List of county governors of Sør-Trøndelag
The county governor of Sør-Trøndelag 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). The county of Søndre Trondhjems amt (re-named Sør-Trøndelag in 1919) was established by royal resolution on 24 September 1804 when the old Trondhjems amt was divided in two. The county existed until 1 January 2018 when the two counties were merged once again as Trøndelag county. The new county governor for Trøndelag will live and work in the town of Steinkjer.
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.
List of county governors edit
The following is a list of the county governors of Sør-Trøndelag:[1][2][3][4]
| County governors of Sør-Trøndelag | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | End | Name | ||
| 1804 | 1810 | Erik Must Angell (1744–1814) Served concurrently as Stiftamtmann for Trondhjems stiftamt. | ||
| 1810 | 1832 | Frederich Christopher Trampe, Count of Trampe (1779–1832) Served concurrently as Stiftamtmann for Trondhjems stiftamt. | ||
| 1832 | 1840 | Fredrik Riis (1789–1845) Served concurrently as Stiftamtmann for Trondhjems stiftamt. | ||
| 1840 | 1857 | Karelius August Arntzen (1802–1875) Served concurrently as Stiftamtmann for Trondhjems stiftamt. | ||
| 1857 | 1894 | Carl Frederik Motzfeldt (1808–1902) Served concurrently as Stiftamtmann for Trondhjems stiftamt. | ||
| 1894 | 1907 | Lars Otto Roll Grundt (1843–1907) Served concurrently as Stiftamtmann for Trondhjems stiftamt. | ||
| 1907 | 1921 | Harald Bothner (1850–1924) Served concurrently as Stiftamtmann for Trondhjems stiftamt (1907-1918). | ||
| 1921 | 1940 | Odd Sverressøn Klingenberg (1871–1944) | ||
| 1940 | 1947 | Johan Cappelen (1889–1947) | ||
| 1940 | 1942 | Anton Frederik W. Jakhelln Prytz (1878–1945) (WWII Occupied government) | ||
| 1942 | 1945 | Otto Johansen Grundtvig (1901–1966) (WWII Occupied government) | ||
| 1948 | 1958 | Ivar Skjånes (1888–1975) | ||
| 1958 | 1963 | Thor Skrindo (1910–1992) | ||
| 1963 | 1974 | Nils Kristian Lysø (1905–1977) | ||
| 1974 | 1986 | Einar Hole Moxnes (1921–2006) | ||
| 1986 | 1993 | Reidar Due (born 1922) | ||
| 1993 | 2011 | Kåre Gjønnes (1942–2021) | ||
| 1997 | 1998 | Roald Eriksen (born 1933) (acting for Gjønnes) | ||
| 1998 | 2000 | Aage Rundberget (born 1947) (acting for Gjønnes) | ||
| 2011 | 2015 | Jørn Aksel Krog (1948–2015) | ||
| 2015 | 2016 | Brit Skjelbred (born 1949) (acting) | ||
| 2016 | 2017 | Brit Skjelbred (born 1949) | ||
| Office abolished on 1 January 2018. | ||||
- For the county governors of this area before 1804, see List of county governors of Trøndelag.
- For the county governors of this area after 2017, see List of county governors of Trøndelag.
References edit
- ^ Cahoon, Ben (2000). "Norwegian Counties". Retrieved 2008-08-24.
- ^ "Stiftamtmenn, amtmenn og fylkesmenn 1814-1994" (in Norwegian). regjeringen.no. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
- ^ Berg, Ole T., ed. (2016-06-13). "Fylkesmenn og amtmenn (stiftamtmenn) siden 1671". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
- ^ Thaulow, Chr. "Personalhistorie for Trondhjems by og omegn i et tidsrum af circa 1 1/2 aarhundrede" (PDF) (in Norwegian).
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