The county governor of Nordland county in Norway represents 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), then Fylkesmann (from 1919 to 2020), and then Statsforvalteren (since 2021).[1]

In 1688, the government of Norway established Nordland as an amt (or county). Originally it included most of Northern Norway except for Finnmark. The southern border of Nordland was the Bindalsfjorden, a little further north than today's county border. In 1787, the northern part of Nordland was separated from Nordland and transferred to Finnmark county to the north. In 1852, the southern border of the county was adjusted to include Sør-Bindalen in the county. In 1919, the name of the county was changed to Nordland fylke.

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 word for county (amt or fylke) has changed over time. From 1688 until 1918 the title was Amtmann i Nordlandenes amt. On 1 January 1919, the title was Fylkesmann i Nordland. On 1 January 2021, the title was again changed to the gender-neutral Statsforvalteren i Nordland.

List of county governors

Nordland county has had the following governors:[2][3][4]

County governors of Nordland
StartEndName
16691686Knud Ovessøn Gjedde (c. 1635–1707)
Served concurrently as the County Governor of Finnmark amt (1680-1682).


16861691Christian Jørgensen Kruse (1636–1699)


16911694Peter Christoffersen Tønder (1641–1694)


16941703Christoffer Heidemann (c. 1623–1703)


17031704Frederik Splet (16??–1704)


17041751Ove Sørensen Schjelderup (1674–1759)


17511767Hans Hagerup de Gyldenpalm (1717–1781)


17671771Peter Holm (1733–1817)


17711789Joachim de Knagenhielm (1727–1796)
17891811Christian Torberg Hegge (1743–1818)


18111815Christen Elster (1763–1833)
18151828Johan Ernst Berg (1768–1828)


18291833Adam Johan Frederik Poulsen, The Greve of Trampe (1798–1876)
18341847Lars Bastian Ridder Stabell (1798–1860)


18481853Nils Weyer Arveschoug (1807–1894)


18541858Paul Peter Vilhelm Breder (1816–1890)
18581867Carsten Smith (1817–1884)


18671878Claus Nieuwejaar Worsøe (1822–1906)


18781889Otto Benjamin Andreas Aubert (1841–1898)
18901908Rasmus Theisen (1837–1908)
19081913Anton Thorkildsen Omholt (1861–1925)
19131921Jonas Pedersen (1871–1953)


19221939Olaf Amundsen (1876–1939)
19401951Karl Hess Larsen (1900–1966)


Aug 19411942Per von Hirsch (1902–1987)
(WWII Occupied government)


15 Sept 19421945Karl Ludvig Nøstvik (1895–1992)
(WWII Occupied government)


19511966Bue Fjermeros (1912–2000)


19661983Ole Aavatsmark (1918–1983)


19831991Odd With (1921–2006)


19912007Åshild Hauan (1941–2017)


7 June 19911 Sept 1993Davis Idin Pareli Johansen (born 1926)
Acting governor for Hauan.


200725 Oct 2018Hill-Marta Solberg[5] (born 1951)
1 Jan 200831 Oct 2009Ola Bjerkaas[5] (born 1952)
Acting governor for Solberg.


26 Oct 2018presentTom Cato Karlsen[6] (born 1974)

References

  1. ↑ "Statsforvalteren / statsforvaltaren". Regjerning.no (in Norwegian). Kommunal- og distriktsdepartementet. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  2. ↑ Cahoon, Ben (2000). "Norwegian Counties". Retrieved 1 December 2018.
  3. ↑ "Stiftamtmenn, amtmenn og fylkesmenn 1814-1994" (in Norwegian). regjeringen.no. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
  4. ↑ Berg, Ole T., ed. (13 June 2016). "Fylkesmenn og amtmenn (stiftamtmenn) siden 1671". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
  5. 1 2 "Fylkesmann Hill-Marta Solberg" (in Norwegian). Fylkesmannen.no. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
  6. ↑ "Tom Cato Karlsen blir ny fylkesmann i Nordland" (in Norwegian). Fylkesmann.no. 26 October 2018. Archived from the original on 20 June 2019. Retrieved 1 December 2018.

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