 - d. 1993)
1971 - 1972                Torsten Segrell (acting)           (b. 1907 - d. 1994)
1972 - 1977                Yngve Holmberg                     (b. 1925 - d. 2011)

1978 - 1979                Carl Johan Gunnar Persson          (b. 1919 - d. 2014)
1979 - 1986                Johannes Mikael Antonsson          (b. 1921 - d. 1995)
1986 - 1997                Björn Anders Molin                 (b. 1932)
 1 May 1997 - Oct 2004     Karin Margareta Starrin (f)        (b. 1947)
Oct 2004 - 31 Mar 2014     Lars-Erik Lövdén                   (b. 1950)
 1 Apr 2014 - 31 Mar 2020  Lena Anna Sofia Sommestad (f)      (b. 1957)
 1 Apr 2020 - 31 May 2020  Jörgen Peters (acting)             (b. 1964)
 1 Jun 2020 -              Brittis Benzler (f)                (b. 1958)



Jämtland
 
[Flag of Jamtland county,
                      1660-1935 (Sweden)]
1660 - 23 May 1935
[Flag of County of Jamtland (Sweden)]
Adopted 23 May 1935

13 Aug 1645                Jämtland and Härjedalen ceded to Sweden by Norway.
1645 - 1658                Part of Härnösand and Hudiksvall counties.
1658 - 1660                Part of Trondheims län (see under Norway counties).
1660 - 1810                Part of Västernorrland (after 1810 Härjedalen part of Gävleborg).
16 Aug 1677 -  1 Nov 1677  Occupied by Norway.
1810                       County of Jämtland (Jämtlands län), created from parts of 
                             Västernorrland and Gävleborg counties.

Governors
1810 - 1817                Anders Johan Wasell                (b. 1759 - d. 1828)
1817 - 1818                Lars Arnell                        (b. 1781 - d. 1856)
1818 - 1841                Michael von Törne                  (b. 1775 - d. 1854)
23 Nov 1841 - 11 Jun 1842  Gustaf Adolf Montgomery            (b. 1791 - d. 1861)
                             (acting to 9 Mar 1842)

11 Jun 1842 - 1843         Lars Magnus Lagerheim              (b. 1786 - d. 1858)
1843 - 1844                Carl Printzensköld (acting)        (b. 1796 - d. 1866)
1844 - 1848                Anders Peter Sandströmer           (b. 1804 - d. 1857)
1848 - 1859                Jacob Axel Dahlström               (b. 1794 - d. 1860)
1860 - 1865                Nils Axel Gustafsson Bennich       (b. 1817 - d. 1904)
1865 - 1866                Carl Gustaf Lagercrantz            (b. 1816 - d. 1867)
1866 - 19 Dec 1882         Johan Gustaf Asplund               (b. 1826 - d. 1882)
1883 - 25 Sep 1895         John Philip friherre Ericson       (b. 1834 - d. 1895)
1895 - 1906                Knut Johan Ulfsson friherre Sparre (b. 1835 - d. 1929)
1906 - 1923                Johan Widén                        (b. 1856 - d. 1933)
1923 - 1930                Sigfrid Nathanael Linnér           (b. 1877 - d. 1963)
1931 - 1938                Axel Gabriel Mortimer Munck af     (b. 1873 - d. 1942)
                             Rosenschöld 

1938 - 1953                Torsten Einar Löfgren              (b. 1886 - d. 1966)
1954 - 1969                Anders Wilhelm Reinhold Tottie     (b. 1902 - d. 1995)
1969 - 1977                Hans Lennart Gustafsson            (b. 1912 - d. 1981)
1977 - 1983                Harald Anders Ivar Pettersson      (b. 1918 - d. 2000)
1984 - 1995                Sven Carl Olof Heurgren            (b. 1930 - d. 2020)
1995 -  1 Feb 2001         Inger Kristina Persson (f)         (b. 1945)
2001 - 2002                Uno Svaleryd (1st time)(acting)    (b. 1943)
2002 - 29 Feb 2008         Margareta "Maggi" Kristina Maria   (b. 1946)
                             Mikaelsson (f) 
2006 - 2007                Uno Svaleryd (2nd time)            (s.a.)
                             (acting for Mikaelsson)
 1 Mar 2008 - 31 May 2008  Uno Svaleryd (3rd time)(acting)    (s.a.)
 1 Jun 2008 - 31 Dec 2013  Britt Eva Irene Bohlin (f)         (b. 1956)
 1 Apr 2014 - 30 Nov 2020  Lars-Otto Jöran Hägglund           (b. 1959)
 1 Dec 2020 - 31 Mar 2021  Susanna Löfgren (f) (acting)       (b. 1967)
 1 Apr 2021 -              Marita Ljung (f)                   (b. 1962)



Jönköping 

[Flag of County of
                        Jönköping (Sweden)] Adopted 12 Jun 1942

29 Jul 1634                County of Jönköping and Kronoberg (Jonköpings och Kronobergs län)
                             (existed 1634-36, 1654-58, 1669-74, 1680-87).

1687                       County of Jönköping (Jönköpings län).

Governors 
1634 - 1636                Bengt Erlandsson Kafle
            (b. 1580 - d. 1636)
                             (in Smålands, Jönköpings & Kronobergs län)
1636 - 1639               
Bengt Bagge af Berga               (b. 1594 - d. 1660)
                             (in Smålands, Jönköpings & Kronobergs län)
1639 - 1645                Knut Soop                          (b. 1597 - d. 1648)
19 May 1645 - 1653         Bengt Eriksson Ribbing             (b. 1609 - d. 1653)
1653 - 1658                Gustaf Knutsson Posse af Hedensund
(b. 1626 - d. 1676)
                             (in Jönköpings & Kronobergs län 1654-1658)
1658 -  3 May 1663         Johan Björnsson Printz
            (b. 1592 - d. 1663)
15 Jun 1663 - 1672         Gustaf Ersson Ribbing
             (b. 1613 - d. 1693)
                             (in Jönköpings & part of Kronobergs län 1670-1672)
1672 - 1674                Hans Georg Mörner af Morlanda, d.ä.
(b. 1623 - d. 1685)
                             (in Jönköpings & part Kronobergs län 1672-1674)
                             (1st time)  
1675 - 1677                Harald friherre Strömfelt
(acting) (b. 1639 - d. 1707)
                             (
Jönköpings vice landshövding
1677 - 1680                Augustin Leijonsköld (acting)      (b. 1632 - d. 1682)
                             (Jönköpings vice landshövding
1679 - 1685                Hans Georg Mörner af Morlanda, d.ä.(s.a.)
                             (in Jönköpings, Kronobergs & Kalmar län 1679-80;
                              in Jönköpings och Kronobergs län 1680-85)
                             (2nd time)
1685 - 1687                Robert
friherre Lichton            (b. 1631 - d. 1692)
                             (in Jönköpings och Kronobergs län 1685-87)  
1687 - 1693                Erik greve Dahlbergh               (b. 1625 - d. 1703)
1693 - 1696                Nils Carlsson
greve Gyllenstierna  (b. 1648 - d. 1720)
                             af Fogelvik                
1696 - 1716                Mårten Grelsson friherre Lindhielm (b. 1638 - d. 1720)
1716 - 1718                Georg Reinhold friherre Patkul     (b. 1656 - d. 1723)
                             von Posendorf                    
1718 - 1727                Anders (from 1719, friherre)       (b. 1655 - d. 1727)
                             Leijonhielm                  
1728 - 1746                Johan (from 1731, friherre) von    (b. 1671 - d. 1747)
                             Mentzer                          
1747 - 1751                Anders Tungelfeldt                 (b. 1681 - d. 1751)
1751 - 1762                Jakob Ludvig (from 1755, friherre) (b. 1685 - d. 1763)
                             von Saltza                 
1762 - 1778                Claes Erik friherre Silfverhielm   (b. 1725 - d. 1792)
1778 - 1795                Fredric Ulric friherre Hamilton    (b. 1735 - d. 1797)
                             af Hageby         
1795 - 1801                Erik Johan de la Grange            (b. 1734 - d. 1807)
1801 - 1805                Johan Axel Stedt                   (b. 1756 - d. 1805)
1805 - 1815                Eric Gustaf friherre Boije af      (b. 1763 - d. 1815)
                             Gennäs     
1815 - 1835                Lars friherre Hierta               (b. 1762 - d. 1835)
1835 - 1855                Claes Gabriel Bergenstråhle        (b. 1787 - d. 1864)
14 Feb 1856 - 16 Apr 1870  Arvid Gustav Faxe                  (b. 1799 - d. 1882)
                             (acting to 5 Dec 1856)
1870 - 1888                Carl Rudolf Ekström                (b. 1818 - d. 1903)

1888 - 1892                Robert Dickson                     (b. 1843 - d. 1924)
1892 - 1906                Nils Axel Hjalmar friherre         (b. 1836 - d. 1909)
                             Palmstierna

1906 - 1922                Fredrik Emil Pettersson            (b. 1855 - d. 1949)
1922 - 1934                Carl Anders Gustaf Malmroth        (b. 1874 - d. 1934)
1923 - 1924                Jacob Wilhelm Spens                (b. 1861 - d. 1943)
                             (acting for Malmroth)
1934 - 1937                Felix Teodor Hamrin                (b. 1875 - d. 1937)

1938 - 1957                Olle Ekblom                        (b. 1892 - d. 1978)
1957 - 1963                Berndt Allan Nordenstam            (b. 1904 - d. 1982)
1964 - 1979                Sven Olaf af Geijerstam            (b. 1913 - d. 1990)
1980 - 1997                Sven Gösta Gunnarsson              (b. 1938)
1998 - 2003                Birgit Irma Gunborg Friggebo (f)   (b. 1941)
Jan 2004 - Oct 2004        Bo Landholm (acting)               (b. 1941)
 1 Oct 2004 - 31 Aug 2010  Lars Fredrik Engqvist              (b. 1945)
 1 Sep 2010 - 31 Jan 2016  Minoo Hilda Akhtarzand (f)         (b. 1956)
 1 Feb 2016 - 30 Sep 2016  Greta Anneli Maria Wirtén (f)      (b. 1962)
                             (1st time)(acting)
 1 Oct 2016 - 30 Sep 2017  Håkan Sörman                       (b. 1952)
 1 Oct 2017 - 14 Jan 2018  Greta Anneli Maria Wirtén (f)      (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)(acting)
15 Jan 2018 -              Maria Helena Jonsson (f)           (b. 1965)



Kalmar 

[Flag of the County of
                        Kalmar (Sweden)]
Adopted 6 Oct 1944

29 Jul 1634                County of Kalmar (Kalmar län).

Governors
1634 - 1637                Jesper Andersson Cruus af Edeby    (b. 1576 - d. 1647)
1637 - 1645                Conrad von Falkenberg af Trystorp  (b. 1591 - d. 1654)
1645 - 1655                Gabriel Gyllenankar                (b. 1611 - d. 1657)
1655 - 1656                Göran Eriksson Ulfsparre af Broxvik(b. 1617 - d. 1656)
1656 - 1661                Carl Filip von Sack                (b. 1627 - d. 1661)
1661 - 1664                Claes Persson Banér                (b. 1620 - d. 1675)
1664 - 14 Dec 1665         Gustaf Jespersson Cruus af Edeby   (b. 1620 - d. 1665)
1666                       Claes Niklas Dankwardt-Liljeström  (b. 1613 - d. 1681)
1666 - 1671                Peder Persson Hammarskiöld         (b. 1616 - d. 1671)
1671 - 1674                Mauritz Nilsson Posse af Säby      (b. 1632 - d. 1702)
1674 - 1677                Conrad Gyllenstierna               (b. 1645 - d. 1684)
1677 - 1679                Henrik von Vicken                  (b. 1624 - d. 1690)
1679 - 1680                Hans Georg Mörner af Morlanda d.ä. (b. 1623 - d. 1685)
                             (in Jönköpings, Kronobergs & Kalmar län 1679-80)
1680 - 1683                Hans greve Wachtmeister af         (b. 1641 - d. 1714)
                             Johannishus                
1683 - 1694                Hans Clerk                         (b. 1634 - d. 1694)
1694                       Hans von Dellinghausen (acting)    (b. 1641 - d. 1708)
1694 - 1695                Carl Gyllenpistol                  (b. 1641 - d. 1695)
1695 - 1701                Bleckert friherre Wachtmeister af  (b. 1644 - d. 1701)
                             Björkö          
1701 - 1709                Reinhold friherre Rehbinder        (b. 1640 - d. 1709)
1709 -  1 Jan 1721         Adam Carl greve de la Gardie       (b. 1665 - d. 1721)
1711                       Gabriel Gyllengrip                 (b. 1664 - d. 1726)
                             (acting for de la Gardie)
1721 - 1728                Georg Vilhelm friherre Fleetwood   (b. 1669 - d. 1728)
1728 - 1734                Gustaf friherre von Psilander      (b. 1669 - d. 1738)
1734 - 1754                Georg Bogislaus friherre Staël von (b. 1685 - d. 1763)
                             Holstein
1755 - 1757                Nils friherre Djurklou             (b. 1686 - d. 1758)
1757 - 1774                Carl Gustaf (from 1762, friherre   (b. 1697 - d. 1784)
                             von) Roxendorff                
1774 -  3 Oct 1790         Carl friherre Rappe                (b. 1721 - d. 1790)
1781 - 1788                Lars Fredrik friherre von Kaulbars (b. 1734 - d. 1815)
                             (acting for Rappe)  
1788 - 1790                Fredrik friherre von Köhler        (b. 1728 - d. 1810)
                             (acting for Rappe)
1790 - 1810                Mikael (from 1805, friherre)       (b. 1742 - d. 1838)
                             Anckarsvärd              
1810 - 1822                Johan Georg (from 1817, friherre)  (b. 1774 - d. 1884)
                             de la Grange          

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 friherre Skjöldebrand    (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 Adolph Johan Fagerlund        (b. 1842 - d. 1903)
1903 - 1917                Otto Conrad Waldemar 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)
 1 Jan 1959 - 1967         Ivar Persson i Skabersjö           (b. 1901 - d. 1979) 
1968 - 1981                Erik Alfred Westerlind             (b. 1914 - d. 1990)
1981 - 1996                Eric Allan Krönmark                (b. 1931)
1996 - 2002                Runa Anita Elisabet Bråkenhielm (f)(b. 1937)
2002 - 15 Apr 2011         Sven Ingemar Lindgren              (b. 1946)
16 Apr 2011 - 20 Feb 2012  Anne-Li Fiskesjö (f) (acting)      (b. 1957)
20 Feb 2012 -  7 Jul 2016  Stefan Lennart Carlsson            (b. 1954)
 7 Jul 2016 - 31 May 2017  Malin Almqvist (f) (acting)        (b. 1971)
 1 Jun 2017 - 21 Oct 2019  Thomas Gustav Carlzon              (b. 1955 - d. 2022)
21 Oct 2019 - 21 Sep 2020  Cecilia Iréne Schelin Seidegård (f)(b. 1954)
                             (acting)
21 Sep 2020 -  3 Nov 2022  Sven Peter Tore Sandwall           (b. 1963)
 3 Nov 2022 - 30 Apr 2023  Johan Blom (acting)
 1 May 2023 -              Karl Allan Fredrik Widman          (b. 1964)


Kopparberg: see Dalarnas


Kristianstad

[former County of
                        Kristianstad 1939-1997 (Sweden)]
24 Nov 1939 - 1 Jan 1997

26 Feb 1658                Ceded to Sweden by Denmark in the Treaty of Roskilde.
1658 - 1669                Subordinated to the government-general of Skane, Halland, and
                             Blekinge.

27 Jun 1676 -  4 Dec 1676  Occupied by Denmark.
1676 - 1719
                Subordinated to the government-general of Skane, Halland, and
                             Blekinge (from 4 Sep 1680, Skane, Halland, and Bohuslän).
1719                       County of Kristianstad (Kristianstads län)
.
 1 Jan 1997                Merged into County of Skåne

Governors
1666                       Augustin Leijonsköld               (b. 1634 - d. 1682)
                             (landshövding över Blekinge och Kristianstads län)
1670 - 26 Sep 1677         Magnus Nilsson Durell              (b. 1617 - d. 1677)
                             (landshövding över norra Skåne och Blekinge)
16 Oct 1679 - Sep 1680     Georg Henrik Lybecke               (b. 1618 - d. 1683)
                             (landshövding i Kristianstads län)
 9 May 1719 -  8 May 1738  Samuel (from 23 May 1719,
                             friherre) von Hyltéen            (b. 1671 - d. 1738)
28 May 1739 - Apr 1745     Nils Silfverskiöld                 (b. 1674 - d. 1753)
Apr 1745 - 1761            Christian (from 21 Nov 1751,
                             friherre) Barnekow               (b. 1694 - d. 1762)
                             (acting to 3 Jun 1745)
17 Dec 1761 -  9 Jun 1763  Carl Axel Hugo friherre Hamilton
                             af Hageby                        (b. 1722 - d. 1763)
15 Aug 1763 -  3 Aug 1772  Reinhold Johan (from 4 Feb 1764,
                             friherre) von Lingen             (b. 1708 - d. 1785)
 4 Mar 1773 - 21 May 1776  Axel greve Löwen                   (b. 1729 - d. 1802)
11 Jun 1776 - 29 May 1786  Gabriel Erik friherre Sparre       (b. 1726 - d. 1804)
29 May 1786 - 19 Jan 1803  Carl Adam friherre Wrangel af
                             Adinal                           (b. 1748 - d. 1829)
19 Jan 1803 -  4 Feb 1811  Erik friherre von Nolcken          (b. 1763 - d. 1834)
                             (acting to 1 Mar 1805)
 4 Feb 1811 - 12 Jan 1838  Axel greve De la Gardie            (b. 1772 - d. 1838)
12 Jan 1838 - 22 Dec 1851  Georg Ludvig von Rosen             (b. 1786 - d. 1857)
                             (acting to 12 Oct 1838)
 8 May 1852 - 27 Jul 1856  Knut Axel greve Posse              (b. 1796 - d. 1856)
                             (acting to 12 Apr 1853)
19 Sep 1856 - 19 Nov 1859  Georg Gabriel Emil von Troil       (b. 1800 - d. 1859)
13 Jan 1860 - 24 Aug 1866  Axel Ludvig friherre Rappe         (b. 1800 - d. 1875)
 6 Nov 1866 - 23 Apr 1883  Axel greve Trolle-Wachtmeister     (b. 1812 - d. 1907)
23 Apr 1883 - 29 Jan 1905  Magnus greve De la Gardie          (b. 1839 - d. 1905)
 8 Feb 1905 -  5 Jul 1923  Gerard Louis friherre De Geer af
                             Finspång                         (b. 1854 - d. 1935)
27 Oct 1920 - 14 Feb 1921  Ivan Frithiof Regner               (b. 1866 - d. 1942)
                             (acting for
De Geer af Finspång)
 5 Jul 1923 - 30 Sep 1938  Johan Nilsson                      (b. 1873 - d. 1963)
 1 Oct 1938 - 30 Sep 1947  Alvar Elis "Allan" Rodhe           (b. 1882 - d. 1964)
 1 Oct 1947 - 31 Jul 1963  Per Valdemar Nikolaus Westling     (b. 1900 - d. 1963)
 1 Feb 1964 - 31 Oct 1979  Bengt Axel Wilhelm Petri           (b. 1913 - d. 2006)
 1 Nov 1979 - 31 Dec 1984  Carl Lennart Sandgren              (b. 1926 - d. 2009)

1985 - 1989                Kurt Einar Anders Larsson          (b. 1925 - d. 2018)
1990 - 1996                Runa Anita Elisabet Bråkenhielm (f)(b. 1937)
1996 - 31 Dec 1996         Hans Gunnar Blom (acting)          (b. 1938)



Kronoberg 

[Flag of the County of
                        Kronoberg (Sweden)]
Adopted 6 Oct 1944

1634                       County of Jönköping and Kronoberg (Jonköpings och Kronobergs län)
                             (existed 1634-36, 1654-58, 1669-74, 1680-87).
1687                       County of Kronoberg (Kronobergs län), an independent county.

Governors
1634 - 1636 Bengt Erlandsson Kafle (b. 1580 - d. 1636)
(in Smålands, Jönköpings & Kronobergs län)
1636 - 1653 Bengt Bagge af Berga (b. 1594 - d. 1660)
(in Smålands, Jönköpings & Kronobergs län to 1639;
in Kronobergs län 1639-1653)
10 Jan 1653 - 14 Jan 1654 Mauritz Holst (b. 1603 - d. 1655)
1655 - 1657 Gabriel Gyllenankar (b. 1611 - d. 1657)
1657 - 1664 Mauritz Nilsson Posse af Säby (b. 1632 - d. 1702)
1670 - 1672 Gustaf Ribbing (b. 1613 - d. 1693)
(in Jönköpings & part of Kronobergs län 1670-1672)
1672 - 1674 Hans Georg Mörner af Morlanda, d.ä.(b. 1623 - d. 1685)
(in Jönköpings & part of Kronobergs län)
(1st time)
1674 - 1676 Jakob Fleming (b. 1640 - d. 1689)
1676 - 1679 Gustaf Lilliecrona (b. 1623 - d. 1687)
1679 - 1685 Hans Georg Mörner af Morlanda, d.ä.(s.a.)
(in Jönköpings, Kronobergs & Kalmar län 1679-80;
in Jönköpings och Kronobergs län 1680-85)
 (2nd time)
1685 - 1687 Robert friherre Lichton (b. 1631 - d. 1692)
(in Jönköpings och Kronobergs län 1685-87)
4 Aug 1687 - 1687 Jonas von Klingstedt (b. 1616 - d. 1691)
(until 14 Jan 1660, Jonas Klingius)
16 Sep 1687 - 9 Jul 1701 Åke friherre Ulfsparre af Broxvik (b. 1630 - d. 1701) 6 Aug 1701 - 11 Nov 1710 Gustaf (from 30 Aug 1710, friherre) von Faltzburg (b. 1650 - d. 1719) 11 Nov 1710 - 10 Jun 1718 Axel Banér (b. 1661 - d. 1742) 24 Dec 1718 - 27 Apr 1719 Olof Törnflycht (b. 1680 - d. 1737) 28 Apr 1719 - 3 Aug 1727 Jakob (from 23 May 1719, friherre) Cronstedt (b. 1668 - d. 1751) 14 Aug 1727 - 27 Feb 1729 Johan "Hans" Brauner (b. 1668 - d. 1743) 27 Feb 1729 - 19 Dec 1746 Anders friherre Koskull (b. 1677 - d. 1746) 30 Jan 1747 - 6 Mar 1758 Gustaf Fredrik Rothlieb (b. 1686 - d. 1758) 3 May 1758 - 11 Apr 1763 Peter friherre von Psilander (b. 1702 - d. 1776) 11 Apr 1763 - 27 May 1769 Joakim Beck-Friis (b. 1722 - d. 1797) 28 Jun 1769 - 6 Feb 1776 Adam Johan (from 15 Oct 1771, friherre) Raab (b. 1703 - d. 1776) 30 Apr 1776 - 15 May 1782 Olof (from 27 Dec 1778, friherre) von Nackreij (b. 1728 - d. 1783) 15 May 1782 - 16 Dec 1787 Salomon Hederstierna (b. 1726 - d. 1808) 16 Dec 1787 - 15 Jul 1793 Göran Henrik friherre Falkenberg af Trystorp (b. 1746 - d. 1803) 15 Jul 1793 - 9 May 1827 Carl Stellan greve Mörner af Morlanda (b. 1761 - d. 1834) 9 May 1827 - 5 May 1863 Carl greve Mörner af Morlanda (b. 1792 - d. 1870)
1863 - 1864 Carl Johan Thyselius (b. 1811 - d. 1891)
1864 - 1875 Gustaf "Gösta" Lorentz Munthe (b. 1809 - d. 1889)
1875 - 1888 Gunnar Wennerberg (b. 1817 - d. 1901)
3 Apr 1888 - 6 May 1898 Gustaf Harald greve Spens (b. 1827 - d. 1914)
6 May 1898 - 3 Dec 1909 Charles Emil von Oelreich (b. 1839 - d. 1911)
3 Dec 1909 - 1925 Alexis Hammarström (b. 1858 - d. 1936)
1917 Knut Archibald Hamilton (b. 1855 - d. 1930)
(acting for Hammarström)
1925 - 31 Mar 1944 Einar August Beskow (b. 1880 - d. 1946)
1929 - 1930 Mortimer Munck af Rosenschöld (b. 1873 - d. 1942)
(acting for Beskow)
 1 Apr 1944 - 30 Jun 1946 Erik Axel Fredrik Lundh (b. 1895 - d. 1967)
1 Jul 1946 - 31 Dec 1964 Thorwald Erik Natanael Bergquist (b. 1899 - d. 1972)
1 Jan 1965 - 31 Dec 1970 Nils Gunnar Helén (b. 1918 - d. 2002)
1970 - 1971 Per Anders Bjering (b. 1919 - d. 1998)
(acting for Helén)
 1 Jan 1971 - 30 Sep 1977 Lars Magnus Eliasson (b. 1914 - d. 2002)
1 Oct 1977 - 31 Dec 1982 Astrid Margareta Kristensson (f) (b. 1917 - d. 2000)
1 Jan 1983 - 30 Jun 1988 Britt Emma Tora Mogård (f) (b. 1922 - d. 2012)
1 Jul 1988 - 31 Jul 1995 Sten Gustaf Wickbom (b. 1931 - d. 2015)
1 Aug 1995 - 31 Mar 2002 Paul Lennart "Wiggo" Komstedt (b. 1937 - d. 2010)
1 Apr 2002 - 31 Dec 2006 Lars-Åke Lagrell (b. 1940 - d. 2020)
1 Jan 2007 - 30 Sep 2007 Claes Sjöblom (acting) (b. 1941)
1 Oct 2007 - 30 Sep 2016 Kristina Marie Alsér (f) (b. 1956)
1 Oct 2016 - 31 Jan 2017 Per Anders Daniel Flanking (acting)(b. 1957)
1 Feb 2017 - 31 Oct 2019 Ingrid Kristina Burman (f) (b. 1952)
1 Nov 2019 - 31 Jan 2020 Kristina Zetterström (f) (acting)
1 Feb 2020 - Maria Elisabet Wallgren Arnholm (f)(b. 1958)


Malmöhus

[former County of
                        Malmöhus 1939-1997 (Sweden)]
24 Nov 1939 - 1 Jan 1997

26 Feb 1658                Ceded to Sweden by Denmark in the Treaty of Roskilde.
1658 - 1669                Subordinated to the government-general of Skane, Halland, and
                             Blekinge.

27 Jun 1676 -  4 Dec 1676  Occupied by Denmark.
1676 - 1719
                Subordinated to the government-general of Skane, Halland, and
                             Blekinge (from 4 Sep 1680, Skane, Halland, and Bohuslän).
1719                       County of Malmöhus
(Malmöhus län).
 1 Jan 1997                Merged into County of Skåne

County chiefs (title Länshövding)
1659 - 1665                Johan Hård af Segerstad            (b. 1617 - d. 1691)
                             (länshövding over part of Malmöhus län)
1666 - 1677                Augustin Leijonsköld               (b. 1634 - d. 1682)
                             (
länshövding over Helsingborgs, Landskrona
                             and part of Malmöhus län)
Governors (title Landshövding)
 9 May 1719 - 31 Jul 1727  Carl Gustaf friherre Hård          (b. 1674 - d. 1744)
14 Aug 1727 - 26 Jul 1737  Johan friherre Cronman             (b. 1662 - d. 1737)
15 Aug 1737 - 18 Nov 1740  Wilhelm friherre Bennet            (b. 1677 - d. 1740)
12 Dec 1740 -  1 Sep 1754  Carl Georg friherre Siöblad        (b. 1683 - d. 1754)
1754 -  6 Dec 1763         Georg Bogislaus friherre Staël von
                             Holstein                         (b. 1685 - d. 1763)
14 Feb 1764 - 20 Jan 1769  Carl friherre Adlerfelt            (b. 1719 - d. 1769)
21 Mar 1769 - 28 Jul 1772  Johan greve Cronhielm af Flosta    (b. 1707 - d. 1782)
 3 Aug 1772 - 17 Aug 1772  Reinhold Johan friherre von Lingen (b. 1708 - d. 1785)
17 Aug 1772 - 29 Jul 1776  Bengt Gustaf greve Frölich         (b. 1715 - d. 1783)
 2 Aug 1776 - 22 May 1794  Tage (from 27 Dec 1778, friherre)
                             Thott                            (b. 1739 - d. 1824)
22 May 1794 - 15 Jan 1812  Gustaf greve von Rosen             (b. 1758 - d. 1815)
 5 Jun 1812 - 19 Jun 1829  Wilhelm (from 8 Aug 1815,
                             friherre) af Klinteberg          (b. 1759 - d. 1829)
 9 Sep 1829 - 21 Feb 1831  Jean Albrecht Berg von Linde       (b. 1793 - d. 1857)
                             (acting)
21 Feb 1831 - 17 Nov 1833  Magnus friherre Stackelberg        (b. 1788 - d. 1833)
                             (acting to 26 Feb 1831)
12 Apr 1834 - 28 Nov 1851  Fredrik greve Posse                (b. 1785 - d. 1853)
                             (acting to 7 Mar 1835)
28 Nov 1851 -  8 Apr 1874  Samuel von Troil                   (b. 1804 - d. 1880)
                             (acting to 19 Apr 1853)
 8 Apr 1874 - 20 May 1880  Axel Gustaf Adlercreutz            (b. 1821 - d. 1880)
25 Jun 1880 - 10 Mar 1892  Gotthard greve Wachtmeister af
                             Johannishus                      (b. 1834 - d. 1920)
22 Apr 1892 - 14 Feb 1902  Robert Dickson                     (b. 1843 - d. 1924)
14 Feb 1902 -  9 Jul 1909  Gustaf Tornérhjelm                 (b. 1854 - d. 1934)
 9 Jul 1909 - 26 Sep 1925  Robert greve De la Gardie          (b. 1858 - d. 1937)
26 Sep 1925 - 31 Dec 1938  Fredrik friherre Ramel             (b. 1872 - d. 1947)
 7 Jun 1930 - 31 Dec 1931  Gert Eiserman (acting for Ramel)   (b. 1863 - d. 1948)
 1 Jan 1932 - 24 Sep 1932  Hjalmar Kjäll (acting for Ramel)   (b. 1878 - d. 1948)
 1 Jan 1939 - 31 Jan 1952  Arthur Thomson                     (b. 1891 - d. 1977)
 1 Feb 1952 - 24 Jan 1953  Allan Vougt                        (b. 1895 - d. 1953)
 1 May 1953 - 31 Oct 1961  Gustav Adolf Widell                (b. 1907 - d. 1961)
24 Nov 1961 - 30 Nov 1973  Gösta Netzén                       (b. 1908 - d. 1984)
 1 Dec 1973 - 31 Mar 1984  Nils Hörjel                        (b. 1917 - d. 2006)
 1 Apr 1984 - 28 Feb 1993  Bertil Göransson                   (b. 1933 - d. 1999)
 1 Sep 1993 - 31 Dec 1996  Ann-Cathrine Haglund (f)           (b. 1937)


Närke och Värmland: see Örebro



Norrbotten (North Bothnia) 
 
[Flag of the County of Norrbotten, 1949-1995
                      (Sweden)]
18 Jun 1949 - Apr 1995
[Flag of Norrbotten county
                      (Sweden)]
Adopted Apr 1995

21 May 1810                County of Norrbotten (Norrbottens län), created 
                             from part of Västerbotten county.

Governors
1810 - 1816                Per Adolf Ekorn                    (b. 1758 - d. 1819)
1816 - 1821                Georg Adolf friherre Koskull       (b. 1780 - d. 1829)
1821 - 1825                Paul Öhrvall                       (b. 1776 - d. 1850)
                             (from 1826, Paul Sandelhielm) 

1825 - 1836                Carl Georg greve Sparre af         (b. 1790 - d. 1852)
                             Söfdeborg              
1836 - 10 Apr 1849         Carl August von Hedenberg          (b. 1784 - d. 1850)
1849 - 1856                Hans Samuel "Knut" friherre        (b. 1809 - d. 1879)
                             Åkerhielm af Blombacka
1856 - 1859                Axel Emanuel Ros                   (b. 1806 - d. 1887) 
1859 - 1861                Per Henrik Widmark                 (b. 1800 - d. 1861)
1861 - 1873                Sven Peter Bergman                 (b. 1806 - d. 1878) 
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 Isak Anders Johan Bergström   (b. 1858 - d. 1937)
1911 - 1917                Oscar Fredrik von Sydow            (b. 1873 - d. 1936)
28 Feb 1914 - 1917         Walter Murray                      (b. 1871 - d. 1957)
                             (acting for von Sydow)
 3 Jul 1917 - 1928         Carl Gösta Oskar Malm              (b. 1873 - d. 1965)

 5 Nov 1920 - 13 Oct 1921  Nils Gustaf Ringstrand             (b. 1863 - d. 1935)
                             (acting for Malm)
24 Apr 1923 - 30 Sep 1923  Nils Gustaf Ringstrand             (s.a.)
                             (acting for Malm)
1923 - 1924                Einar August Beskow                (b. 1880 - d. 1946)
                             (acting for Malm)
1928 - 1937                August Bernhard Gärde              (b. 1877 - d. 1970)
 
1 Nov 1937 - 31 Jul 1947  David Hansén                       (b. 1880 - d. 1957)
 1 Aug 1947 - 21 Dec 1952  Oskar Wilhelm Lövgren              (b. 1888 - d. 1952) 
1953 - 10 May 1957         Tord Folke Thunborg                (b. 1909 - d. 1957) 
 1 Jul 1957 -  1 Jul 1966  Hans Manfred Eugen Näslund         (b. 1899 - d. 1988) 
1966 - 1982                Isak Ragnvald "Ragnar" Lassinantti (b. 1915 - d. 1985) 
1982 - 1985                Erik Martin Hammarsten             (b. 1927 - d. 1985) 
1985 - 1991                Curt Birger Boström                (b. 1926 - d. 2014)
1992 - 1995                Gunnar Brodin                      (b. 1931 - d. 2009)
1995 - 1998                Björn Folke Rosengren              (b. 1942)
1998 - 2003                Kari Kalevi Marklund               (b. 1938 - d. 2018)
2003 - 2012                Per-Ola Anders Eriksson            (b. 1946)
 1 Oct 2012 - 31 Jan 2018  Sven-Erik Österberg                (b. 1955)
 1 Feb 2018 - 31 May 2018  Johan Antti (acting)               (b. 1962)
 1 Jun 2018 - 31 Jan 2021  Björn Olof Nilsson                 (b. 1956)
 1 Feb 2021 -              Eva Sofia Katarina "Lotta"         (b. 1958)
                             Finstorp (f)


Norrland

1620                       County of Norrland (Norrlands län)(or ståthållardömet Norrland).
29 Jul 1634                Divided into Västernorrland and Västerbotten. 

Governors (title Ståthållare över Norrland)
1620 - 1622                Christoffer von Wernstedt          (b. 1542 - d. 1617)
1622 - 1630                Johan Månsson Ulfsparre
1631                       Ernst (Erensgisle) Larsson Creutz  (d. 1635)
1634                       Stellan Otto von Mörner            (b. 1580 - d. 1645)



Öland

[Flag of Öland
                        (Sweden)]Adopted 1560

1819                       County of Öland (Ölandlän) separated from part of Kalmar.
1825                       Re-incorporated into Kalmar.

Governors
1819 - 1821                Axel Adlersparre                   (b. 1763 - d. 1838)
1821 - 1825                Ulrik Gustaf Lindencrona (acting)  (b. 1785 - d. 1846)



Örebro 

 
[Flag of Närke county,
                      1560-1779 (Sweden)]
1560 - 1779  Närke
[Flag of the County of Örebro (Sweden)]
Adopted 15 Jul 1944

29 Jul 1634                County of Örebro (Örebro län).
1634 - 1639                Part of Närke and Värmland county (Närkes och Värmlands län).
1654 - 1779                Part of Närke and Värmland county.

Governors (of Närkes och Värmland 1634-1639 and 1654-1779)
1634 - 1648                Gustaf Eriksson Leijonhufvud       (b. 1597 - d. 1658)
1648 - 1653                Krister (Christer) Bonde           (b. 1621 - d. 1659)
1653 - 1658                Gustaf Soop af Limingo
            (b. 1624 - d. 1679)
1658 - 1676                Abraham Gustavsson Leijonhufvud
   (b. 1627 - d. 1676)  
1676 - 1677                Jakob Fleming                      (b. 1640 - d. 1689)
1677 - 1680                Mårten Reutercrantz                (b. 1635 - d. 1680)
1680 - 1681                Claes Hermansson Fleming af        (b. 1649 - d. 1685)
                             Liebelitz
1681 - 1685                G
ustaf Lilliecrona                 (b. 1623 - d. 1687)
1685 - 1693                Didrik Wrangel af Adinal           (b. 1637 - d. 1706)
1693 - 29 Oct 1706         Fromhold friherre Fägerskiöld      (b. c.1636 - d. 1706)
1707 - 1714                Salomon friherre Cronhielm         (b. 1666 - d. 1724)
1714 - 1719                Claes friherre Ekeblad, d.ä.       (b. 1669 - d. 1737)
1719 - 1729                Conrad friherre Ribbing af Zernava (b. 1671 - d. 1736)
1729 - 1739                Erik Wrangel friherre af Lindeberg (b. 1686 - d. 1765)
1739 - 1756                Nils Esbjörnsson friherre von      (b. 1676 - d. 1756)
                             Reuterholm

1756                       Johan Råfelt                       (b. 1712 - d. 1763)
1759 - 1766                Adolf greve Mörner af Morlanda     (b. 1705 - d. 1766)
1766 - 1780                Johan Abraham friherre Hamilton af (b. 1734 - d. 1795)
                             Hageby    
1780 - 1796                Evert August Franc                 (b. 1729 - d. 1800)
1796 - 1801                Carl Didrik friherre Hamilton af   (b. 1766 - d. 1848)
                             Hageby     
1801 - 1816                Salomon (from 1810, friherre)      (b. 1764 - d. 1850)
                             Löfvenskjöld                     

1817 - 1834                Nils greve Gyldenstolpe            (b. 1768 - d. 1844)
                             (acting to 1817)
28 Aug 1834 -  1 Jan 1836  Wilhelm Albrecht Dorchimont        (b. 1783 - d. 1861)

                             (acting)
1836 - 1856                Erik Johan Bergenschöld            (b. 1785 - d. 1865)
                             (Bergenskjöld)  

1856 - 1876                Johan Carl friherre Åkerhielm af   (b. 1807 - d. 1879) 
                             Margrethelund                 
1876 - 1893                Per Axel Bergström                 (b. 1823 - d. 1893) 
1893 - 1904                Axel Gabriel Johan Svedelius       (b. 1836 - d. 1924) 
1904 - 1911                Carl Fredrik Theodor Nordström     (b. 1843 - d. 1920) 
1911 - 1925                Karl Johan Bergström               (b. 1858 - d. 1937) 
1925 - 1928                Gustaf Henning Elmquist            (b. 1871 - d. 1933)
1928 - 1947                Bror Carl Hasselrot                (b. 1882 - d. 1951) 
1947 - 1960                Karl Johan Olsson                  (b. 1893 - d. 1980) 
1961 - 1971                Valter Oskar Åman                  (b. 1905 - d. 1998) 
1971 - 1980                Sune Harald Aronsson               (b. 1913 - d. 1981)
 1 Oct 1980 -  9 Nov 1980  Ove Roger Salomon Sundelius        (b. 1921 - d. 2015)
                             (acting)

1980 - 1989                Elvy Eleonora Olsson (f)           (b. 1923 - d. 2022)
1989 - 1994                Mauritz Sigvard Marjasin           (b. 1929 - d. 2021) 
 1 Nov 1994 - 14 Jan 1995  Lars Östring (1st time) (acting)   (b. 1946)
15 Jan 1995 - 14 Jan 2004  Gerd Birgitta Engman (f)           (b. 1942 - d. 2019)
15 Jan 2004 - 20 Apr 2004  Lars Östring (2nd time) (acting)   (s.a.)
21 Apr 2004 - 31 Aug 2008  Sören Gösta Eskil Gunnarsson       (b. 1943 - d. 2015)
 1 Sep 2008 - 31 Mar 2015  Ingegärd Rose-Marie Frebran (f)    (b. 1948)
 1 Apr 2015 -  4 May 2015  Kjell Unevik (acting)              (b. 1952)
 4 May 2015 - 31 Dec 2022  Ingrid Maria Larsson (f)           (b. 1956
)
 1 Jan 2023 - 28 Feb 2023  Anna Olofsson (f) (acting)         (b. 1973)
 1 Mar 2023 -              Lena Rådström Baastad (f)          (b. 1974)


Järle/Nora

16 Aug 1641                Järle län (created from Nora, Linde, Finnmarken and Grythyttan
                             in Värmland).
1642                       Renamed Nora län (also called Nora och Linde län).
1648                       Merged into Örebro län.

Governors 
1641 - 1644                Karl Philipsson Bonde              (b. 1581 - d. 1652)
1644 - 1648                Krister (Christer) Bonde           (b. 1621 - d. 1659)



Östergötland

[Flag of
                        Östergötland (Sweden)] Adopted 18 Jan 1884

29 Jul 1634                County of Linköping (Linköpings län).
1718                       Renamed County of Östergötland (Östergötlands län).

Governors
1634 - 1637                Knut Jöransson Posse af Hedensund
 (b. 1592 - d. 1664)
1637 - 1643                Schering Rosenhane                 (b. 1609 - d. 1663)
21 Jun 1643 - 1645         Johan Rosenhane (1st time)         (b. 1611 - d. 1661)
1645 - 1650                Jakob Johansson Skytte af Duderhof (b. 1616 - d. 1654)
1650 - 1654                Johan Nilsson Gyllenstierna, d.y.  (b. 1617 - d. 1690)
1654                       Anders Månsson Gyldenklou          (b. 1602 - d. 1665)
1654 - 1655                Axel Karlsson Sparre af Rossvik
   (b. 1620 - d. 1679)
 2 Jul 1655 - 1658         Johan Rosenhane (2nd time)         (s.a.)
1658 - 1664                Gustaf Kurck friherre Lämpelä
      (b. 1624 - d. 1689)
1664 - 1678                Anders Lilliehöök af Fårdala
      (b. 1635 - d. 1685)
1678 - 1687                Axel Eriksson
Stålarm              (b. 1630 - d. 1702)
1687 - 1693                Erik Olofsson Lovisin              (b. c.1645 - d. 1693)
1693                       Håkan Fägerstierna                 (b. 1635 - d. 1639)
1693 - 1701                Lars friherre Eldstierna           (b. 1626 - d. 1701)
1702 - 1706                Mårten (from 1705, friherre)       (b. 1646 - d. 1706)
                             Trotzig                   
1706 - 1710                Jakob Burensköld                   (b. 1655 - d. 1738)
1710 - 1714                Johan (from 1713, friherre)        (b. 1655 - d. 1732)
                             Lillienstedt            
1714 - 1718                Anders Leijonhielm                 (b. 1655 - d. 1727)
1718 - 1721                Gustaf greve Bonde af Björnö       (b. 1682 - d. 1764)
1721 - 1727                Ernst Johan greve Creutz           (b. 1675 - d. 1742)
1727 - 1736                Erik Gammal (from 1731, friherre)  (b. 1673 - d. 1737)
                             Ehrenkrona             
1736 - 1747                Christer Henrik friherre           (b. 1679 - d. 1750)
                             d'Albedyhll            
1748 - 1769                Gustaf Adolf (from 1766, friherre) (b. 1693 - d. 1769)
                             Lagerfelt                       
1769 - 1775                Carl Harald friherre Strömfelt     (b. 1709 - d. 1775)
1775 - 1783                Fredric Ulric greve Reenstierna    (b. 1722 - d. 1783)
1783 - 1810                Fredrik Georg friherre Strömfelt   (b. 1738 - d. 1814)
                             (from 1799, Fredrik Georg greve
                             Strömfelt
)                       
1810 - 1817                Johan Adam greve Cronstedt         (b. 1749 - d. 1836)
1817 - 1826                Baltzar August Carl von Nieroth    (b. 1767 - d. 1842)
                             (from 1818, Baltzar August Carl friherre Nieroth)

1826 - 1835                Gustaf Wathier greve Hamilton      (b. 1783 - d. 1835)
1836 - 1851                Carl Otto friherre Palmstierna     (b. 1790 - d. 1878)
1851 - 1858                Henning Ludvig Hugo greve Hamilton (b. 1814 - d. 1886)
                             (acting to 27 Mar 1852)
1858 - 1867                Curt Gustaf friherre af Ugglas     (b. 1820 - d. 1895)
1867 - 1901                Robert greve de la Gardie          (b. 1823 - d. 1916)
                             (acting to 3 Aug 1869)
1901 - 1912                Ludvig Wilhelm August greve Douglas(b. 1849 - d. 1916)

1912 - 1930                Eric Birger Trolle                 (b. 1863 - d. 1934)
1930 - 1941                Karl Edvard Tiselius               (b. 1875 - d. 1954)
1941 - 1956                Carl friherre Hamilton af Hageby   (b. 1890 - d. 1977)
1956 - 1980                Per Axel Eckerberg                 (b. 1913 - d. 1990)
1980 - 1987                Sven Göte Svenson                  (b. 1924 - d. 2013)
1987 - 1996                Rolf Gustaf Stefan Wirtén          (b. 1931 - d. 2023)
1996 - 31 Aug 2009         Björn Gustaf Eriksson              (b. 1945)
 1 Sep 2009 -  6 Jun 2010  Magnus Holgersson (acting)         (b. 1948)
 7 Jun 2010 - 31 Aug 2018  Marie Elisabeth Nilsson (f)        (b. 1953)
 1 Sep 2018 -              Carl Fredrik Alexander Graf        (b. 1959)


Vadstena

14..                       Vadstena castle county (Vadstena slottslän).
1547                       Vadstena County (
Vadstena län).
23 Nov 1660 - 24 Nov 1715  Given as a domain (livgeding) to Dowager Queen Hedvig
                             Eleonora (b. 1636 - d. 1715).

1655                       Merged into Östergötland.
27 Apr 1719                Separate administration terminated.

Governors
(Ståthållare)
1525                       Anders Eriksson
1525                       Germund Pedersson
1533                       Peder Andersson
1547 - 1554                Jochim (Joakim) Bulgrin            (d. 1561)
1549 - 1552                Abraham Eriksson Leijonhufvud      (b. 1512/13 - d. 1556)
13 Mar 1552 - Dec 1555     Måns Johansson Natt och Dag till
  (b. c.1500 - d. 1555)
                             Brokind
                           - jointly with Bulgrin and Bielke -
13 Mar 1552 - c.1554       Axel Eriksson Bielke               (b. c.1500 - d. 1559)
1559 - 15..                Joen Carlsson till Mem             (d. 1569)
1564 - 1567                Göran Eriksson Gyllenstierna       (b. 1498 - d. 1576)
1567? - 12 Jul 1568        Arvid Nilsson
                             (appointed by King Erik)

1568                       Johan Bagge af Boo                 (b. c.1548 - d. 1636)
10 Nov 1567 - 1569         Jakob Turesson Rosengren           (d. 1571)
18 Dec 1569 - 1570         Göran Eriksson Ulfsparre           (b. 1544 - d. 1612)
20 Feb 1570 - 24 May 1571  Gustav Olofsson till Torpa (acting)(b. 1502 - d. 1571)
                             (= Gustaf Olofsson Stenbock den yngre)

1571 - 1589                Palne Eriksson Rosenstråle         (d. 1596)
                             (befallningsman)
23 Nov 1571 - 25 Sep 1572  Johan Siggesson till Svartingstorp
(d. c.1580)
1573 - 1574                Bengt Carlsson
1574 - 1576                Johan Axelsson (Bielke)            (d. 1576)
24 Jul 1574 - 1576         Anders Keit, friherre till Finstad (d. 1578)

                             (assisting Johan Bielke)
 2 Mar 1576 - 1596         Arvid Gustafsson Stenbock          (b. 1541 - d. c.1609)
22 Sep 1577 - 1581?        Per Ribbing (1st time)
                             (assistant to Stenbock)

1586 - 1589                Göran Stake (assistant to Stenbock)
25 Apr 1594 - 1611         Nils Arvidsson Gyllenållon till    (d. 1611)
                             Medhamra (befallningsman)
13 Dec 1594 - 1595         Ture Jakobsson Rosengren           (b. 1548 - d. 1611)
                           + Erik Jönsson Lillie
             (d. 1611)
 6 Mar 1597 - 1598         Torsten Kristoffersson
                             (befallningsman)
1598 - 1603                Börje (Birger) Jönsson Rosenstrale (b. 1567 - d. 1624)
1603 - 1605?               Per Ribbing (2nd time)
10 Feb 1605 - 1613?        Lindorm Ribbing (1st time)         (b. 1659 - d. 1627)
1613 - 1617                Jöns Nilsson Jacobsköld (1st time) (b. 1569 - d. 1633)
1618 - 1621                Lindorm Ribbing (2nd time)         (s.a.)
1621 - 1633?               Jöns Nilsson Jacobsköld (2nd time) (s.a.)
1633 - 1640                Johan Brun (befallningsman)
 6 Jun 1640 - 12 May 1646  Claude de Laval (hauptman)         (b. 1589 - d. 1646)
30 Jul 1646 - 1651         David Dachsberg
(hauptman)         (b. c.1610 - d. 1667)
24 Apr 1651 - 1654         Adolf Johan hertig av Stegeborg,   (b. 1629 - d. 1689)
                             greve av Pfalz-Zweibrücken  
1655 - 27 Apr 1719        
the governors of Gripsholm



Skåne 
 
[Armorial Flag of County of Skane (Sweden)]
County Adopted 1997
[Region of Skane armorial
                      flag (Sweden)]
Region Adopted 9 Feb 1999
[Skane Regional
                          Flag (Sweden)]
Region Flag Adopted 29 Nov 2017

 1 Jan 1997                County of Scania (Skånes län), created by merger 
                             of Kristianstad and Malmöhus counties.

Governors
1997 - 31 Dec 2005         Bengt Holgersson                   (b. 1941)
 1 Jan 2006 - 30 Jun 2006  Lise-Lotte Reiter (f) (acting)     (b. 1948)
 1 Jul 2006 - 31 Aug 2012  Göran Magnus Tunhammar             (b. 1946)
 1 Sep 2012 - 31 Jul 2016  Ingegerd "Margareta" Pålsson (f)   (b. 1949)
 1 Aug 2016 - 30 Sep 2016  Göran Enander (acting)             (b. 1955)
 1 Oct 2016 -              Anneli Maria Hulthén (f)           (b. 1960)



Skaraborg

[Flag of
                          Skaraborg county 1942-1998 (Sweden)]
5 Sep 1942 - 1 Jan 1998
29 Jul 1634                County of Skaraborg (Skaraborgs län).
 1 Jan 1998                Part of Västra Götaland.

Governors
1634 - 1636                Nils Turesson Bielke               (b. 1569 - d. 1639)
1636 - 1648                Carl Siggesson Rosendufva          (b. 1591 - d. 1653)
1648 - 1657                Harald Stake                       (b. 1598 - d. 1677)
1657 - 1660                Erik Carlsson Oxenstierna af Ekna  (b. 1616 - d. 1662)
                             o Lindö
1660 - 1668                Thord Ulfsson Bonde                (b. 1619 - d. 1683)
1668 - 1683                Gabriel friherre Kurck             (b. 1630 - d. 1712)
1683 - 1690                Peter (from 1687, friherre)        (b. 1631 - d. 1701)
                             Örneklou
1690 - 1693                Polykarpus Crumbügel friherre      (b. 1629 - d. 1698)
                             Cronhielm
1693 - 1695                ....
1695 - 20 Apr 1707         Harald (from 24 Oct 1696, friherre)(b. 1639 - d. 1707)
                             Strömfelt                
12 Aug 1707 -  4 Nov 1711  Carl Gustaf friherre Soop af       (b. 1659 - d. 1711)
                             Limingo                   
18 Dec 1711 - 1716         Germund Cederhielm, d.ä.           (b. 1635 - d. 1719)
1716                       Germund friherre Cederhielm, d.y.  (b. 1661 - d. 1741)
1716 - 1723                Pehr "Peter" (from 1719, friherre) (b. 1657 - d. 1731)
                             Scheffer                         
1723 - 1727                Gustaf Classon friherre Rålamb     (b. 1675 - d. 1750)
1727 - 1729                Erik Wrangel friherre af Lindeberg (b. 1686 - d. 1765)
1729 - 1733                Gustaf (from 1731, friherre)       (b. 1680 - d. 1744)
                             Palmfelt                   
 6 Aug 1733 -  9 Oct 1735  Frans Joachim friherre Ehrenstrahl (b. 1670 - d. 1735)
1735 - 1748                Gabriel Henriksson friherre        (b. 1685 - d. 1756)
                             Falkenberg af Trystorp           
1748 - 1761                Gabriel Gabrielsson friherre       (b. 1716 - d. 1782)
                             Falkenberg af Trystorp    
1761 - 1778                Adam Otto greve Lagerberg          (b. 1726 - d. 1798)
1778 - 1784                Claes Erik friherre Silfverhielm   (b. 1725 - d. 1792)
1784 - 1796                Claes Julius greve Ekeblad         (b. 1742 - d. 1808)
1796 - 1810                Johan Adam Hierta                  (b. 1749 - d. 1816)
1810 - 1824                Georg friherre Adlersparre (from   (b. 1760 - d. 1835)
                             1816, Georg greve Adlersparre)  
1824 - 1831                Arvid Mauritz greve Posse          (b. 1792 - d. 1850)
1831 - 1837                Carl Henrik Gyllenhaal             (b. 1788 - d. 1857)
                             (acting to 20 Jan 1832)
 1 Sep 1837 - 1851         Wilhelm Albrecht Dorchimont        (b. 1783 - d. 1861)
                             (acting to 9 Mar 1838)
1851 - 1857                Anders Peter Sandströmer           (b. 1804 - d. 1857)
1857 - 1866                Jonas Waern                        (b. 1799 - d. 1868)
1866 - 1879                Carl Johan Malmsten                (b. 1814 - d. 1886)
1879 - 1906                Cornelius Alexander Sjöcrona       (b. 1835 - d. 1917)
1906 - 1917                Fabian friherre de Geer af         (b. 1850 - d. 1934)
                             Finspång           
1917 - 1935                Axel Ekman i Finspång              (b. 1869 - d. 1939)
1935 - 1951                Carl Erik August Mannerfelt        (b. 1886 - d. 1951)
1951 - 1956                Johan Fritiof Domö                 (b. 1889 - d. 1961)
                             (to 1937 Johan Fritiof Gustafsson i Domö)
1956 - 1967                Bertil Albertsson Fallenius        (b. 1900 - d. 1990) 
1967 - 1986                Karl Axel Frithiof Frithiofson     (b. 1919 - d. 2009)
1986 - 1990                Nils Lennart Helge Orehag          (b. 1925 - d. 2012)
1991 - 31 Dec 1997         Nils Birger Bäckström              (b. 1937 - d. 2016)


Småland

29 Jul 1634 - 1639         Småland county (Smålands län)(including Jönköping and Kronoberg).
1679 - 1680                Småland county (restored)(including Jönköping, Kalmar and Kronoberg).

Governors
1634 - 1636                Bengt Erlandsson Kafle             (b. 1580 - d. 1636)
                             (in Smålands, Jönköpings & Kronobergs län)
1636 - 1639                Bengt Bagge af Berga               (b. 1594 - d. 1660)
                             (in Smålands, Jönköpings & Kronobergs län)
Governor
(title Landshövding i Smålands län, guvernör över Kalmar och Kronobergs län,
guvernör över Jönköpings län)
1679 - 1680                Hans Georg Mörner af Morlanda, d.ä.(b. 1623 - d. 1685)



Södermanland

[Flag of Södermanland
                        county (Sweden)] Adopted 1560

29 Jul 1634                County of Nyköping (Nyköpings län).
1683                      
County of Södermanland (Södermanlands län), created by merger
                             of Nyköping, Gripsholm, and Eskilstuna.

Governors
1634                       S
tellan Otto von Mörner            (b. 1580 - d. 1645)
1634 - 1637                Pehr Erlandsson Bååt, d.y.         (b. 1589 - d. 1654)
1637 - 1640                Knut Göransson Posse af Hedensund
  (b. 1592 - d. 1664)
29 Apr 1640 - 1648         Hans Rotkirch                      (b. 1595 - d. 1654)
                             (= Hans von Rothkirch)
1648 - 1653                Gustaf Bonde                       (b. 1620 - d. 1667)
1653 - 1657                Göran Bengtsson Sparre af Rossvik
  (b. 1611 - d. 1657)
1657 - 1678                Erik Carlsson Sparre               (b. 1628 - d. 1678)
1678 - 1693                Gabriel Falkenberg af Trustorp     (b. 1646 - d. 1714)    

1693 - 1710                Hans friherre Clerck               (b. 1639 - d. 1710)
1710 -  2 Apr 1714         Peder Franc                        (b. 1642 - d. 1714)
1714 - 1716                Pehr "Peter" Scheffer              (b. 1657 - d. 1731)
1716 - 1723                Germund friherre Cederhielm, d.y.  (b. 1661 - d. 1741)
1723 - 1727                Nils greve Gyllenstierna af        (b. 1670 - d. 1731)
                             Björksund och Helgö      
1727 - 1732                Michael friherre Törnflycht        (b. 1682 - d. 1738)
                             (from 1731, Michael greve Törnflycht)    
1732 - 23 Sep 1733         Jonas Fredrik friherre Örnfelt     (b. 1674 - d. 1733)
1733 - 1737                Olof greve Gyllenborg              (b. 1676 - d. 1737)
1737 - 1739                Carl Gustaf friherre Sparre        (b. 1689 - d. 1741)
1739 - 1750                Nils greve Bonde af Björnö         (b. 1685 - d. 1760)
1750 -  2 Apr 1751         Carl Mårten friherre Fleetwood     (b. 1705 - d. 1751)
1751 - 1761                Claes Gustaf friherre Rålamb       (b. 1705 - d. 1765)
1761 - 1769                Nils Adam greve Bielke             (b. 1724 - d. 1792)
1769                       Jeremias Wallén                    (b. 1693 - d. 1772)
1769 - 16 Apr 1791         Per Abraham Löth-Örnsköld (from    (b. 1720 - d. 1791)
                             1771, Per Abraham friherre
                             Örnsköld)
             
1792 - 1794                Carl Lagerbring                    (b. 1751 - d. 1822)
1794 - 23 Aug 1804         Salomon Jakob Gyllenadler          (b. 1752 - d. 1804)
1803 - 15 Feb 1815         Fabian Ulfsparre af Broxvik        (b. 1767 - d. 1842)
                             (acting [for Ulfsparre to 1804] to 1806)
1815 - 1824                Per Erik (from 1819, friherre)     (b. 1769 - d. 1826)
                             Skjöldebrand                      
1824 - 1832                Gustaf Abraham Peijron (Peyron)    (b. 1783 - d. 1852) 
                             (from 1825, Gustaf Abraham Peyron)
1833 - 1858                Gustaf Erik greve Frölich          (b. 1792 - d. 1860)
1858 - 1888                Gustaf "Gösta" greve Lagerbjelke   (b. 1817 - d. 1895)
1889 - 1894                Otto Hack Roland Printzsköld       (b. 1846 - d. 1930)
1894 - 1906                Filip August Boström               (b. 1843 - d. 1908)
1906 - 1927                Carl Lennart Adam Emanuel          (b. 1859 - d. 1944)
                             Reuterskiöld

1927 - 1935                Gustaf Robert Sederholm            (b. 1868 - d. 1939) 
1935 - 1958                Bo Gustaf Hjalmar Hammarskjöld     (b. 1891 - d. 1974)
1940 - 1944                Anders Victor Benedict Wijkman     (b. 1873 - d. 1954)
                             (acting for Hammarskjöld)
 1 Jul 1958 - 24 Nov 1958  Erik Gustaf Andersson              (b. 1895 - d. 1958) 
1958 - 1970                Ossian Alfons Sehlstedt            (b. 1904 - d. 1983)
1970 - 1980                Mats Herman Lemne                  (b. 1919 - d. 1997)
1980 - 1990                Bengt Teodor Gustavsson            (b. 1925 - d. 2021)
1990 - 1996                Stig Ivar Nordberg                 (b. 1933 - d. 2014) 
1996 - 31 Dec 2005         Bo Lindor Holmberg                 (b. 1942 - d. 2010)
 1 Jan 2006 - 30 Sep 2012  Bo Göran Könberg                   (b. 1945)
 1 Oct 2012 - 31 Dec 2019  Astrid Liselott Hagberg (f)        (b. 1958)
 1 Jan 2020 -              Eva Carin Beatrice Ask (f)         (b. 1956)


Eskilstuna

1620 - 24 Nov 1715         Part of domain (livgeding) given to the Dowager Queens of Sweden.
1620 - 28 Mar 1655         Given to
Dowager Queen Maria Eleonora (b. 1559 - d. 1655).
29 Jul 1634                Eskilstunahus County (Eskilstunahus län).
23 Nov 1660 - 24 Nov 1715  Given to Dowager Queen Hedvig Eleonora (b. 1636 - d. 1715).
1683                       Merged into
Södermanland.
27 Apr 1719                Separate administration terminated.

Governors of the Livgeding
1632 - 1634                Johan Casimir Lewenhaupt           (b. 1583 - d. 1634)
1634 - 1637                Otto von Scheiding                 (b. 1580 - d. 1651)
Mar 1637 - Aug 1639        Knut Posse                         (b. 1592 - d. 1664)
Aug 1640 - 1651?           Ifvar Nilsson Natt og Dag          (b. 1590 - d. 1651)
1652 - 1654                Carl Soop                          (b. 1621 - d. 1655)
1654 -  9 Dec 1655         Paul Khevenhüller                  (b. 1593 - d. 1655)
1655 - 1660?               Daniel Bengtsson Uttermarck        (b. 1617 - d. 1683)
1660 - 1665                Claus Christopher Lützow  till     (b. 1612 - d. 1669)
                             Eichfoff (hofmarskalk to 1662)

Governors-general of the Livgeding
17 Oct 1663 - 30 Nov 1679  Gustaf Soop, friherre till Limingo (b. 1624 - d. 1679)
30 Mar 1680 - 1719         Carl Gyllenstierna, greve till     (b. 1649 - d. 1723)
                            
Steninge 

Governors of the Eskilstunahus County
(subordinated to the Livgeding governors)
1655 - 1719                the governors of Gripsholm


Gripsholm

1620 - 24 Nov 1715         Part of domain (livgeding) given to the Dowager Queens of Sweden.
1620 - 28 Mar 1655         Given to
Dowager Queen Maria Eleonora (s.a.)
29 Jul 1634                Gripsholm County (Gripsholms län).
23 Nov 1660 - 24 Nov 1715  Given to Dowager Queen Hedvig Eleonora (s.a.)
1683                       Merged into Södermanland.
27 Apr 1719                Separate administration terminated.

Governors of Gripsholm, Eskilstuna, and Strömsholm Counties (in Gripsholm)
(subordinated to the Livgeding governors)
1629 - 1641?               Olof Christophersson
1641 -  8 Nov 1652         Christer Jacobsson Wiborg
          (b. c.1600 - d. 1652)
                             (Silfverax)

1652 - 1655                ....
 2 Jul 1655 - 31 Dec 1683  Daniel Bengtsson Uttermarck        (b. 1617 - d. 1683)
1683 - 1691                ....
 2 Jan 1691 - 1705         Johan von Westphal                 (b. 1636 - d. 1710)
1706 - 1707                Johan von Brehmer                  (b. 1677 - d. 1754)
1707 - 1719                Nils Gavelius (Nils Adelstierna)   (b. 1663 - d. 1734)



Stockholm
 
[Flag of County of
                        Stockholm, 1941-1968 (Sweden)]
7 Feb 1941 - 1968
[lag of the County of Stockholm (Sweden)]
Adopted 1968

1634 - 1641                Part of County of Uppland (Upplands län).
1641                       County of Stockholm (Stockholms län).
1649 - 1652                Part of County of Uppland.
1655 - 1714                Part of County of Uppland.

 1 Jan 1968                City of Stockholm united with the county. 

Governors
16 Aug 1641 - 1645         Ture Oxenstierna af Croneborg      (b. 1614 - d. 1669)
1645 - 1647                Axel Turesson
Natt och Dag         (b. 1621 - d. 1647)
1647 - 1649                Bengt Skytte af Duderhof           (b. 1614 - d. 1683)
1649 - 1651                Svante Larsson
friherre Sparre     (b. 1623 - d. 1652)
1652 - 1654                Lars Claesson friherre Fleming     (b. 1621 - d. 1699)
1654 - 1714                part of Uppland

1714 - 20 Dec 1717         Ture Stensson friherre Bielke      (b. 1655 - d. 1717)
1718                       Axel Claesson friherre Banér       (b. 1661 - d. 1742)
27 Apr 1719 - 1727         Olof friherre Törnflycht           (b. 1680 - d. 1737)
14 Aug 1727 - 1733         Frans Joachim (from 1731,          (b. 1670 - d. 1735)
                             friherre) Ehrenstrahl           
1733 - 1737                Gustaf friherre Palmfelt           (b. 1680 - d. 1744)
13 Dec 1737 -  4 Jan 1743  Otto Magnus Wolffelt               (b. 1663 - d. 1743)
1743 -  2 Nov 1750         Theodor Ankarcrona                 (b. 1687 - d. 1750)
1750 - 1751                Adolf greve Mörner af Morlanda     (b. 1705 - d. 1766)
21 Jan 1751 - 1762         Carl Broman                        (b. 1703 - d. 1784)
29 Jun 1762 - 23 Feb 1768  Carl Fredrik Nordenstam            (b. 1720 - d. 1768)
22 Nov 1768 - 16 Jun 1770  Carl Gustaf friherre von Liewen    (b. 1722 - d. 1770)
1770 - 1788                Jacob Johan greve Gyllenborg       (b. 1721 - d. 1788)
1788 - 1802                Samuel (from 1796, friherre; from
                             1799, greve) af Ugglas           (b. 1750 - d. 1812)
1802 -  2 Dec 1808         Per Eberhard "Evert" Georgii       (b. 1759 - d. 1808)
 2 Dec 1808 - 20 Dec 1810  Erik Adolf af Schenbom             (b. 1757 - d. 1811)
20 Dec 1810 -  6 Oct 1828  Daniel (from 1816, friherre)       (b. 1761 - d. 1828)
                             Edelcreutz               
1828 - 1830                Carl Johan af Nordin (acting)      (b. 1785 - d. 1850)
20 Apr 1830 - 1842         Claes Hans friherre Rålamb         (b. 1784 - d. 1867)
1842 - 1849                Claes Fredrik greve Horn af Åminne (b. 1791 - d. 1865)
                             (acting to 1843)
12 Jun 1849 -  5 Jul 1867  Gustaf Fredrik "Gösta" greve       (b. 1801 - d. 1869)
                            
Liljencrantz
1867 - 1888                Wilhelm Stråle af Ekna             (b. 1816 - d. 1902)
1888 - 1896                Oscar Robert Themptander           (b. 1844 - d. 1897)
 6 Oct 1896 - 25 Oct 1896  Victor Lennart Groll               (b. 1845 - d. 1896)
Nov 1896 - 1908            Paul Gustaf Waldemar Isberg        (b. 1848 - d. 1908)
1908 - 1919                Mauritz Reinhold Sahlin            (b. 1860 - d. 1927)
1919 - 1920                Daniel Ekelund (acting)            (b. 1857 - d. 1935)
 6 Mar 1920 - 11 Oct 1920  Per Alfred Petersson i Påboda      (b. 1860 - d. 1920)
1920 - 1938                Nils Edén                          (b. 1871 - d. 1945)
 1 Sep 1938 - Mar 1952     Karl Samuel Levinson               (b. 1885 - d. 1971)
1952 - 18 Sep 1958         Berndt Gunnar Emil Danielson       (b. 1901 - d. 1958)
1958 - 1968                Erik Alfred Westerlind             (b. 1914 - d. 1990)
1968 - 1971                Berndt Allan Nordenstam            (b. 1904 - d. 1982)
1971 - 1977                Hjalmar Leo Mehr                   (b. 1910 - d. 1979)
1977 - 1984                Nils Gunnar Helén                  (b. 1918 - d. 2002)
1985 - 1991                Carl Lennart Sandgren              (b. 1926 - d. 2009)
1992 - 2001                Ulf Adelsohn                       (b. 1941)
 1 Jan 2002 - 2006         Mats Johan Hellström               (b. 1942)
 1 Jan 2007 - 20 Sep 2011  Carl Gustav Per Unckel             (b. 1948 - d. 2011)
20 Sep 2011 - 31 Jan 2012  Katarina Kämpe (f) (acting)        (b. 1965)
 1 Feb 2012 - 31 Aug 2017  Gun Christina "Chris" Heister (f)  (b. 1950)
 1 Sep 2017 - 31 Jan 2018  Åsa Ryding (f) (acting)            (b. 1964)
 1 Feb 2018 - 28 Feb 2023  Sven-Erik Österberg                (b. 1955)
 1 Mar 2023 -              Anna Maria Kinberg Batra (f)       (b. 1970)


Stockholm (city)

[Flag of
                          Stockholm city 1934-1968 (Sweden)]
19 Jan 1934 - 1 Jan 1968

29 Jul 1634                Stockholm Governorate (Stockholms överståthållarskap).
 1 Jan 1968                Incorporated into Stockholm county.

Governors-general (överståthållaren)
1634 – 26 Jul 1644         Clas Larsson Fleming               (b. 1592 - d. 1644)
1645 – 1650                Knut Jöransson Posse af Hedensund  
(b. 1592 - d. 1664)
1650 – 1652                Herman Claesson friherre Fleming   (b. 1619 - d. 1673)
                             af Liebelitz
1652 –  5 Aug 1663         Schering Rosenhane                 (b. 1609 - d. 1663)
1664 – 1665                Claes Åkesson Tott, d.y.           (b. 1630 - d. 1674)
1665 – 1673                Axel Carlsson Sparre af Rossvik  
  (b. 1620 - d. 1679)
1673 – 1678                Claes Rålamb                       (b. 1622 - d. 1698)
1678 – 1682                Jöran Gyllenstierna af Björksund   (b. 1632 - d. 1686)
1682 - 14 Jun 1705         Christoffer friherre Gyllenstierna (b. 1647 - d. 1705)
                             af Ulaborg (from 1687, Christoffer
                             greve Gyllenstierna af Ericsberg)
         
1705 -  7 Aug 1714         Knut friherre Posse (from 1706,    (b. 1645 - d. 1714)
                             Knut greve Posse)             
1710 - 1711                Jacob Burensköld (acting for Posse)(b. 1655 - d. 1738)
1714                       Jacob Spens (acting)               (b. 1656 - d. 1721)
1714 - 14 Oct 1732         Gustaf Adam friherre Taube af
     (b. 1673 - d. 1732)
                             Kudding (from 17 Apr 1719, Gustaf
                             Adam greve Taube)(acting to 1716)   
1732 - 20 Aug 1738         Michael greve Törnflycht           (b. 1683 - d. 1738)
1739 - 10 Apr 1753         Rutger friherre Fuchs              (b. 1682 - d. 1753)
20 Jun 1753 -  5 Jan 1759  Johan Christoffer friherre von     (b. 1695 - d. 1759)
                             Düring                           
 
2 Apr 1759 -  6 Dec 1769  Jakob Albrekt (from 1760,          (b. 1699 - d. 1769)
                             friherre) von Lantingshausen  
 
7 Jan 1770 - 19 Jan 1772  Axel Wrede greve Sparre af Sundby  (b. 1708 - d. 1772)
19 Jan 1772 - Aug 1772     Carl Fredrik Pechlin (acting)      (b. 1720 - d. 1796)
Aug 1772 - 1773            Ture Gustaf friherre Rudbeck
      (b. 1714 - d. 1786)
22 Apr 1773 - 28 Jun 1791  Carl friherre Sparre               (b. 1723 - d. 1791)
1789                       Adolf Fredrik Munck                (b. 1749 - d. 1831)
                             (acting for Sparre)
28 Jun 1791 - 29 Mar 1792  the magistrates of the city (acting)
29 Mar 1792 -  7 Sep 1792  Gustaf Mauritz friherre Armfelt
    (b. 1757 - d. 1814)
29 Sep 1792 - 23 Dec 1795  Carl Vilhelm Modée                 (b. 1735 - d. 1798)

Sep 1792 - Dec 1792        Nils Henric Aschan Liljensparre    (b. 1738 - d. 1811)
                             (acting)
Dec 1795 -  8 May 1797     Hans Henric friherre von Essen
    (b. 1755 - d. 1824)
1797                       Samuel friherre (from 1799, greve) (b. 1750 - d. 1812)
                             af Ugglas (1st time)  

1797 - 1800                the magistrates of the city (acting)
1800 - 1809                Samuel greve af Ugglas (2nd time)  (s.a.)
                             (de facto acting from ... 1800)

13 Mar 1809 - 1810         Wilhelm Mauritz greve Klingspor    (b. 1744 - d. 1815)
20 Jun 1810 - Jul 1812     Anders Fredrik Skjöldebrand        (b. 1757 - d. 1834)
                             (acting)
1812 - 17 Nov 1818         Carl greve Mörner af Tuna          (b. 1755 - d. 1821)
1815                       Johan August Sandels               (b. 1764 – d. 1831)
                             (acting for Mörner)
1816 - Dec 1818            Olof Rudolf Cederström             (b. 1764 - d. 1833)
                             (acting for
Mörner)
15 Dec 1818 -  6 Oct 1828  Daniel friherre Edelcreutz
        (b. 1761 - d. 1828)
                             (acting)       
1828 - 1830                Carl Johan friherre af Nordin      (b. 1785 - d. 1850)
                             (acting)     
1830 - 1838                Jakob Wilhelm friherre             (b. 1794 - d. 1875)
                             Sprengtporten (1st time) 
1838                       Erik Magnus Kuylenstierna (acting) (b. 1789 - d. 1869)
1838 - 1842                Axel Johan Adam Möllerhielm        (b. 1787 - d. 1846)
                             (acting)
1842 - 1844                Mauritz Axel greve Lewenhaupt      (b. 1791 - d. 1868)
                             (acting)  
1844 - 1848                Jakob Wilhelm friherre             (s.a.)
                             Sprengtporten
(2nd time) 
1848 - 1862                Jakob Essen greve Hamilton         (b. 1797 - d. 1864)
1862 - 1874                Didrik Anders (from 1864, friherre)
                             Bildt
                            (b. 1820 - d. 1894)
1874 - 1888                Curt Gustaf friherre af Ugglas     (b. 1820 - d. 1895)
1888 - 1902                Claës Gustaf Adolf friherre Tamm   (b. 1838 - d. 1925)
1899                       Fredrik von Essen (acting for Tamm)(b. 1833 - d. 1921)
1902 - 1911                Robert Dickson                     (b. 1843 - d. 1924)

1911 - 1912                Carl Fredrik Vilhelm Hederstierna  (b. 1861 - d. 1928)
                             (1st time) (acting) 
1912 - 1920                Johan Olof Ramstedt                (b. 1852 - d. 1935)
1920 - 1928                Carl Fredrik Vilhelm Hederstierna  (s.a.)
                             (2nd time) 
1923                       Mauritz Sahlin                     (b. 1860 - d. 1927)
                             (acting for Hederstierna)
27 Nov 1928 - 23 Aug 1933  Gustaf Henning Elmquist            (b. 1871 - d. 1933)
Sep 1933 - 1949            Torsten Karl Viktor Nothin         (b. 1884 - d. 1972)
1949 - 1963                Johan Oscar Hagander               (b. 1896 - d. 1991)
1963 - 31 Dec 1967         Allan Nordenstam                   (b. 1904 - d. 1982)


Svartsjö

1786                       Svartsjö County (Svartsjö län), split from Stockholm county. 
1809                       Re-incorporated into Stockholm county.

Governors
1786 -  4 Oct 1790         Adolf Fredric Munck                (b. 1749 - d. 1831)
26 Oct 1790 - 1792         Erik Ruuth                         (b. 1746 - d. 1820)
 8 Sep 1792 - 1809         Claes Ralamb                       (b. 1750 - d. 1826)


Trondheims län: see Sor-Trondelag under Norway counties

Uppland

[Flag of the County of
                        Uppland 1560-1641, 1654-1714 (Sweden)] 1560-1640, 1654-1714

29 Jul 1634                County of Uppland (Upplands län).
1641 - 1654                Divided between Uppsala and Stockholm counties.
1654                       County of Uppland (Upplands län) (restored).
1714                       Re-divided between Uppsala and Stockholm counties.

Governors
1634 - 1641                Lars Eriksson Sparre av Rossvik    (b. 1590 - d. 1644)
1641 - 1654                divided between Uppsala and Stockholm
1654                       Lars Claesson friherre Fleming     (b. 1621 - d. 1699)
1654 - 1656                Gustaf
Persson Banér friherre av   (b. 1618 - d. 1689)
                             Karleby
1656 - 1660                Svante Svantesson Banér, d.y.      (b. 1624 - d. 1674)
1660 - 1664                Claes Rålamb                       (b. 1622 - d. 1698)
1664 - 1666                Jöran friherre Gyllenstierna af    (b. 1632 - d. 1686)
                             Björksund och Helgö
1666 - 1679                Axel Axelsson Lillie               (b. 1637 - d. 1692)
1678 - 1679                Carl Gabriel Bååt                  (b. 1650 - d. 1698)
                             (acting for Lillie)
1679 - 1681                G
ustaf Lilliecrona                 (b. 1623 - d. 1687)
1681                       Claes Hermansson friherre Fleming  (b. 1649 - d. 1685)
                             af Liebelitz 
1681 - 1685                Fabian Wrede af Elimä              (b. 1641 - d. 1712)
1685 -  8 Mar 1689         Olof Arvidsson Thegner             (b. 1615 - d. 1689)
1689 - 1695                Jakob Gyllenborg                   (b. 1648 - d. 1701)
1695 - 1714                Johan (from 1696, friherre)        (b. 1634 - d. 1715)
                             Hoghusen                



Uppsala 

[Flag of the County of
                        Upsala (Sweden)] Adopted 17 Nov 1939

15th cent.                 Uppsala Castle County (Uppsala slottslän).
29 Jul 1634                County of Uppsala (Uppsala län)(spelled Upsala until
                             early 20th century).

1649 - 1652                Part of Uppland county.
1654 - 1714                Part of Uppland county.

Governors (title Ståthållare to 1634)
1600 - 1618                Christoffer von Wernstedt          (b. 1542 - d. 1627)
1618 - 1624                Gabriel Gustafsson Oxenstierna af  (b. 1587 - d. 1640)
                             Eka och Lindö
1624 - 1630                Klas Horn af Kanckas   
           (b. 1583 - d. 1632)
1630 - 1634                Johan Pontusson De la Gardie       (b. 1582 - d. 1642)
1634 - 1640                Lars Eriksson Sparre av Rossvik    (b. 1590 - d. 1644)
1640 - 1646                Göran Göransson Gyllenstierna, d.ä.(b. 1601 - d. 1646)
1646 - 1649                Bengt Skytte af Duderhof
           (b. 1614 - d. 1683)
1649 - 1652                part of Uppland
1652 - 1654                Svante Svantesson Banér, d.y.      (b. 1624 - d. 1674)
1654 - 1714                part of Uppland
1714 - 14 Apr 1719         Per Lennartsson friherre Ribbing
  (b. 1670 - d. 1719)
                             af Zernava                         
1719 - 1728                Fredrik Magnus friherre Cronberg   (b. 1668 - d. 1740)
1729 - 10 Jul 1743         Johan "Hans" (from 1731, friherre) (b. 1668 - d. 1743)
                             Brauner                           
1743 - 1757                Carl (from 1751, friherre) von     (b. 1684 - d. 1758)
                             Grooth                         
1757 - 1762                Johan Georg Lillienberg            (b. 1713 - d. 1798)
1762 - 1773                Johan friherre Funck               (b. 1703 - d. 1773)
1773 - 1782                Thure Gustaf friherre Rudbeck      (b. 1714 - d. 1786)
1782 - 22 Jun 1783         Olof friherre von Nackreij         (b. 1728 - d. 1783)
1783                       Fredrik Ulrik friherre von         (b. 1740 - d. 1793)
                             Friesendorff (acting)
1783 - 1784                Jakob von Engeström (acting)       (b. 1735 - d. 1802)
1784                       Claes Julius greve Ekeblad (acting)(b. 1742 - d. 1808)
1784                       Claes Erik friherre Silfverhielm   (b. 1725 - d. 1792)
                             (acting)
1784 - 30 Apr 1786         Carl Claes friherre Mörner af
     (b. 1730 - d. 1786)
                             Morlanda                   
1786 - 1787                Elis Schröderheim (1st time)       (b. 1747 - d. 1795)
1788                       Adolf Fredrik friherre Munck       (b. 1749 - d. 1831)
1788 - 1790                Ulrik Gottlieb Ehrenbill           (b. 1733 - d. 1795)
                             (1st time)
1790                       Erik af Wetterstedt (1st time)     (b. 1736 - d. 1822)
                             (acting)
1790 - 1792                Ulrik Gottlieb Ehrenbill           (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)
1792 - 1794                Elis Schröderheim (2nd time)       (s.a.)
1794 - 1812                Erik (from 1806, friherre) af      (s.a.)
                             Wetterstedt (2nd time)
    
1812 - 1830                Berndt Wilhelm (from 1815,         (b. 1763 - d. 1837)
                             friherre) Fock         
1830 - 1862                Robert Fredrik (from 1837,         (b. 1791 - d. 1880)
                             friherre) von Kraemer   
1862 - 1893                Adolf Ludvig greve Hamilton        (b. 1820 - d. 1896)
1893 - 1895                Ludvig Wilhelm August greve Douglas(b. 1849 - d. 1916)
12 Jun 1895 -  2 Aug 1907  Per Johan Bråkenhielm              (b. 1840 - d. 1910)
1907 - 1930                Knut Hjalmar Leonard Hammarskjöld  (b. 1862 - d. 1953)
1914 - 1917                Knut Archibald greve Hamilton      (b. 1855 - d. 1930)
                             (acting for Hammarskjöld)

1931 - 1943                Sigfrid Nathanael Linnér           (b. 1877 - d. 1963)
 1 Oct 1943 - 31 Mar 1952  Gustav Hilding Kjellman            (b. 1885 - d. 1953)
1952 - 1957                Georg Andrén                       (b. 1890 - d. 1969)
1957 -  7 May 1959         Elis Wilhelm Håstad                (b. 1900 - d. 1959)
1959 - 1967                Axel Olov Rylander                 (b. 1900 - d. 1988)
1967 - 1980                Ragnar Hilding Leonard Edenman     (b. 1914 - d. 1998)
1980 - 1986                Kurt Allan Ingemar Mundebo         (b. 1930 - d. 2018)
1986 - 1992                Hans Olof Alsén                    (b. 1926 - d. 2023)
1992 - 1997                Jan-Erik Wikström                  (b. 1932 - d. 2024)
1997 - 31 Jul 2002         Ann-Cathrine Haglund (f)           (b. 1937)
 1 Aug 2002 - 31 Dec 2002  Ulf Inge Rickard Henricsson        (b. 1939)
                             (acting)
 1 Jan 2003 - 30 Sep 2009  Anders Per-Arne Björck             (b. 1944)
 1 Oct 2009 - 12 Apr 2010  Leif Byman (acting)                (b. 1946)
12 Apr 2010 - 31 Aug 2016  Peter Arvid Nils Egardt            (b. 1949)
 1 Sep 2016 - 31 Oct 2016  Johan von Knorring (acting)        (b. 1965)
 1 Nov 2016 - 28 Feb 2023  Stig Göran Enander                 (b. 1955)
 1 Mar 2023 - 20 Apr 2023  Gun Cecilia Marianne Magnusson     (b. 1962)
                             (acting)
20 Apr 2023 -              Jan Stefan Attefall                (b. 1960)



Värmland

[Flag of Värmland county
                        (Sweden)]
Adopted 1567

1634 - 1639                Part of Närke and Värmland county (Närkes och Värmlands län)
                             (see under Örebro).       
1639 - 1654                County of Värmland (Värmlands län).
1654 - 1779                Part of Närke and Värmland county (see under Örebro).

1779                       County of Värmland (Värmlands län).
 
Governors
1639 - 1648                Olof Stake                         (b. 1593 - d. 1654)
1648 - 1654                Tönnes Henriksson Langman          (b. 1601 - d. 1656)
1654 - 1779                part of Närke and Värmland
1779 - 1793                Johan Gustaf friherre Uggla
       (b. 1734 - d. 1798)
1793 - 1802                Nils Nilsson Silfverschiöld        (b. 1753 - d. 1813) 
1802 - 11 Oct 1807         Arvid friherre von Nolcken         (b. 1771 - d. 1807)
1807 - 1809                Axel Pontus greve von Rosen        (b. 1773 - d. 1834)
                             (acting to 1808)
1809 - 1813                Olof af Wibeli                     (b. 1752 - d. 1823)
1814 - 1840                Johan Didrik af Wingård            (b. 1778 - d. 1854)
                             (acting to 1815)
1840 - 1841                Carl Fredrik Hammarhielm           (b. 1787 - d. 1845) 
1841 - 1864                Hans Fredrik Oldevig               (b. 1793 - d. 1866)
                             (acting to 1842)
1864 - 1870                Carl Rudolf Ekström                (b. 1818 - d. 1903) 
1870 - 1873                Johan Henrik Rosenswärd            (b. 1816 - d. 1890)
1873 - 1885                Gustaf Henrik Wilhelm Gyllenram    (b. 1814 - d. 1890) 
1885 -  3 Mar 1889         Henrik Adolf Widmark               (b. 1833 - d. 1889)
1889 - 1901                Emil Adolf Malmborg                (b. 1842 - d. 1913) 
1901 - 1921                Gerhard Dyrssen                    (b. 1854 - d. 1938) 
1921 - 1936                Abraham Unger                      (b. 1870 - d. 1949) 
1936 - 13 Jun 1945         Ivar Teodor Vennerström            (b. 1881 - d. 1945)
1945 - 15 Oct 1957         Erik Axel Westling                 (b. 1897 - d. 1957) 
1957 - 1967                Gustaf Waldemar Nilsson            (b. 1900 - d. 1977)
1967 - 1977                Rolf Filip Edberg                  (b. 1912 - d. 1997)
1977 - 1990                Bengt Olof Norling                 (b. 1925 - d. 2002)
1990 - 2002                Elis Ingemar Eliasson              (b. 1939)
2002                       Björn Sandborgh (acting)           (b. 1948)
 1 Jan 2003 - 31 Mar 2004  Kerstin Wallin (f)                 (b. 1945)

 1 Apr 2004 - 30 Sep 2012  Eva Hildegard Eriksson (f)         (b. 1947)
 1 Oct 2012 - 31 Dec 2018  John Per Kenneth Johansson         (b. 1956 - d. 2021)
 1 Jan 2019 -  9 Dec 2019  Johan Blom (acting)                (b. 1967)
 9 Dec 2019 -              Georg Bengt Erik Andrén            (b. 1960)



Västerbotten (West Bothnia)
 
[Flag of Västerbotten
                      county, 1560-1949 (Sweden)]
1560 - 18 Jun 1949
[Flag of County of Västerbotten (Sweden)]
Adopted 18 Jun 1949

1638                       County of Västerbotten (Västerbottens län).

Governors
1638 - 1641                Stellan Otto von Mörner            (b. 1580 - d. 1645)
1641 - 1653                Frans Crusebjörn                   (b. 1605 - d. 1654)
1653 - 1679                Johan Gerhardsson Graan            (b. 1610 - d. 1679)
1679                       J
akob Fleming                      (b. 1640 - d. 1689)
1680 - 1683                Hans (Hansson) Clerk               (b. 1639 - d. 1711)
1683 - 1688                Hans Abraham Kruuse af Verchou     (b. 1626 - d. 1688)
1688                       Reinhold Johan
friherre von Fersen (b. 1646 - d. 1716)
1688 - 1692                Gotthard Strijk                    (b. 1634 - d. 1692)
1692                       Arvid Bernhard Horn af Ekebyholm   (b.
1664 - d. 1742)
1692 - 1705                Gustaf greve Douglas               (b. 1648 - d. 1705)
1705 -  6 Aug 1712         Otto Wilhelm Löwen                 (b. 1659 - d. 1712)
1713                       Engelbrecht Mannerburg             (b. 1649 - d. 1719)
1713 - 1717                Anders Erik Ramsay                 (b. 1646 - d. 1734)
1717 - 1719                Fredrik Magnus friherre Cronberg   (b. 1668 - d. 1740)
1719                       Otto Reinhold Strömfelt            (b. 1679 - d. 1746)
1719 - 1733                Jakob (from 1720, friherre)        (b. 1657 - d. 1737)
                             Grundel                    
1733 - 1753                Gabriel Gabrielsson (from 1735,    (b. 1687 - d. 1753)
                             friherre) Gyllengrip        
1755 - 1759                Olof greve Leijonstedt             (b. 1691 - d. 1759)
1759 - 1762                Johan friherre Funck               (b. 1703 - d. 1773)
1762 - 12 Feb 1765         Martin (Mårten) Ehrensvan          (b. 1714 - d. 1765)
1765 - 1769                Olof Malmerfelt                    (b. 1693 - d. 1771)
1769 -  9 Apr 1775         Magnus Adolf (from 1771, friherre) (b. 1704 - d. 1775)
                             von Kothen           
1775 - 1781                Georg Gustaf friherre Wrangel af   (b. 1728 - d. 1795)
                             Adinal          
1781 - 1782                Carl Wilhelm greve Leijonstedt     (b. 1725 - d. 1782)
1782 - 1789                Fredrik von Stenhagen              (b. 1732 - d. 1816)
1789 - 1795                Johan Gustaf af Donner             (b. 1730 - d. 1808)
1795 - 1811                Per Adam friherre Stromberg        (b. 1751 - d. 1838)
1811 - 1817                Gustaf Edelstam                    (b. 1764 - d. 1825)
1817 - 31 Jan 1842         Georg Lars (from 1841, friherre)   (b. 1771 - d. 1842)
                             af Schmidt             
11 Jun 1842 - 1856         Gustaf Adolf Montgomery            (b. 1791 - d. 1861)
1856 - 1864                Gustaf "Gösta" Lorentz Munthe      (b. 1809 - d. 1889)
1864 - 13 Dec 1872         Erik Victor Almquist               (b. 1817 - d. 1872)
1873 - 1891                Axel Georg Wästfelt                (b. 1821 - d. 1901)
1891 - 24 Jun 1904         Jesper Ingevald Crusebjörn         (b. 1843 - d. 1904)
1899 - 1900                Jakob Berlin                       (b. 1841 - d. 1908)
                             (acting for Crusebjörn)
1900 - 1902                Axel Asker                         (b. 1848 - d. 1924)
                             (acting for Crusebjörn)
1902 - 1903                Axel Fredrik Oscar Cederberg       (b. 1837 - d. 1913)
                             (acting for Crusebjörn)
1904 - 1916                Henning Theodor Biörklund          (b. 1849 - d. 1937)
1916 - 13 Jul 1923         Per Axel Victor Schotte            (b. 1860 - d. 1923)
1917 - 1918                August Robert Hagen                (b. 1868 - d. 1922)
                             (acting for Schotte)
1918 - 1919                Nils Gustaf Ringstrand             (b. 1863 - d. 1935)
                             (acting for Schotte)
1923 - 1931                Nils Gustaf Ringstrand             (s.a.)
1931 - 10 Dec 1942         Ernst Johan Gustav Rosén           (b. 1876 - d. 1942)
1943 - 1956                Elof Herman Lindberg               (b. 1891 - d. 1957)
1957 - 1965                Gustaf Filip Natanael Kristensson  (b. 1898 - d. 1980)
 1 Jul 1965 - 1971         Karl Georg Samuelsson              (b. 1911 - d. 1993)
1971 - 1978                Bengt Lyberg                       (b. 1912 - d. 1995)
1978 - 1991                Sven Johansson                     (b. 1928 - d. 2023)
1992 - 1995                Görel Ruth Charlotte Bohlin (f)    (b. 1930)
1995 - 2001                Georg Leander Andersson            (b. 1936)
 1 Mar 2001 -  1 Sep 2007  Yngve Lorentz Andersson            (b. 1942)
 1 Sep 2007 - 28 Feb 2008  Göran Theolin (acting)             (b. 1948)
28 Feb 2008 - 27 Jan 2012  Gun Christina "Chris" Heister (f)  (b. 1950)
 1 Feb 2012 -  1 Nov 2012  Birgitta Heijer (f) (acting)       (b. 1952)
 1 Nov 2012 - 31 Mar 2020  Winnie Ester Magdalena Andersson(f)(b. 1954)
 1 Apr 2020 - 31 Jul 2020  Lars Lustig (acting)               (b. 1962)
 1 Aug 2020 -              Helene Hellmark Knutsson (f)       (b. 1969)



Västernorrland (West Norrland)

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                        Västernorrland (Sweden)]
Adopted 5 Dec 1941

29 Jul 1634                County of Västernorrland (Västernorrlands län), also called
                             Hudiksvall county after its capital.
 6 Sep 1645 - 13 Mar 1654  Divided into the counties of Härnösand and Hudiksvall.
13 Mar 1654                County of 
Västernorrland (Västernorrlands län).

Governors
1634 - 1637                Stellan Otto von Mörner            (b. 1580 - d. 1645)
1637 - 1641                Christer Axelsson Posse af Såtenäs (b. 1601 - d. 1643)
1641 - 1645                Ivar Nilsson Natt och Dag          (b. 1590 - d. 1651)
1644 - 1654                divided into the counties of
                           Härnösand and Hudiksvall
1654 - 1655                Erik Larsson friherre Sparre
      (b. 1618 - d. 1673)
1655 -  3 Mar 1664         Johan Gabrielsson Oxenstierna af   (b. c.1615 - d. 1664)
                             Croneborg
1664                       Gustaf Persson Banér               (b. 1618 - d. 1689)

1664 - 1677                Carl Larsson Sparre                (b. 1627 - d. 1702)
1677                       Christoffer Gyllenstierna          (b. 1647 - d. 1705)
1677 - 1679                Jakob Flemming                     (b. 1640 - d. 1689)
1679 - 1683                Göran Sperling                     (b. 1630 - d. 1691)
1683 - 1687                Leonard Ribbing af Zernava         (b. 1638 - d. 1687)
1687 - 1693                Otto Vellingk                      (b. 1649 - d. 1708)
1693 - 1698                Carl Gustaf Frölich                (b. 1637 - d. 1714)
1698 - 19 Jan 1699         Malcolm Hamilton af Hageby
         (b. 1635 - d. 1699)
1699 - 1702                Axel friherre von Schaar 
         (b. 1641 - d. 1702)
1702 - 1704                Carl Carlsson Hård af Segerstad    (b. 1660? - d. 1704)
                             (acting) 
1704 - 1716                Alexander friherre Stromberg       (b. 1647 - d. 1718)
1712 - 1718                Johan Gustafsson Adlerström        (b. c.1653 - d. 1721)
                             (acting)
1716 - 1719                Hugo friherre Hamilton af Hageby
   (b. 1655 - d. 1724)
1719 - 1727                Magnus friherre Palmqvist          (b. 1660 - d. 1729)
1727 - 1739                Carl Gustaf greve Bielke           (b. 1683 - d. 1754)
1739 - 1749                Erik Odelström                     (b. 1684 - d. 1753)
1750 - 25 Feb 1755         Axel Johan friherre Gripenhielm    (b. 1686 - d. 1755)
1755 - 1756                Carl Gustaf friherre Cronhjort     (b. 1694 - d. 1777)
1756 - 1757                Martin (Mårten) Ehrensvan (acting) (b. 1714 - d. 1765)
1757 - 1762                Fredrik Henrik friherre Sparre
     (b. 1691 - d. 1764)
1762 - 1769                Per Abraham Löth-Örnsköld          (b. 1720 - d. 1791)
1769                       Jeremias Wallén                    (b. 1693 - d. 1772)
1769 - 1778                Germund Abraham (from 1771,        (b. 1713 - d. 1785)
                             friherre) Falkengréen       
1778 - 1796                Carl friherre Bunge
               (b. 1734 - d. 1816)
1796 - 1807                Erik Gustaf Lindencrona            (b. 1738 - d. 1809)
1807 - 1817                Baltzar August Carl von Nieroth    (b. 1767 - d. 1842)
1817 -  5 Jul 1820         Carl Fredric Aschling              (b. 1751 - d. 1820)
1820 - 1841                Hampus friherre Mörner af Morlanda (b. 1775 - d. 1855)
                             (acting to 1821)
1841 - 1851                Fredrik Åkerman                    (b. 1800 - d. 1877)
1851 - 1862                Sven Vilhelm Gynther               (b. 1796 - d. 1873)
1863 - 1873                Ernst August Weidenhielm           (b. 1808 - d. 1894)
1873 - 1880                Nils "Curry" Engelbrekt Treffenberg(b. 1825 - d. 1897)
1880 - 1901                Bror Tolf Gustaf Ryding            (b. 1833 - d. 1901)
1901 - 1909                Gustaf Mauritz Ulrik Rudebeck      (b. 1842 - d. 1913)
1909 - 1911                Fredrik Engelbert Bergenholtz      (b. 1858 - d. 1930)
1911 - 1918                Carl Mathias Ström                 (b. 1849 - d. 1926)
1918 - 1931                Karl Johan Stenström               (b. 1869 - d. 1933)
1931 - Dec 1938            Anders Victor Benedict Wijkman     (b. 1873 - d. 1954)
Dec 1938 - 31 Dec 1939     Nils Teophil Löwbeer               (b. 1889 - d. 1957)
 1 Jan 1940 - 27 Mar 1944  Jonas Arthur Engberg               (b. 1888 - d. 1944)
                             (acting to 30 Jun 1940)

1944 - 1953                Johan Ragnar Stattin               (b. 1886 - d. 1962)
1953 - 1965                Eric Albert Wesström               (b. 1899 - d. 1990)
1965 - 1971                Ernst Hjalmar Nilsson              (b. 1904 - d. 1974)
1971 -  8 Dec 1974         Kurt Henry Nordgren                (b. 1916 - d. 1974)
1975 - 1989                Bertil Albert Fredrik Löfberg      (b. 1923 - d. 1997)
1989 - 1995                Bengt Ernst Ingemar Öhrn           (b. 1931 - d. 2018)
1996 - 2000                Olov Börje Hörnlund                (b. 1935)
2000 - 2008                Jan Lars Gerhard Larsson           (b. 1945)
 1 Jun 2008 - 30 Sep 2008  Sten-Olov Altin (1st time)(acting) (b. 1953)
 1 Oct 2008 - 30 Sep 2014  Bo Källstrand                      (b. 1949)
 1 Oct 2014 - 31 Mar 2015  Sten-Olov Altin (2nd time)(acting) (s.a.)
 1 Apr 2015 - 16 Apr 2018  Nils Gunnar Holmgren               (b. 1957)
16 Apr 2018 - 31 Jul 2023  Berit Annette Högman (f)           (b. 1958)
 1 Aug 2023 - 31 Aug 2023  Daniel Gustafsson (acting)
 1 Sep 2023 -              Carin Jämtin (f)                   (b. 1964)


Härnösand

 6 Sep 1645                County of Härnösand (Härnösands län), split from part
                             of Norrland.
13 Mar 1654                Merged into Västernorrland.

Governors
1645 - 14 Feb 1653         Hans Strijk                        (b. 1595 - d. 1653)
1653 - 1654                Anders Appelbom                    (b. 1614 - d. 1686)


Hudiksvall

 6 Sep 1645                County of Hudiksvall (Hudiksvalls län), split from part
                             of Norrland.
13 Mar 1654                Merged into Västernorrland.

Governors

1645 - Jan 1651            Ivar Nilsson Natt och Dag          (b. 1590 - d. 1651)
1651 - 1654                Erik Larsson Sparre                (b. 1618 - d. 1673)



Västmanland

[Flag of Västmanland
                        county (Sweden)]
Adopted 1560

29 Jul 1634                County of Västmanland (Västmanlands län).

Governors
1634 - 1639                Ture Eriksson Sparre               (b. 1593 - d. 1664)
1639 - 1642                Gustaf Gabrielsson Oxenstierna     (b. 1613 - d. 1648)
                             af Croneborg

1642 - 1643                Christer Axelsson Posse            (b. 1601 - d. 1643)

1643 - 1651                Claes Stiernsköld                  (b. 1617 - d. 1676)

1651 - 1660                Knut Kurck                         (b. 1622 - d. 1690)

1660 - 1667                Gustaf Larsson friherre Sparre     (b. 1625 - d. 1689)

 6 Jun 1667 - 1674         Ernst Johan Creutz, d.ä
            (b. 1619 - d. 1684)
1674 - 1683                Mauritz Nilsson Posse              (b. 1632 - d. 1702)

1683 -  4 Mar 1689         Balthasar Gyldenhoff               (b. 1626 - d. 1689)

1689 - 1693                Lars (from 1693, greve) Wallenstedt(b. 1631 - d. 1703)

1693 - 14 Apr 1698         Polycarpus friherre Cronhielm      (b. 1629 - d. 1698)

1698 - 1710                Gustaf friherre Cronhielm af Flosta
(b. 1664 - d. 1737)
1710 - 1714                Ludvig Fahlström                   (b. 1655 - d. 1721)
1714 - 1715                Casten (from 1715, friherre) Feif  (b. 1662 - d. 1739)
1716 - 1720                Jonas (from 1719, friherre)        (b. 1661 - d. 1727)
                             Cedercreutz              
1720 - 1736                Gustaf (from 1723, friherre) Funck (b. 1670 - d. 1736)
1736 - 1747                Johan friherre Cederbielke         (b. 1677 - d. 1752)
1747 - 1761                Fredrik friherre von Friesendorff  (b. 1707 - d. 1770)
1761 - 1763                Gabriel friherre Falkenberg af     (b. 1716 - d. 1782)
                             Trystorp 

1763 - 1768                Fredrik Ulrik Insenstierna         (b. 1723 - d. 1768)
1769 - 1771                Olof Malmerfelt                    (b. 1693 - d. 1771)
1772 - 1784                Carl Carlsköld                     (b. 1699 - d. 1784)
1784 - 19 Jun 1809         Ulrik Gustaf Magnusson greve de la (b. 1727 - d. 1809)
                             Gardie 

1809 - 27 Aug 1811         Johan Fredrik friherre Lilliehorn  (b. 1745 - d. 1811)
1811 - 1816                Johan Wilhelm friherre             (b. 1768 - d. 1816)
                             Liljencrants (from 1815, Johan
                             Wilhelm greve Liljencrants)
      
1816 - 1822                Peter Thure Gerhard friherre Drufva(b. 1767 - d. 1822)
1822 - 1849                Fredric friherre Ridderstolpe      (b. 1783 - d. 1852)
                             (from 1848, Fredric greve
                             Ridderstolpe) (acting to 1823)
           
1849 - 1863                Fredrik Otto Silfverstolpe         (b. 1795 - d. 1882)
1863 - 1869                Fredrik Johan greve Cronstedt      (b. 1807 - d. 1869)
1869 - 1883                Gustaf Reinhold Charpentier        (b. 1817 - d. 1886)
1883 -  8 Oct 1900         Fredrik Ludvig Salomon Hederstierna(b. 1828 - d. 1900)
1900 - 1916                Claës Richard Wersäll              (b. 1848 - d. 1919)
1916 - 1937                Walter Murray                      (b. 1871 - d. 1957)
1937 - 1943                August Bernhard Gärde              (b. 1877 - d. 1970)
1943 - 1952                Per Conrad "Conke" Jonsson         (b. 1886 - d. 1964)
1952 - 1960                Karl Ragnar Casparsson             (b. 1893 - d. 1978)
1960 - 1980                Gustav Fredrik Ernst Cederwall     (b. 1913 - d. 2008)
1980 - 1985                Alf Osborne Bartley                (b. 1919 - d. 2019)
1985 - 1989                Karl-Lennart Uggla                 (b. 1928 - d. 2011)
1989 - 1990                Carl Johan Åberg                   (b. 1930 - d. 2010)
1991 - 1999                Jan Roland Rydh                    (b. 1938 - d. 2019)
15 Apr 2000 -  1 Feb 2009  John Mats Arvid Svegfors           (b. 1948)
 1 Feb 2009 -  1 Jun 2009  Håkan Eriksson (acting)            (b. 1945)
 1 Jun 2009 - 30 Jan 2015  Ingemar Skogö                      (b. 1949 - d. 2019)
30 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2015  Erik Håkan Wåhlstedt               (b. 1963)
 1 Feb 2016 - 30 Nov 2021  Minoo Hilda Akhtarzand (f)         (b. 1956)
 1 Dec 2021 - 31 Oct 2022  Ulrica Catharina Gradin (f)(acting)(b. 1961)

 1 Nov 2022 -              Per Johan Sterte                   (b. 1959)


Sala

1641                       County of Sala (Sala län).
1646                       Incorporated into Västmanland.

Governor
1641 - 1646                ....


Strömsholm

1632? - 24 Nov 1715        Part of domains (livgeding) given to the Dowager Queens of Sweden.
29 Jul 1634                Strömsholm County (Strömsholms län).
1655                       Merged into Västmanland.
23 Nov 1660 - 24 Nov 1715  Given to Dowager Queen Hedvig Eleonora.
27 Apr 1719                Separate administration terminated.

Governors of Strömsholm County
(subordinated to the Livgeding governors)
1634 - 1719               
the governors of Gripsholm



Västra Götaland (Western Gotaland)

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                        Västra Götaland (Sweden)]
Adopted 1 Jan 1998

 1 Jan 1998                County of Västra Götaland (Västra Götalands län), created
                             by merger of Älvsborg, Göteborg och Bohus, and
                             Skaraborg counties.

Governors
1998 - Jan 2008            Kurt Göte Erling Bernhardsson      (b. 1942 - d. 2019)
21 Jan 2008 - 20 Jan 2017  Lars Christer Bäckström            (b. 1953)
21 Jan 2017 - 17 Sep 2017  Lisbeth Schultze (f) (1st time)    (b. 1960)
                             (acting)
18 Sep 2017 - 30 Nov 2021  Sven Anders Herman Danielsson      (b. 1953)
 1 Dec 2021 - 31 Aug 2022  Lisbeth Schultze (f) (2nd time)    (s.a.)
                             (acting)
 1 Sep 2022 -              Sten Sture Tolgfors                (b. 1966)







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