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List of Swedish governors-general

May 01, 2024

A governor-general (Swedish: generalguvernör) was appointed by the Swedish monarch as his permanent representative, with both civil and military jurisdiction, over parts of Sweden, from the 17th century to the early 19th century, when constitutional changes made the office obsolete. A governor-general was always appointed as the highest representative of the Swedish monarch in the dominions ruled, or the possessions governed, by Sweden. Conquered, and unintegrated, territories were apart from this, more or less allowed to retain their internal political structure.

The term viceroy is better reserved for the stattholder, the representative of the Swedish monarch in Norway when that neighboring country was in personal union with Sweden, as it concerns a whole kingdom, and notably in the several cases where the incumbent was no lesser than the Swedish crown prince.

Governors-general could also be appointed over parts of Sweden proper, today's Sweden and Finland, and usually consisting of several counties in that part of the country, when circumstances so required. When this happened the royal governor of each county would report to the governor-general instead of directly to the monarch or the Privy Council. A royal governor, regardless if whether under a governor-general or not, held the civil, but not the military, jurisdiction over his county. The governors-general were always members of the Privy Council.

The list of governors-general given below is not complete. Some of those listed held the title of governor, not governor-general.

Finland edit

Main article: Governor-General of Finland

The following were the governors-general of Finland:

Ingria edit

The following were the governors-general of Ingria:

Estonia edit

The following were the governors-general of Estonia:

Livonia edit

The following were the governors-general of Livonia:

Karelia edit

The following were the governors-general of Karelia:

Scania edit

The Scanian Dominion (Swedish: Skånska Generalguvernementet), was established after the Treaty of Roskilde in 1658 and initially included all of Skåneland. In 1660, Bornholm was returned to Denmark. Blekinge, which had been part of Kristianstad County while under the dominion, was removed in 1680 and placed under Kalmar County. The dominion was suspended in 1670, but recreated during the Scanian War. In 1675, Bohus County was added and it remained administered by the Scanian governors-general until 1693. Halland County was removed from the dominion in 1693 and for the periods 1693–1719 and 1801–1809, the dominion included the counties in the province of Scania only.[1]

The following were the governors-general of Scania:

The following were the governors-general of Scania (the province only):

Prussia edit

The following were the governors-general of Prussia:

Pomerania edit

The following were the governors-general of Pomerania:

Bremen-Verden edit

Main article: Governors-General in Bremen-Verden under Swedish Rule

The following were the governors-general of Bremen-Verden:

References edit

  1. ^ . Terra Scaniae (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 9 March 2008. Retrieved 10 April 2008.

See also edit

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A governor general Swedish generalguvernor was appointed by the Swedish monarch as his permanent representative with both civil and military jurisdiction over parts of Sweden from the 17th century to the early 19th century when constitutional changes made the office obsolete A governor general was always appointed as the highest representative of the Swedish monarch in the dominions ruled or the possessions governed by Sweden Conquered and unintegrated territories were apart from this more or less allowed to retain their internal political structure The term viceroy is better reserved for the stattholder the representative of the Swedish monarch in Norway when that neighboring country was in personal union with Sweden as it concerns a whole kingdom and notably in the several cases where the incumbent was no lesser than the Swedish crown prince Governors general could also be appointed over parts of Sweden proper today s Sweden and Finland and usually consisting of several counties in that part of the country when circumstances so required When this happened the royal governor of each county would report to the governor general instead of directly to the monarch or the Privy Council A royal governor regardless if whether under a governor general or not held the civil but not the military jurisdiction over his county The governors general were always members of the Privy Council The list of governors general given below is not complete Some of those listed held the title of governor not governor general Contents 1 Finland 2 Ingria 3 Estonia 4 Livonia 5 Karelia 6 Scania 7 Prussia 8 Pomerania 9 Bremen Verden 10 References 11 See alsoFinland editMain article Governor General of Finland This section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed November 2022 Learn how and when to remove this message The following were the governors general of Finland Nils Bielke 1623 1631 citation needed Gabriel Bengtsson Oxenstierna 1631 1634 citation needed Per Brahe the Younger 1637 1641 citation needed 1648 1654 Gustaf Evertsson Horn 1657 1658 citation needed Herman Fleming sv 1664 1669 Henrik Henriksson Horn af Marienborg 1674 citation needed Carl Nieroth 1710 1712 Ingria editThe following were the governors general of Ingria Carl Carlsson Gyllenhielm 1617 Nils Assersson Mannerskold 1626 1629 Johan Skytte 1629 1633 Bengt Bengtsson Oxenstierna 1634 1643 Erik Stenbock 1651 1654 Gustaf Evertsson Horn 1654 1657 Krister Klasson Horn af Aminne 1657 1659 Simon Grundel Helmfelt 1659 Jacob Johan Taube 1660 1668 Simon Grundel Helmfelt 1668 1673 Jacob Johan Taube 1673 1681 Martin Schultz von Ascheraden 1681 1682 governor Hans von Fersen d a 1682 1683 governor Goran Sperling 1683 1690 Otto Wilhelm von Fersen 1691 1698 Otto Vellingk 1698 1708 Estonia editThe following were the governors general of Estonia Anders Torstenson 1674 1681 Robert Lichton 1681 1687 Nils Turesson Bielke 1687 Axel Julius De la Gardie 1687 1704 Wolmar Anton von Schlippenbach 1704 1706 Niels Jonsson Stromberg af Clastorp 1706 1709 Carl Nieroth 1709 1710 Livonia editThe following were the governors general of Livonia Jacob De la Gardie 1622 1628 Johan Skytte 1629 1634 Bengt Oxenstierna 1634 1643 Herman Wrangel 1643 Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie 1655 Jacob Johan Hastfer 1687 1695 Erik Dahlberg 1696 1702 Carl Gustaf Frolich 1702 1706 Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt 1706 1709 Henrik Otto Albedyll 1709 Niels Jonsson Stromberg af Clastorp 1709 1710 Karelia editThe following were the governors general of Karelia Johan Skytte 1629 1634 Scania editThe Scanian Dominion Swedish Skanska Generalguvernementet was established after the Treaty of Roskilde in 1658 and initially included all of Skaneland In 1660 Bornholm was returned to Denmark Blekinge which had been part of Kristianstad County while under the dominion was removed in 1680 and placed under Kalmar County The dominion was suspended in 1670 but recreated during the Scanian War In 1675 Bohus County was added and it remained administered by the Scanian governors general until 1693 Halland County was removed from the dominion in 1693 and for the periods 1693 1719 and 1801 1809 the dominion included the counties in the province of Scania only 1 The following were the governors general of Scania Gustaf Otto Stenbock 1658 1664 Bornholm was returned to Denmark in 1660 Gustaf Persson Baner 1664 1669 Fabian von Fersen 1676 1677 Goran Sperling 1677 1679 Johan Gyllenstierna 1679 1680 Rutger von Ascheberg 1680 1693 Bohus County added 1675 Blekinge removed 1680 The following were the governors general of Scania the province only Otto Vellingk 1693 1698 Carl Gustaf Rehnskiold July 4 1698 December 27 1705 Magnus Stenbock December 27 1705 1711 Jacob Burenskiold 1711 1716 Carl Gustaf Skytte 1716 1719 Carl Gustaf Hard 1717 1719 Johan Christopher Toll February 9 1801 March 27 1809 Prussia editThe following were the governors general of Prussia Axel Oxenstierna 1626 1631 Pomerania editThe following were the governors general of Pomerania 1631 1633 Klas Horn 1633 1638 Sten Svantesson Bielke 1638 1641 Johan Baner 1641 1648 Lennart Torstenson 1648 1650 Carl Gustaf Wrangel 1650 1652 Johan Axelsson Oxenstierna 1652 1661 Axel Lillie 1661 1676 Carl Gustaf Wrangel 1678 1679 possessed by Brandenburg 1679 1685 Otto Wilhelm Konigsmarck 1687 1698 Nils Bielke 1698 1711 Jurgen Mellin 1715 1720 possessed by Prussia and Denmark 1720 1747 Johan August Meijerfeldt d a 1748 1766 Axel Lowen 1766 1772 Hans Henrik von Liewen d y 1772 1776 Fredrik Carl Sinclair 1776 1791 Fredrik Vilhelm von Hessenstein 1792 1796 Eric Ruuth 1796 1800 Philip von Platen 1800 1807 Hans Henric von Essen 1807 1809 possessed by France 1811 1812 Carl Morner af Tuna 1813 1815 Wilhelm Malte zu Putbus 1815 ceded to PrussiaBremen Verden editMain article Governors General in Bremen Verden under Swedish RuleThe following were the governors general of Bremen Verden Jurgen Mellin 1696 1698 Nils Carlsson Gyllenstierna af Fogelvik 1698 1711 Mauritz von Vellingk 1711 1712 References edit Lansstyrelsen Terra Scaniae in Swedish Archived from the original on 9 March 2008 Retrieved 10 April 2008 See also editGovernor of Stockholm Viceroy of Norway Governor General of Finland For the Russian Grand Duchy of Finland 1808 1917 List of Swedish politicians List of Swedish field marshals Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of Swedish governors general amp oldid 1163874099, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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