The county governor of Finnmark county in Norway represented the central government administration in the county. The office of county governor is a government agency of the Kingdom of Norway; the title was Amtmann (before 1919) and then Fylkesmann (after 1919).

In 1576, the king of Norway established Vardøhus len as a new administrative unit for the northern part of the kingdom. In 1661, it became Vardøhus amt that was subordinate to the Trondhjem stiftamt and the king began appointing a county governor. In 1787, the island of Senja and the Troms area were transferred from Nordlandenes amt to Vardøhus amt and the new, larger county was renamed Finmarkens amt. In 1866, the island of Senja and the Troms area were separated from Vardøhus to form the new Tromsø amt. In 1919, the name was again changed to Finnmark fylke. In 2002, the Sami language name, Finnmárku, was added as a co-official name for the county. From 1 January 2019 the county governor offices of Troms and Finnmark were merged in anticipation of the merger of the two counties.

From 1844 until 1918, the county was subordinate to the Diocesan Governor of Tromsø who was the civil governor of the Diocese of Tromsø.

The county governor is the government's representative in the county. The governor carries out the resolutions and guidelines of the Storting and government. This is done first by the county governor performing administrative tasks on behalf of the ministries. Secondly, the county governor also monitors the activities of the municipalities and is the appeal body for many types of municipal decisions.

Names

The name of the county (Vardøhus, Finmarken, Finnmark) and the word for county (amt, fylke) have changed over the centuries. From 1661 until 1787 the title was Amtmann i Vardøhus amt. From 1787 until 1918, it was Amtmann i Finmarkens amt. Since 1918, the title was Fylkesmann i Finnmark fylke.

List of county governors

Finnmark county has had the following governors:[1][2][3]

County governors of Finnmark
StartEndName
16611666Christoffer Orning (1617–1676)


16661667Frederik Schort (1614–1674)
16681680Otte Hansen Bjelke


16801682Knud Gjedde (c. 1635-1707)
Served concurrently as the Amtmann for Nordlandenes amt.


16821684The magistrates (city council) of
Bergen supervised this county.


16841701Hans Hansen Lilienskiold (c. 1650–1703)


17011717Erik Matssøn Lorch (1647–1717)


17171718Jacob Møinichen (1680–1718)


17181720Nikolai Friese (16??–1721)


17201729Peter Siedelmann (16??–1729)


17301738Henrik Friman (1678–1738)


17391750Rasmus Kjeldsøn (1701–1753)


17501750Peter Schnitler[4] (1690–1751)
(Appointed, but never took office.)


17501757Mathias Collett (1708–1759)


17571768Gunder Gundersen Hammer (1725–1772)


17681771Eiler Hagerup (1736–1795)
17711778Thorkild Fjeldsted (1740–1796)


17781787Christen Heiberg (1737–1801)


17871800Ole Hannibal Sommerfeldt (1753–1821)


18001806Martin Andreas Unmack (1754–1806)


18061811Hilmar Meincke Krohg (1776–1851)
18111814Fredrik Wilhelm Wedel-Jarlsberg (1787–1863)
18141828Johan Caspar Krogh (1776–1831)


18281829Christian Ulrik Kastrup (1784–1850)


18291833Ulrik Frederik Cappelen (1797–1864)


18331843Ole Edvard Buck (1799–1843)


Aug
1839		Mar
1845		Mons Lie (1803–1881)
(Acting governor for Buck, then Harris.)


18441853Anton Theodor Harris (1804–1866)
Served concurrently as Stiftamtmann for Tromsø stiftamt.
Served concurrently as Amtmann for Tromsø amt.


18541857Carl Frederik Motzfeldt (1808–1902)
Served concurrently as Stiftamtmann for Tromsø stiftamt.
Served concurrently as Amtmann for Tromsø amt.
18581866Mathias Bonsach Krogh Nannestad (1815–1878)
Served concurrently as Stiftamtmann for Tromsø stiftamt.
Served concurrently as Amtmann for Tromsø amt.


18661874Jens Holmboe (1821–1891)
18741882Johan Blackstad (1832–1904)


18821885Carl Ingwart Theodor Rynning (1837–1892)


18861889Karl Adolf Langberg (1850–1889)


18891894Nikolai Christian Grove Prebensen (1850–1938)
18961906Truls Johannessen Wiel Graff (1851–1918)


19061912Andreas Tostrup Urbye (1869–1955)
19121921Johan Albrigt Rivertz (1874–1942)


19221928Hagbarth Lund (1877–1963)


19281948Hans Gabrielsen (1891–1965)
(Imprisoned by WWII Occupied government from 1941–1945.)



19411944Thor Bekeng (1905–19??)
(WWII Occupied government)


Nov
1944		Sep
1945		Peder Holt (1899–1963)
(Acting governor for Gabrielsen.)
Sep
1945		Nov
1945		Erling Johannes Norvik[5][6] (1899–1964)
(Acting governor for Gabrielsen.)


19481963Peder Holt (1899–1963)
19511955Dag Tønder (1907–1989)
(Acting governor for Holt.)


19631974Kolbjørn Varmann (1904–1980)


Mar
1963		July
1965		Anders John Aune (1923–2011)
(Acting governor for Varmann.)


19741989Anders John Aune (1923–2011)


Jan
1990		May
1990		Kurt Mosbakk (born 1934)
(Acting governor)


Mar
1990		Mar
1998		Svein Alsaker (born 1940)
Aug
1990		July
1993		Ingrid Røstad Fløtten (born 1954)
(Acting governor for Alsaker.)


19982016Gunnar Kjønnøy (born 1947)


2016Oct
2018		Ingvild Aleksandersen (born 1968)
Oct
2018		Dec
2018		Stian Lindgård (born 1968)
(Acting governor)


Office abolished on 1 January 2019,
see List of county governors of Troms and Finnmark

References

  1. ↑ Cahoon, Ben (2000). "Norwegian Counties". Retrieved 2018-06-23.
  2. ↑ "Stiftamtmenn, amtmenn og fylkesmenn 1814-1994" (in Norwegian). regjeringen.no. Retrieved 2018-06-23.
  3. ↑ Berg, Ole T., ed. (2016-06-13). "Fylkesmenn og amtmenn (stiftamtmenn) siden 1671". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2018-06-23.
  4. ↑ Tretvik, Aud, ed. (2009-02-13). "Peter Schnitler". Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2018-06-23.
  5. ↑ "Finnmark fylkesmannsembete". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). 15 September 1945. p. 12.
  6. ↑ Bottolfsen, Øystein (1990). Finnmark fylkeskommunes historie 1840-1990 (in Norwegian). Vadsø: Finnlands fylkeskommune. p. 360. ISBN 9788299138055.
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