1 Jan 2020 formed by merger of Aust-Agder and Vest-Agder Governors 1 Jan 2020 - 31 Dec 2021 Stein Arve Ytterdahl (b. 1951) 1 Jan 2022 - Gina Elisabeth Lund (f) (b. 1962)
1 Jan 1919 Nedenes amt becomes Aust-Agder fylke
Governors
1694 - 1700 Mats de Tonsberg (b. 1638 - d. 1705)
1700 - 1711 Christian Frederik Powisch
1711 - 1718 Henrik Adeler
1718 - 1728 Johan Sigismund Hassius
Lillienpalm
1728 - 1730 Alexander Frederik Møsting
1730 - 1738 Johan Albrecht With
1738 - 1742 Carl Juel
1742 - 1746 Heinrich von Reuss
1746 - 1751 Joachim Hartvig Johan von Barner
1751 - 1766 Frederik Adeler
1767 Gustav Frederik Holck-Winterfeldt
1767 - 1781 Hans Hagerup Gyldenpalm (b. 1717 - d. 1781)
1781 - 1788 Frederik Georg Adeler (b. 1736 - d. 1810)
1788 - 1789 Frederik Moltke (b. 1754 - d. 1836)
1789 - 1800 Hans Christoph Diderik Victor von
Levetzow
1800 - 1804 Otto Joachim Moltke
1804 - 1810 Emanuel de Thygeson (b. 1772 - d. 1860)
1810 - 1812 Hans Vilhelm Cederfeld de Simonsen
1812 - 1815 Oluf Borch de Schouboe (b. 1777 - d. 1844)
1815 - 1837 Ulrik Frederik Anton de Schouboe (b. 1782 - d. 1863)
1837 - 1848 Henrik Harboe (b. 1785 - d. 1848)
1849 - 1860 Iver Steen Thomle (b. 1812 - d. 1889)
1860 - 1863 Henrik Laurentius Helliesen (b. 1824 - d. 1900)
1863 - 1868 Niels Wisløff Rogstad (b. 1814 - d. 1880)
1868 - 1895 Niels Cornelius Bonnevie (b. 1827 - d. 1899)
1896 - 1906 Nicolai Christian Grove Prebensen (b. 1850 - d. 1938)
1906 - 1908 Sigurd Lambrechts (b. 1863 - d. 1941)
1908 - 1916 Sven Aarrestad (b. 1850 - d. 1942)
1917 - 1921 Hans Thomas Knudtzon (b. 1857 - d. 1921)
1921 - 24 Jan 1942 Jonas Pedersen (b. 1871 - d. 1953)
1942 - 1945 Hans Henrik Petersen (b. 1886 - d. 1969)
1945 - 1961 Nils Hjelmtveit (b. 1892 - d. 1985)
1961 - 1974 Henrik Svensen (b. 1904 - d. 2007)
1974 - 1983 Ebba Lodden (f) (b. 1913 - d. 1997)
1983 - 1994 Signe Marie Stray Ryssdal (f) (b. 1924 - d. 2019)
10 Jan 1995 - 31 Dec 2007 Hjalmar Inge Sunde (b. 1937)
1 Jan 2008 - 30 Sep 2009 Svein Åril (acting) (b. 1946)
1 Oct 2009 - 31 Dec 2015 Øystein Djupedal (b. 1960)
1 Jan 2016 - 31 Dec 2019 Stein Arve Ytterdahl (s.a.)
1 Jan 1919 Lister og Mandal amt becomes Vest-Agder fylke
Governors
1814 - 1815 Ulrik Frederik Anton de Schouboe (b. 1782 - d. 1863)
1815 - 1836 Oluf Borch de Schouboe (b. 1777 - d. 1844)
1837 - 1846 Niels Arntzen Sem (b. 1782 - d. 1859)
1846 - 1852 Carl Valentin Falsen (b. 1787 - d. 1852)
1852 - 1859 Mathias Bille Kjørboe (b. 1794 - d. 1859)
1860 - 1871 Nils Vogt (b. 1817 - d. 1894)
1871 - 1881 Jakob Krefting Bonnevie (b. 1814 - d. 1881)
1882 - 1889 Johan Christian Georg Hvoslef (b. 1819 - d. 1889)
1889 - 1906 Jacob Stang (b. 1830 - d. 1907)
1907 - 1928 Daniel Bremer Juell Koren (b. 1858 - d. 1948)
1928 - 1948 Hagbarth Lund (b. 1877 - d. 1963)
1948 - 1954 Alf Frydenberg (b. 1896 - d. 1989)
1954 - 1966 Lars Evensen (b. 1896 - d. 1969)
1966 - 1982 Bue Fjermeros (b. 1912 - d. 2000)
1982 - 1998 Oluf Skarpnes (b. 1932 - d. 2019)
Dec 1998 - 31 Dec 2015 Ann-Kristin Olsen (f) (b. 1945)
7 Feb 2006 - 28 Jul 2006 Lars Erik Lyngdal (b. 1945)
(acting for Olsen)
1 Jan 2016 - 31 Dec 2019 Stein Arve Ytterdahl (s.a.)
c.1870 spelling of Christiansand changed to Kristiansand
Governors (stiftamtmenn)
1691 - 1815 the governors of Nedenes amt (s.a.)
1815 - 1918 the governors of Lister og Mandal
amt (s.a.)
c.1870 Aggershuus amt renamed Akershus amt
1 Jan 1919 becomes Akershus fylke
1 Jan 2020 - 31 Dec 2023 part of Viken (see below)
Governors
1699 - 1708 Frederik Gabel (b. 1645 - d. 1708)
1708 - 1710 Johan Vibe (b. 1637 - d. 1710)
1710 - 1731 Vilhelm de Tonsberg
1731 - 1735 Lorentz de Reichwein
1735 - 1737 Jacob Benzon (b. 1688 - d. 1775)
1737 - 1740 Peter Neve
1740 - 1750 Frederik Otto von Rappe
1750 - 1757 Christian Rudolph Philip Gersdorff
1757 - 1772 Caspar Herman von Storm
1772 - 1773 Diderik Otto von Grambow
1774 - 1784 Albrecht Philip von Levetzau
1784 - 1789 Jørgen Erik Skeel
1789 - 1795 Frederik Moltke (b. 1754 - d. 1836)
1795 - 1802 Frederik Julius Kaas (1st time) (b. 1758 - d. 1827)
1802 - 1809 Gebhard Moltke (b. 1764 - d. 1851)
1809 - 1810 Frederik Julius Kaas (2nd time) (s.a.)
1810 - 1813 Eggert Christopher Knuth
1813 - 1815 Poul Christian Holst (b. 1776 - d. 1863)
1815 - 1822 Hans Hagerup Falbe (b. 1772 - d. 1830)
1822 - 1830 Valentin Christian Wilhelm Sibbern (b. 1779 - d. 1853)
1831 - 1837 Niels Arntzen Sem (b. 1782 - d. 1859)
1837 - 1839 Hans Christian Petersen (b. 1793 - d. 1862)
1840 - 1842 Fredrik Riis (b. 1789 - d. 1845)
1842 - 1855 Erik Røring Møinichen (b. 1797 - d. 1875)
1855 - 1858 Christian Birch-Reichenwald (b. 1814 - d. 1891)
1859 - 1895 Johan Christian Collett (b. 1817 - d. 1895)
1895 - 1918 Ole Andreas Furu (b. 1841 - d. 1925)
1919 - 1930 Hroar Olsen (b. 1859 - d. 1941)
1930 - 1943 Ingolf E. Christensen (b. 1872 - d. 1943)
1945 - 1955 Carl Platou (b. 1885 - d. 1956)
1955 - 1963 Trygve Lie (b. 1896 - d. 1968)
1964 - 1965 John Lyng (b. 1905 - d. 1978)
1965 - 1979 Petter Mørch Koren (b. 1910 - d. 2004)
1979 - 1989 Gunnar A. Larsen (b. 1919 - d. 2003)
1989 - 1998 Kåre Willoch (b. 1928 - d. 2021)
1998 - 2001 Karin Moe Røisland (f) (acting) (b. 1944)
2001 Arne Bardalen (acting)
1 Nov 2001 - 2011 Hans J. Røsjorde (b. 1941)
2011 - 31 Dec 2019 Valgerd Svarstad Haugland (f) (b. 1956)
1 Jan 2024 - Valgerd Svarstad Haugland (f) (s.a.)
1 Jan 2020 formed by merger of Buskerud, Akershus, and Østfold 1 Jan 2024 merger reversed Governor 1 Jan 2020 - 31 Dec 2023 Valgerd Svarstad Haugland (f) (s.a.)
1843 Aggershuus stift renamed Christiania
1877 spelling changed to Kristiania
Governors (stiftamtmenn)
1682 - 1750 the governors of Aggershuus amt
(s.a.)
1750 - 1763 Jacob Benzon
1763 - 1810 the governors of Aggershuus amt
(s.a.)
1810 - 1812 Marcus Gjøe Rosenkrantz (b. 1762 - d. 1838)
1812 - 1813 Emanuel de Thygeson (b. 1772 - d. 1860)
1813 - 1815 Poul Christian Holst (acting) (b. 1776 - d. 1863)
1815 - 1842 the governors of Aggershuus amt
(s.a.)
1840 - 1845 Fredrik Riis (b. 1789 - d. 1845)
1846 - 1857 Niels Arntzen Sem (b. 1782 - d. 1859)
1857 - 1874 Karelius August Arntzen (b. 1802 - d. 1875)
1874 - 1880 August Christian Manthey (b. 1811 - d. 1880)
1880 - 1905 Niels Rye (b. 1824 - d. 1905)
1905 - 1917 Otto Albert Blehr (b. 1847 - d. 1927)
1917 - 1918 Andreas Tostrup Urbye (acting) (b. 1869 - d. 1955)
1 Jan 1919 Buskeruds amt becomes Buskerud fylke
1 Jan 2020 - 31 Dec 2023 part of Viken (see under Akershus)
Governors
1806 - 1813 Greve Johan Caspar Herman Wedel
Jarlsberg (b. 1779 - d. 1840)
1813 - 1814 Jonas Collett (b. 1772 - d. 1851)
1814 - 1827 Johan Collett (b. 1775 - d. 1827)
1828 - 1831 Niels Arntzen Sem (b. 1782 - d. 1859)
1831 - 1857 Gustav Peter Blom (b. 1785 - d. 1869)
1858 - 1882 Paul Peter Vilhelm Breder (b. 1816 - d. 1890)
1882 - 1884 Thomas Cathinco Bang (1st time) (b. 1827 - d. 1902)
1884 - 1890 Nils Vogt (b. 1817 - d. 1894)
1890 - 1902 Thomas Cathinco Bang (2nd time) (s.a.)
1902 - 1928 Theodor Christian Stoud Platou (b. 1858 - d. 1942)
1929 - 1935 Thomas von Westen Angell (b. 1871 - d. 1935)
1935 - 1945 Jens Hundseid (b. 1883 - d. 1965)
1945 - 1950 Nils Nilsen Thune (b. 1880 - d. 1950)
1950 - 19 Oct 1962 Arnold G. Dybsjord (b. 1897 - d. 1962)
1962 - 6 Apr 1977 Olaf Fredrik Watnebryn (b. 1908 - d. 1977)
1977 - 1979 Gunnar A. Larsen (b. 1919 - d. 2003)
1979 - 1989 Ragnar Christiansen (b. 1922 - d. 2019)
1989 - 1999 Leif Haraldseth (b. 1929 - d. 2019)
1999 - 30 Sep 2013 Kirsti Kolle Grøndahl (f) (b. 1943)
1999 - 2001 Jon A. Lea (acting for Grøndahl) (b. 1948)
1 Oct 2013 - 31 Dec 2018 Helen Bjørnøy (f) (b. 1954)
1 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2019 Valgerd Svarstad Haugland (f) (b. 1956)
1 Jan 2024 - Valgerd Svarstad Haugland (f) (s.a.)
1 Jan 1919 Finmarkens amt becomes Finnmark fylke
1 Jan 2020 - 31 Dec 2023 part of Troms og Finnmark (see under Troms)
Governors
1684 - 1701 Hans Hansen Lilienskiold (b. 1650 - d. 1703)
1701 - 1717 Erik Lorch
1717 - 1718 Jacob Møinichen
1718 - 1720 Nikolai Friese
1720 - 1729 Peter Siedelmann
1730 - 1738 Henning Friman
1739 - 1750 Rasmus Kjeldsøn
1751 - 1757 Mathias Collett (b. 1708 - d. 1759)
1757 - 1768 Gunder Gundersen Hammer (b. 1725 - d. 1772)
1768 - 1771 Eiler Hagerup (b. 1736 - d. 1795)
1771 - 1778 Torkil Fieldsted
1778 - 1787 Christen Heiberg (b. 1737 - d. 1801)
1787 - 1800 Ole Hannibal Sommerfelt (b. 1753 - d. 1821)
1800 - 1806 Martin Andreas Unmack
1806 - 1811 Hilmar Meincke Krohg (b. 1776 - d. 1851)
1811 - 1814 Frederik Wilhelm Wedel Jarlsberg (b. 1787 - d. 1863)
1814 - 1828 Johan Caspar Krogh (b. 1776 - d. 1831)
1828 - 1829 Christian Ulrik Kastrup (b. 1784 - d. 1850)
1829 - 1833 Ulrik Frederik Cappelen (b. 1797 - d. 1864)
1833 - 1843 Ole Edvard Buck (b. 1799 - d. 1843)
Aug 1839 - Mar 1845 Mons Lie
(acting for Buck, then for Harris)
1844 - 1853 Anton Theodor Harris (b. 1804 - d. 1866)
1854 - 1857 Carl Fredrik Motzfeldt (b. 1808 - d. 1902)
1858 - 1866 Mathias Bonsach Krogh Nannestad (b. 1815 - d. 1878)
1866 - 1874 Jens Holmboe (b. 1821 - d. 1891)
1874 - 1882 Johan Blackstad (b. 1832 - d. 1904)
1882 - 1885 Carl Ingwart Theodor Rynning (b. 1837 - d. 1892)
1886 - 1889 Karl Adolf Langberg (b. 1850 - d. 1889)
1889 - 1894 Nicolai Christian Grove Prebensen (b. 1850 - d. 1938)
1896 - 1906 Truls Johannessen Wiel Graff (b. 1851 - d. 1918)
1906 - 1912 Andreas Tostrup Urbye (b. 1869 - d. 1955)
1912 - 1921 Johan Albrigt Rivertz (b. 1874 - d. 1942)
1922 - 1928 Hagbarth Lund (b. 1877 - d. 1963)
1928 - 1948 Hans Gabrielsen (b. 1891 - d. 1965)
Nov 1944 - Sep 1945 Peder Holt (b. 1899 - d. 1963)
(acting for Gabrielsen)
1948 - 24 Mar 1963 Peder Holt (s.a.)
1951 - 1955 Dag Tønder (acting for Holt) (b. 1907 - d. 1989)
1963 - 1974 Kolbjørn Varmann (b. 1904 - d. 1980)
Mar 1963 - Jul 1965 Anders Aune (acting for Varmann) (b. 1923 - d. 2011)
1974 - 1989 Anders Aune (s.a.)
Jan 1990 - May 1990 Kurt Mosbakk (acting) (b. 1934)
1990 - 1998 Svein Alsaker (b. 1940)
31 Aug 1990 - 31 Jul 1993 Ingrid Røstad Fløtten (f) (b. 1954)
(acting for Alsaker)
1998 - 30 Sep 2016 Gunnar Kjønnøy (b. 1947)
1 Oct 2016 - 31 Dec 2018 Ingvild Aleksandersen (f) (b. 1968)
1 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2019 Elisabeth Vik Aspaker (f) (b. 1962)
1 Jan 2024 - Elisabeth Vik Aspaker (f) (s.a.)
1 Jan 2020 formed by merger of Oppland and Hedmark Governor 1 Jan 2020 - Knut Storberget (b. 1964)
1757 Oplandenes amt split from Aggershuus amt
1781 split into Hedemarkens amt (see below) and Christians amt
c.1870 spelling changed to Kristians amt
1 Jan 1919 Kristians amt becomes Opland fylke
1949 renamed Oppland
Governors
1757 - 1759 Mathias Collett (b. 1708 - d. 1759)
1759 - 1760 David Sommerfelt (acting)
1760 - 1768 Christian Petersen
1768 - 1781 Christian Frederik Holck
27 Apr 1781 - 30 May 1811 Christian Sommerfelt (b. 1746 - d. 1811)
1811 - 1821 Ole Hannibal Sommerfelt (b. 1753 - d. 1821)
1821 - 1851 Lauritz Weidemann (b. 1775 - d. 1856)
1852 - 1854 Hans Tostrup (b. 1799 - d. 1856)
1854 - 1859 Johan Christian Collett (b. 1817 - d. 1895)
1859 - 1869 Christian Jensen (b. 1823 - d. 1884)
1869 - 1878 Hans Thomas Meinich (b. 1819 - d. 1878)
1878 - 1900 Jan Greve Skjoldborg (b. 1832 - d. 1901)
1900 - 1908 Peter Theodor Holst (b. 1843 - d. 1908)
1908 - 1933 Sigurd Lambrechts (b. 1863 - d. 1941)
1933 - 1947 Alfred Ihlen (b. 1877 - d. 1961)
1 Jul 1948 - 1961 Hans Gabrielsen (b. 1891 - d. 1965)
1961 - 1976 Nils Kristoffer Handal (b. 1906 - d. 1992)
1976 - 1981 Thorstein Treholt (b. 1911 - d. 1993)
1981 - 2001 Knut Korsæth (b. 1932 - d. 2022)
2001 - 2015 Kristin Hille Valla (f) (b. 1944)
2 Feb 2015 - 31 Dec 2018 Christl Kvam (f) (b. 1962)
4 Mar 2016 - 31 Dec 2018 Sigurd Tremoen (acting for Kvam) (b. 1965)
1 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2019 Knut Storberget (s.a.)
1781 Hedemarkens amt split from Oplandenes amt (s.a.)
1 Jan 1919 becomes Hedmark fylke
Governors
1781 - 1789 Ditlev von Pentz (b. 1744 - d. 1821)
1789 - 1802 Andreas Høyer (b. 1742 - d. 1817)
1802 - 1804 Emanuel de Thygeson (b. 1772 - d. 1860)
1804 - 1816 Claus Bendeke (b. 1763 - d. 1828)
1817 - 1821 Lauritz Weidemann (b. 1775 - d. 1856)
1821 - 1849 Frederik Hartvig Johan Heidmann (b. 1777 - d. 1850)
1849 - 1856 August Christian Manthey (b. 1811 - d. 1880)
1856 - 1890 Ludvig Kyhn (b. 1817 - d. 1890)
1890 - 1897 Oscar Mørch (b. 1845 - d. 1897)
1898 - 1915 Gregers Winther Wulfsberg Gram (b. 1846 - d. 1929)
1915 - 1916 Johannes Irgens (acting) (b. 1869 - d. 1939)
1916 - 1926 Torvald Løchen (b. 1861 - d. 1943)
1926 - 1935 Knud Iversen Øyen (b. 1865 - d. 1942)
1935 - 1953 Knut Monsen Nordanger (b. 1883 - d. 1965)
1954 - 1966 Alf Frydenberg (b. 1896 - d. 1989)
1966 - 1979 Erling Anger (b. 1909 - d. 1999)
1979 - 1981 Annfinn Lund (b. 1926 - d. 2001)
1981 - 1993 Odvar Nordli (b. 1927 - d. 2018)
1994 - 1996 Kjell Borgen (b. 1939 - d. 1996)
1996 - 31 Dec 2018 Sigbjørn Johnsen (b. 1950)
Apr 1997 - Oct 1997 Jon A. Lea (acting for Johnsen) (b. 1948)
Oct 2009 - 15 Feb 2010 Tormod W. Karlstrøm (b. 1944)
(acting for Johnsen)
15 Feb 2010 - 2013 Sylvia Brustad (f) (b. 1966)
(acting for Johnsen)
1 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2019 Knut Storberget (s.a.)
1864 separated from Christiania stift
Governors (stiftamtmenn)
1864 - 1918 the governors of Hedemarkens amt
(s.a.)
1 Jan 1919 Romsdals amt becomes Møre fylke
1 Jul 1935 renamed Møre og Romsdal
Governors
1800 - 1811 Ole Hannibal Sommerfelt (b. 1753 - d. 1821)
1811 - 1840 Hilmar Meincke Krohg (b. 1776 - d. 1851)
1840 - 1853 Gudbrand Thesen (b. 1792 - d. 1866)
1853 - 1893 Nils Weyer Arveschoug (b. 1807 - d. 1894)
1893 - 1902 Ludvig Arnoldus Leth (b. 1836 - d. 1902)
1902 - 6 Apr 1906 Alexander Lange Kielland (b. 1849 - d. 1906)
1906 - 13 Dec 1913 Birger Kildal (b. 1849 - d. 1913)
1914 - 1928 Oddmund Vik (b. 1858 - d. 1930)
1928 - 15 Jun 1952 Trygve Utheim (b. 1884 - d. 1952)
1952 - 1958 Olav Berntsen Oksvik (b. 1887 - d. 1958)
1958 - 1966 Erling Anger (b. 1909 - d. 1999)
1966 - 1972 Erling Sandene (b. 1921 - d. 2015)
1972 - 1977 Kåre Ellingsgård (b. 1926 - d. 2017)
1977 - 1 Jan 2002 Alv Jakob Fostervoll (b. 1932 - d. 2015)
1 Jan 2002 - 1 Oct 2009 Ottar Befring (b. 1939 - d. 2023)
1 Oct 2009 - 31 Dec 2018 Lodve Solholm (b. 1949)
1 Jan 2019 - 30 Sep 2021 Rigmor Brøste (acting) (b. 1965)
1 Oct 2021 - Else-May Norderhus (f) (b. 1973)
1 Jan 1919 Nordlands amt becomes Nordland fylke
Governors
1811 - 1815 Christen Elster (b. 1763 - d. 1833)
1815 - 1828 Johan Ernst Berg (b. 1768 - d. 1828)
1829 - 1833 Adam Johan Frederik Poulsen,
greve af Trampe (b. 1798 - d. 1876)
1834 - 1847 Lars Bastian Ridder Stabell (b. 1798 - d. 1860)
1848 - 1853 Nils Weyer Arveschoug (b. 1807 - d. 1894)
1854 - 1858 Paul Peter Vilhelm Breder (b. 1816 - d. 1890)
1858 - 1867 Carsten Smith (b. 1817 - d. 1884)
1867 - 1878 Claus Nieuwejaar Worsøe (b. 1822 - d. 1906)
1878 - 1889 Otto Benjamin Andreas Aubert (b. 1841 - d. 1898)
1890 - 1908 Rasmus Theisen (b. 1837 - d. 1908)
1908 - 1913 Anton Omholt (b. 1861 - d. 1925)
1913 - 1921 Jonas Pedersen (b. 1871 - d. 1953)
1922 - 1939 Olaf Amundsen (b. 1876 - d. 1939)
1940 - 1951 Karl Hess Larsen (b. 1900 - d. 1966)
1951 - 1966 Bue Fjermeros (b. 1912 - d. 2000)
1966 - 1983 Ole Aavatsmark (b. 1918 - d. 1983)
1983 - 1991 Odd With (b. 1921 - d. 2006)
1991 - 2007 Åshild Hauan (f) (b. 1941 - d. 2017)
1991 - 1993 Davis Johansen (b. 1926)
(acting for Hauan)
2007 - 31 Dec 2018 Hill-Marta Solberg (f) (b. 1951)
1 Jan 2008 - 31 Oct 2009 Ola Bjerkaas (b. 1953?)
(acting for Solberg)
1 Jan 2019 - Tom Cato Karlsen (b. 1974)
1842 Christiania amt separated from Aggershuus
1877 spelling changed to Kristiania
1 Jan 1919 becomes Kristiania fylke
1925 renamed Oslo fylke
Governors
1842 - 1918 the governors of Akershus (s.a.)
1918 - 1923 Håkon Løken (acting) (b. 1859 - d. 1923)
1924 - 31 Dec 2019 the governors of Akershus (s.a.)
1 Jan 2020 - 31 Dec 2023 the governor of Viken
(see under Akershus)
1 Jan 2024 - the governors of Akershus (s.a.)
1 Jan 1919 Smaalenenes amt becomes Østfold fylke
1 Jan 2020 - 31 Dec 2023 part of Viken (see under Akershus)
Governors
1687 - 1700 Ambrosius Charisius
1700 - 1703 Caspar Gottlob Moltke
1703 - 1741 Niels Werenskiold
1741 - 1743 Henning Johansen Frimann
1743 - 1767 Baltzer Sechmann Fleischer (b. 1703 - d. 1767)
1768 - 1781 Henrik Lachmann
1781 - 1789 Frederik Hauch
1789 - 1794 Johan Christian Hauch
1794 - 1804 Andreas Hofgaard
1804 - 1810 Marcus Gjøe Rosenkrantz (b. 1762 - d. 1838)
1810 - 1814 Mathias Otto Sommerhielm (b. 1764 - d. 1827)
28 Nov 1814 - 8 Nov 1830 Valentin Christian Wilhelm Sibbern (b. 1779 - d. 1853)
1 Jan 1831 - 23 Sep 1846 Gregers Winther Wulfsberg (b. 1780 - d. 1846)
(acting to 30 Mar 1831)
27 Jan 1847 - 15 Mar 1855 Christian Birch-Reichenwald (b. 1814 - d. 1891)
6 Aug 1855 - 17 May 1880 Carl Sibbern (b. 1809 - d. 1880)
31 Jan 1881 - 29 Nov 1890 Johan Lauritz Rasch (b. 1829 - d. 1901)
6 Mar 1891 - 1 Apr 1905 Ulrik Frederik Christian Arneberg (b. 1829 - d. 1911)
1 Apr 1905 - 1917 Hans Christian Albert Hansen (b. 1847 - d. 1925)
1918 - 1933 Eivind Olaf Bødtker (b. 1863 - d. 1946)
1933 - 1940 Ernst Andreas Johannesen (b. 1870 - d. 1957)
1940 - 1951 Lyder Døscher Bull (b. 1881 - d. 1959)
1951 - 1966 Karl Hess Larsen (b. 1900 - d. 1966)
1966 - 1981 Jacob Modalsli (b. 1911 - d. 1984)
1981 - 1986 Lars Korvald (b. 1916 - d. 2006)
1986 - 1998 Erling Norvik (b. 1928 - d. 1998)
1998 - 2003 Edvard Grimstad (b. 1933 - d. 2014)
2003 Lise Beret Sandereid (f) (acting)
1 Jan 2004 - 31 Dec 2015 Anne Enger Lahnstein (from 2006,
Anne Enger) (f) (b. 1949)
1 Jan 2016 - 31 Dec 2018 Trond Rønningen (b. 1967)
1 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2019 Valgerd Svarstad Haugland (f) (b. 1956)
1 Jan 2024 - Valgerd Svarstad Haugland (f) (s.a.)
1 Jan 1919 Stavanger amt becomes Rogaland fylke
Governors
1814 - 1824 Wilhelm Frimann Krog (b. 1767 - d. 1825)
1825 - 1826 Jens Erichstrup (b. 1775 - d. 1826)
1826 - 1828 Peder Martinius Ottesen (b. 1782 - d. 1852)
1829 - 1833 Christian Ulrik Kastrup (b. 1784 - d. 1850)
1833 - 1853 Gunder Aas (b. 1785 - d. 1853)
1853 - 1863 Anton Theodor Harris (b. 1804 - d. 1866)
1864 - 1888 Vilhelm Hermann Ludvig von Munthe
af Morgenstierne (b. 1814 - d. 1888)
1889 - 1910 Carl Lauritz Mechelborg Oppen (b. 1830 - d. 1914)
1910 - 1932 Thorvald Andreas Larsen (b. 1863 - d. 1936)
1932 - 1958 John Norem (b. 1888 - d. 1976)
1959 - 1968 Paul Ingolf Ingebretsen (b. 1904 - d. 1968)
1968 - 1973 Gunnar Hellesen (b. 1913 - d. 2005)
1973 - 1981 Konrad B. Knutsen (b. 1925 - d. 2012)
1982 - 1991 Kristin Lønningdal (f) (b. 1923 - d. 2010)
1991 - 2013 Tora Aasland (f) (b. 1942)
1991 - 1993 Harald Thune (1st time) (b. 1952)
(acting for Aasland)
1 Jan 2008 - 2013 Harald Thune (2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting for Aasland)
1 Nov 2013 - 30 Jun 2019 Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa (f) (b. 1948)
1 Jul 2019 - 31 Oct 2021 Lone Merethe Solheim (f) (acting) (b. 1964)
1 Nov 2021 - Bent Høie (b. 1971)
1 Jan 1919 Bratsberg amt becomes Telemark fylke
1 Jan 2020 - 31 Dec 2023 part of Vestfold og Telemark (see under Vestfold)
Governors
1814 - 1838 Frederik Wilhelm Wedel Jarlsberg (b. 1787 - d. 1863)
1839 - 1846 Carl Valentin Falsen (b. 1787 - d. 1852)
1846 - 1877 Jørgen Aall (b. 1806 - d. 1894)
1877 - 1880 Niels Rye (b. 1824 - d. 1905)
1881 - 1889 Ulrik Frederik Christian Arneberg (b. 1829 - d. 1911)
1889 - 1898 Otto Benjamin Andreas Aubert (b. 1841 - d. 1898)
1898 - 1902 Thomas von Westen Engelhart (b. 1850 - d. 1905)
1902 - 1910 Viggo Ullmann (b. 1848 - d. 1910)
1910 - 1932 Guthorm Hallager (b. 1864 - d. 1932)
1933 - 1938 Olaf Hegland (b. 1885 - d. 1939)
1939 - 1940 Kornelius Bergsvik (1st time) (b. 1889 - d. 1975)
1940 - 1945 Christen Knudsen (b. 1873 - d. 1964)
1945 - 1959 Kornelius Bergsvik (2nd time) (s.a.)
1959 - 1969 Tidemann F. Evensen (b. 1905 - d. 1969)
Dec 1969 - 1973 Leif Hjørnevik (b. 1910 - d. 1973)
1973 - 1976 Olav Haukvik (b. 1928 - d. 1992)
1976 - 1988 Oddvar Berrefjord (b. 1918 - d. 1999)
1989 - 1998 Kjell Bohlin (b. 1928 - d. 2011)
1 Dec 1998 - 1 Jul 2004 Solveig Sollie (f) (b. 1939)
2 Jul 2004 - 2 Jul 2006 Arne Malme (1st time) (acting) (b. 1949?)
3 Jul 2006 - 21 Jun 2018 Kari Nordheim-Larsen (f) (b. 1948)
22 Jun 2018 - 31 Dec 2018 Arne Malme (2nd time) (acting) (s.a.)
1 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2019 Per Arne Olsen (b. 1961 - d. 2022)
1 Jan 2024 - Fred-Ivar Syrstad (acting) (b. 1968)
1 Jan 1919 Tromsø amt becomes Troms fylke
1 Jan 2020 - 31 Dec 2023 part of Troms og Finnmark (see below)
Governors
1866 - 1869 Mathias Bonsach Krogh Nannestad (b. 1815 - d. 1878)
1869 - 1889 Christian Collett Kjerschow (b. 1821 - d. 1889)
1889 - 1914 Boye Christian Riis Strøm (b. 1847 - d. 1930)
1915 - 1920 Klaus Hoel (b. 1865 - d. 1923)
1921 - 1928 Otto Backe (b. 1874 - d. 1928)
1928 - 1938 Johannes Gerckens Bassøe (b. 1878 - d. 1962)
1938 - 20 Apr 1940 Gunnar Bjørn Nordbye (b. 1897 - d. 1940)
20 Apr 1940 - 1945 Hans O. Skotner (acting) (b. 1903 - d. 1987)
1946 - 1953 Arne Aas (b. 1890 - d. 1953)
1953 - 1976 Kristian Even Haug (b. 1906 - d. 2000)
1977 - 1991 Martin Buvik (b. 1923 - d. 2018)
1991 - Aug 2000 Leif Arne Heløe (b. 1932)
Aug 2000 - Oct 2005 Vilgunn Gregusson (b. 1936)
Oct 2005 - Sep 2014 Svein Ludvigsen (b. 1946)
Sep 2014 - 30 Oct 2017 Bård Magne Pedersen (acting) (b. 1956)
30 Oct 2017 - 31 Dec 2019 Elisabeth Vik Aspaker (f) (b. 1962)
1 Jan 2024 - Elisabeth Vik Aspaker (f) (s.a.)
1 Jan 2020 former by merger of Troms and Finnmark 1 Jan 2024 merger reversed Governor 1 Jan 2020 - 31 Dec 2023 Elisabeth Vik Aspaker (f) (s.a.)
Governors (stiftamtmenn)
1844 - 1866 the governors of Finmarkens amt (s.a.)
1866 - 1918 the governors of Tromsø amt (s.a.)
1 Jan 2018 formed by merger of Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag Governor 1 Jan 2018 - Frank Jenssen (b. 1969)
1 Jan 1919 Nordre Trondhjems amt becomes Nord-Trøndelag fylke
Governors
1805 - 1815 Caspar Conrad Rafn (b. 1763 - d. 1830)
1815 - 1833 Christen Elster (b. 1763 - d. 1833)
1833 - 1857 Adam Johan Frederik Poulsen,
greve af Trampe (b. 1798 - d. 1876)
1857 - 1866 Fredrik August Wessel-Berg (b. 1809 - d. 1895)
1867 - 1884 Carsten Smith (b. 1817 - d. 1884)
1884 - 1894 Lars Otto Roll Grundt (b. 1843 - d. 1907)
1894 - 1898 Ole Qvam (b. 1834 - d. 1904)
1898 - 1902 Halvor Bachke Guldahl (1st time) (b. 1859 - d. 1931)
1902 - 1916 Torvald Løchen (b. 1861 - d. 1943)
1916 - 1927 Halvor Bachke Guldahl (2nd time) (s.a.)
1927 - 1944 Haakon Martin Five (b. 1880 - d. 1944)
1945 - 1959 Asbjørn Lindboe (b. 1889 - d. 1967)
1959 - 1964 Gustav Sjaastad (b. 1902 - d. 1964)
1964 - 1971 Ole Bae (b. 1902 - d. 1972)
1971 - 1979 Leif Granli (b. 1909 - d. 1988)
1979 - 1991 Ola Hansen Kveli (b. 1921 - d. 2003)
1991 - 31 May 2008 Inger Lise Gjørv (f) (b. 1938 - d. 2009)
1991 - 1993 Oddbjørn Karmhus Nordset
(1st time) (acting for Gjørv) (b. 1946)
1 Jun 2008 - 2 Nov 2009 Oddbjørn Karmhus Nordset
(2nd time) (acting) (s.a.)
2 Nov 2009 - 30 Sep 2017 Inge Ryan (b. 1956)
1 Oct 2017 - 31 Dec 2017 Gerd Janne Kristoffersen (f) (b. 1952)
(acting)
1 Jan 1919 Søndre Trondhjems amt becomes Sør-Trøndelag fylke
Governors
1810 - 1832 Frederik Christopher, greve af
Trampe (b. 1779 - d. 1832)
1832 - 1840 Fredrik Riis (b. 1789 - d. 1845)
1840 - 1857 Karelius August Arntzen (b. 1802 - d. 1875)
1857 - 1894 Carl Fredrik Motzfeldt (b. 1808 - d. 1902)
1894 - 1907 Lars Otto Roll Grundt (b. 1843 - d. 1907)
1907 - 1921 Harald Bothner (b. 1850 - d. 1924)
1921 - 1940 Odd Klingenberg (b. 1871 - d. 1944)
1940 - 18 Oct 1947 Johan Cappelen (b. 1889 - d. 1947)
1948 - 1958 Ivar Skjånes (b. 1888 - d. 1975)
1958 - 1963 Thor Skrindo (b. 1910 - d. 1992)
1963 - 1974 Nils Lysø (b. 1905 - d. 1977)
1974 - 1986 Einar Hole Moxnes (b. 1921 - d. 2006)
1986 - 1993 Reidar Due (b. 1922 - d. 2021)
1986 - 1989 Roald Eriksen (1st time)
(acting for Due)
1993 - 2011 Kåre Gjønnes (b. 1942 - d. 2021)
1997 - 1998 Roald Eriksen (2nd time)
(acting for Gjønnes)
1998 - 2000 Aage Rundberget (b. 1947)
(acting for Gjønnes)
2011 - 3 Mar 2015 Jørn Aksel Krog (b. 1948 - d. 2015)
13 Mar 2015 - 31 Dec 2017 Brit Skjelbred (f) (b. 1949)
(acting to 5 Feb 2016)
Governors (stiftamtmenn)
1687 - 1700 Hans Kaas
1700 - 1722 Iver von Ahnen
1723 - 1726 Christian Reitzer
1726 - 1735 Jacob Benzon
1736 - 1744 Ulrik Christian von Nissen
1744 - 1747 Christian de Stockfleth d.y.
1747 - 1766 Frederik Rantzau
1766 - 1772 Diderik Otto von Grambow
1772 Georg Christian Oeder
1772 - 1783 Johan Vibe von der Osten
1783 - 1786 Wilhelm Frimann Koren
1786 - 1796 Thorkel Jonsen Fjeldsted
1796 - 1802 Gebhard Moltke
1802 - 1804 Frederik Adeler d.y.
1804 - 1918 the governors of Søndre Trondhjems
amt (s.a.)
c.1870 Jarlsberg og Laurvigs amt renamed Jarlsberg og Larvik
1 Jan 1919 becomes Vestfold fylke
1 Jan 2020 - 31 Dec 2023 part of Vestfold og Telemark (see below)
Governors
1821 - 1829 Georg Jacob Bull (b. 1785 - d. 1854)
1829 - 1833 Johan Henrik Rye (b. 1787 - d. 1868)
1833 - 1864 Ulrik Frederik Cappelen (b. 1797 - d. 1864)
1865 - 1882 Johan Christian Georg Hvoslef (b. 1819 - d. 1889)
1882 - 1902 Carl Johan Michelet (b. 1826 - d. 1902)
1902 - 1905 Thomas von Westen Engelhart (b. 1850 - d. 1905)
1905 - 1908 Ulrik Krohn (b. 1867 - d. 1944)
1908 - 1924 Abraham Berge (b. 1851 - d. 1936)
1924 - 1938 Herman Meinich (b. 1868 - d. 1948)
1938 - 1948 Johannes Gerckens Bassøe (b. 1878 - d. 1962)
1948 - 1958 Oscar Fredrik Torp (b. 1893 - d. 1958)
1958 - 1964 Gerhard Dahl (b. 1905 - d. 1964)
1964 - 1979 Olav R. Grove (b. 1909 - d. 1997)
1979 - 1988 Odd Vattekar (b. 1918 - d. 1992)
1989 - 1 Apr 2010 Mona Røkke (f) (b. 1940 - d. 2013)
1 Apr 2010 - 1 Jun 2010 Bjørn Strandli (acting)
1 Jun 2010 - Aug 2016 Erling Lae (b. 1947)
Aug 2016 - 31 Dec 2019 Per Arne Olsen (b. 1961 - d. 2022)
1 Jan 2024 - Fred-Ivar Syrstad (acting) (b. 1968)
1 Jan 2020 formed by merger of Vestfold and Telemark 1 Jan 2024 merger reversed Governors 1 Jan 2020 - 18 Nov 2022 Per Arne Olsen (s.a.) 18 Nov 2022 - 31 Dec 2023 Fred-Ivar Syrstad (acting) (s.a.)
1 Jan 2020 formed by merger of Hordaland and Sogn og Fjordane Governors 1 Jan 2020 - 1 Jun 2022 Lars Sponheim (b. 1957) 1 Jun 2022 - 1 Sep 2022 Gunnar O. Hæreid (acting) (b. 1970) 1 Sep 2022 - Liv Signe Navarsete (f) (b. 1958)
1763 Bergenhus divided into Nordre Bergenhus and Søndre Bergenhus
1 Jan 1919 Søndre Bergenhus amt becomes Hordaland fylke
Governors
1697 - 1702 Axel Rosenkrantz (b. 1670 - d. 1723)
1702 - 1704 Christian de Stockfleth d.e. (b. 1639 - d. 1704)
1704 Mats de Tonsberg (b. 1638 - d. 1705)
1704 - 1710 Vilhelm de Tonsberg
1710 - 1711 Edvard Hammond
1711 - 1728 Andreas Undall
1728 - 1738 Wilhelm August von der Osten
1738 - 1741 Christian Bagger
1741 - 1749 Christian Møinichen
1749 - 1766 Ulrik Frederik de Cicignon (b. 1698 - d. 1772)
1766 - 1768 Jørgen Erik Skeel
1768 - 1772 Christian Petersen
1772 - 1774 Albrecht Philip von Levetzau
1774 - 1789 Christian de Schouboe
1789 - 1802 Frederik Hauch
1802 - 1814 Johan Randulf Bull (b. 1749 - d. 1829)
1815 - 1825 Wilhelm Frimann Koren Christie (b. 1778 - d. 1849)
1825 - 1827 Christian Magnus Falsen (b. 1782 - d. 1830)
1829 - 1831 Georg Jacob Bull (b. 1785 - d. 1854)
1831 - 1834 Edvard Hagerup (b. 1781 - d. 1853)
1834 - 1850 Jens Schydtz (b. 1792 - d. 1859)
1850 - 1860 Nils Vogt (b. 1817 - d. 1894)
1860 - 1869 Hans Thomas Meinich (b. 1819 - d. 1878)
1869 - 1877 Niels Rye (b. 1824 - d. 1905)
1878 - 1897 Claus Nieuwejaar Worsøe (b. 1822 - d. 1906)
1898 - 1918 Hroar Olsen (b. 1859 - d. 1941)
1918 - 1929 Kristian Friis Petersen (b. 1867 - d. 1932)
1929 - 1933 Ernst Andreas Johannesen (b. 1870 - d. 1957)
1934 - 1949 Gjert Lindebrække (b. 1879 - d. 1960)
1949 - 1966 Mons Lid (b. 1896 - d. 1967)
1966 - 1984 Lars Leiro (b. 1914 - d. 2005)
1984 - 1998 Håkon Randal (b. 1930 - d. 2012)
1998 - 1 Apr 2010 Svein Alsaker (b. 1940)
1 Apr 2010 - 1 Jun 2010 Rune Fjeld (acting) (b. 1951)
1 Jun 2010 - 31 Dec 2019 Lars Sponheim (s.a.)
1831 Bergen amt separated from Søndre Bergenhus
1 Jan 1919 becomes Bergen fylke
1972 merged with Hordaland
Governors
1831 - 1972 the governors of Søndre Bergenhus/
Hordaland (s.a.)
1763 Nordre Bergenhus amt split from Bergenhus
1 Jan 1919 becomes Sogn og Fjordane fylke
Governors
1763 - 1771 Joachim Knagenhielm
1771 - 1780 Marcus Theiste
1780 - 1781 Ditlef Pentz
1781 - 1788 Jonas Ramus Petersen
1788 - 1789 Niels Dorph Gunnerus
1789 - 1794 Peder Hersleb Harboe
1794 - 1802 Andreas Hiorth
1802 - 1811 Niels Vibe (b. 1759 - d. 1814)
1811 Hilmar Meincke Krohg (b. 1776 - d. 1851)
1811 - 1814 Herman Gerhard Treschow
1814 - 1822 Christian Magnus Falsen (b. 1782 - d. 1830)
1822 - 1831 Edvard Hagerup (b. 1781 - d. 1853)
1831 - 1832 Fredrik Riis (b. 1789 - d. 1845)
1833 - 1844 Christian Ulrik Kastrup (b. 1784 - d. 1850)
1844 - 1852 Hans Tostrup (b. 1799 - d. 1856)
1852 - 1860 Emil Aubert (b. 1811 - d. 1872)
1861 - 1869 Johan Collett Falsen (b. 1817 - d. 1879)
1870 - 1875 Nicolai Ditlev Ammon Ræder (b. 1817 - d. 1884)
1875 - 1889 Carl Lauritz Mechelborg Oppen (b. 1830 - d. 1914)
1889 - 1902 Olaj Johan Olsen (b. 1851 - d. 1920)
1902 - 1910 John Utheim (b. 1847 - d. 1910)
1910 - 1930 Ingolf E. Christensen (b. 1872 - d. 1943)
1930 - 1941 Hans Kristian Seip (b. 1881 - d. 1945)
1941 - 1944 Vidar Atne (b. 1894 - d. 1962)
1944 - 1945 Konrad Sundlo (b. 1880 - d. 1965)
1945 - 1971 Nikolai Schei (b. 1901 - d. 1985)
1971 - 1976 Arne Ekeberg (b. 1925)
1976 - 1994 Ingvald Johan Ulveseth (b. 1924 - d. 2008)
1 Aug 1994 - 2011 Oddvar J. Flæte (b. 1944)
2011 - 13 Aug 2018 Anne Karin Hamre (f) (b. 1965)
13 Aug 2018 - 31 Dec 2018 Gunnar O. Hæreid (acting) (b. 1970)
1 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2019 Lars Sponheim (s.a.)
Governors (stiftamtmenn)
1699 - 1704 Christian de Stockfleth d.e. (b. 1639 - d. 1704)
1704 - 1732 the governors of Bergenhus (s.a.)
1732 - 1738 Ulrik Kaas
1738 - 1831 the governors of Bergenhus/Søndre
Bergenhus (s.a.)
1829 - 1834 Georg Jacob Bull (s.a.)
1834 - 1852 Edvard Hagerup (s.a.)
1852 - 1859 Jens Schydtz (s.a.)
1859 - 1875 Paul Meyer Smit (b. 1813 - d. 1875)
1875 - 1884 Nicolai Ditlev Ammon Ræder (b. 1817 - d. 1884)
1884 - 1907 Justin Gottfried Andreas Hoffmann (b. 1836 - d. 1907)
1907 - 1918 the governors of Søndre Bergenhus
(s.a.)