The county governor of Vest-Agder 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). On 1 January 2016, the office was merged with the county governor of Aust-Agder into the county governor of Aust- og Vest-Agder in preparation for the merger of the two counties on 1 January 2020.

The diocesan county called Stavanger stiftamt was established in 1669 by the king and it had several subordinate counties (amt) including Agdesiden amt. In 1671, Agdesiden amt was divided into Lister og Mandals amt (later called Vest-Agder) and Nedenæs amt (later called Aust-Agder). In 1682, the Stavanger stiftamt headquarters was moved to the town of Christianssand and renamed Christianssand stiftamt. The seat of Lister og Mandals amt was also at Christianssand. In 1919, the county was renamed Vest-Agder. In 2020, Vest-Agder and Aust-Agder counties were merged into Agder county.

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 as has the name of the county. From 1671 until 1918, the title was Amtmann i Lister og Mandals amt. From 1919 until 2016, the title was Fylkesmann i Vest-Agder fylke.

List of county governors

Vest-Agder county has had the following governors:[1][2][3]

County governors of Lister og Mandals amt
StartEndName
1671c. 1675Robert Hamilton


16771681Jens Toller Rosenheim (1636–1690)
Served concurrently as Amtmann for Nedenæs amt (1680-1681).


16811683Daniel Danielsen Knoff (1614–1687)


16831685Ludvig Holgersen Rosenkrantz (1625–1685)
Served concurrently as Stiftamtmann for Christianssand stiftamt.
16851692Christian Stockfleth (1640–1704)
Served concurrently as Stiftamtmann for Christianssand stiftamt.
16851692Claus Røyem (1638–1692)
(Acting for Stockfleth while he served as envoy to Sweden.)


16921699Jørgen Hansen Burchart


16991711Andreas Undall (1669–1728)


17111718Povel Juel (c. 1673–1723)
(Suspended by the King from June 1713–January 1715; fired in 1718.)

17181745Vilhelm Reesen (1675–1745)


17451768Jens Stoud (1713–1768)


17681771Magnus Theiste (1725–1791)


17711773Frederik Georg Adeler (1736–1810)
17731805Peter Holm (1733–1817)


18051810Hans Vilhelm Cederfeld de Simonsen (1737–1836)


18101814Adam Ditlev Wedell-Wedellsborg (1782–1827)


18141815Ulrik Frederik Anton de Schouboe (1782–1863)


18151836Oluf Borch de Schouboe (1777–1844)
Served concurrently as Stiftamtmann for Christianssand stiftamt.


18371846Niels Arntzen Sem (1782–1859)
Served concurrently as Stiftamtmann for Christianssand stiftamt.
18461852Carl Valentin Falsen (1787–1852)
Served concurrently as Stiftamtmann for Christianssand stiftamt.
18521859Mathias Bille Kjørboe (1794–1859)
Served concurrently as Stiftamtmann for Christianssand stiftamt.


18601871Niels Petersen Vogt (1817–1894)
Served concurrently as Stiftamtmann for Christianssand stiftamt.
18711881Jakob Krefting Bonnevie (1814–1881)
Served concurrently as Stiftamtmann for Christianssand stiftamt.


18821889Johan Christian Georg Hvoslef (1819–1889)
Served concurrently as Stiftamtmann for Kristianssand stiftamt.
18891906Hans Georg Jacob Stang (1830–1907)
Served concurrently as Stiftamtmann for Kristiansand stiftamt.
19071918Daniel Bremer Juell Koren (1858–1948)
Served concurrently as Stiftamtmann for Kristiansand stiftamt (1907-1918).


County governors of Vest-Agder fylke
19191928Daniel Bremer Juell Koren (1858–1948)


19281948Hagbarth Lund (1877–1963)


19421945Iver Leuch Elieson (1889–1968)
(WWII Occupied government)


19481954Alf Frydenberg (1896–1989)


19541966Lars Evensen (1896–1969)
19661982Bue Fjermeros (1912–2000)


19821998Oluf Skarpnes (1932–2019)


Dec
1998		31 Dec
2015		Ann-Kristin Olsen (born 1945)


7 Feb
2006		28 July
2006		Lars Erik Lyngdal (born 1945)
(Acting for Olsen)


Office abolished on 1 January 2016, see List of county governors of Agder

References

  1. ↑ Cahoon, Ben (2000). "Norwegian Counties". Retrieved 2020-10-25.
  2. ↑ "Stiftamtmenn, amtmenn og fylkesmenn 1814-1994" (in Norwegian). regjeringen.no. Retrieved 2020-10-25.
  3. ↑ Berg, Ole T., ed. (2016-06-13). "Fylkesmenn og amtmenn (stiftamtmenn) siden 1671". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2020-10-25.
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