Norwegian Counties 

Note: From 19 Feb 1662, a county was known as amt and from 1 Jan 1919, fylke. Accordingly the title of a governor was amtmann, then fylkesmann. 

       Adopted 11 Dec 1987

Governors 
1682 – 1750                the governors of Akershus stiftamt
1750 – 1757                Christian Rudolph Philip Gersdorff (b. 1723 - d. 1800)
1757 – 1772                Caspar Herman von Storm            (b. 1718 - d. 1777)
1763 – 1810                the governors of Akershus stiftamt
1810 – 1813                Eggert Christopher Knuth           (b. 1786 - d. 1813)
1813 - 1815                Poul Christian Holst (acting)      (b. 1776 - d. 1863)
1815 - 1842                the governors of Akershus stiftamt
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 Elseter Christensen         (b. 1872 - d. 1943)
                             (under occupation 1940 - 15 Jul 1941)
1941 - 14 Feb 1942         Eivind Stenersen Blehr (acting)    (b. 1881 - d. 1957)
                             (Quisling governor)
Apr 1942 - 18 Apr 1943     Edvard C. Stenersen (acting)       (b. 1891 - d. 1967)
                             (Quisling governor)
1943 - 30 Jun 1944         Konrad Sundlo                      (b. 1881 - d. 1965)
                             (Quisling governor)
 1 Jul 1944 - 1945         Ole Eberhard Rømcke                (b. 1899 - d. 1968)
                             (Quisling governor)
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 Alf Larsen                  (b. 1919 - d. 2003)
1989 - 1998                Kåre Isaachsen Willoch             (b. 1928)
1998 - 2001                Karin Moe Røisland (f) (acting)    (b. 1944)
2001                       Arne Bardalen (acting)             (b. 1953)
 1 Nov 2001 - 2011         Hans J. Røsjorde                   (b. 1941)
2011 -                     Valgerd Svarstad Haugland (f)      (b. 1956)

Akershus stiftamt

1664                       Akershus stiftamt.
1843                       Kristiania stiftamt
 1 Jan 1919                Part of Akershus fylke.

Governors (stiftamtmenn)
1664 – 1699                Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve          (b. 1638 - d. 1704)
1679 – 1681                Erik Banner                        (b. 1618 - d. 1687)
1682 – 1694                Just Justssøn Høeg                 (b. 1640 - d. 1694)
1694 – 1699                Christian Stockfleth               (b. 1639 - d. 1704)
1699 – 1708                Frederik Gabel                     (b. 1645 - d. 1708)
1708 – 1710                Johan Vibe                         (b. 1637 - d. 1710)
1710 – 1731                Vilhelm de Tonsberg                (b. 1680 - d. 1731)
1731 – 1735                Lorentz de Reichwein               (b. 1680 - d. 1735)
1735 – 1737                Jacob Benzon (1st time)            (b. 1688 - d. 1775)
1737 – 1740                Peter Neve                         (b. 1684 - d. 1740)
1740 – 1750                Frederik Otto von Rappe            (b. 1679 - d. 1758)
1750 – 1763                Jacob Benzon (2nd time)            (s.a.)
1763 – 1772                Caspar Herman von Storm            (b. 1718 - d. 1777)
1772 – 1773                Diderik Otto von Grambow           (b. 1732 - d. 1773)
1773                       Gustav Frederik Holck-Winterfeldt  (b. 1733 - d. 1776)
                             (not ratified)
1774 – 1784                Albrecht Philip von Levetzau       (b. 1744 - d. 1817)
1784 – 1789                Jørgen Erik Skeel                  (b. 1737 - d. 1795)
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 – 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 - 1822                Hans Hagerup Falbe                 (b. 1772 - d. 1830)
1822 - 1830                Valentin Christian Wilhelm Sibbern (b. 1772 - d. 1830)
1831 - 1837                Niels Arntzen Sem                  (b. 1782 - d. 1859)
1837 - 1839                Hans Christian Petersen            (b. 1793 - d. 1862)
1840 - 1844                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 Mathias Rye                  (b. 1824 - d. 1905)
1905 – 1917                Otto Albert Blehr                  (b. 1847 - d. 1927)
1917 - 1918                Vacant

          Adopted 12 Dec 1958 

Governors  
1671 – 1679                the governors of Kristiansand stiftamt
1680 – 1681                Jens Toller Rosenheim              (b. 1636 - d. 1690)
1681 – 1691                Jørgen Müller                      (b. 1648 - d. 1695)
1691 – 1815                the governors of Kristiansand stiftamt
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 C.G. Prebensen             (b. 1850 - d. 1938) 
1906 - 1908                Sigurd Lambrechts                  (b. 1863 - d. 1941)
1908 - 1916                Sven Aarrestad                     (b. 1850 - d. 1942)
1917 - 1922                Hans Thomas Knudtzon               (b. 1857 - d. 1921)
Mar 1922 - 24 Jan 1942     Jonas Pedersen                     (b. 1871 - d. 1953)
                             (under occupation from 9 Apr 1940)
29 Jan 1942 - 1945         Hans Henrik Petersen               (b. 1886 - d. 1969)
                             (Quisling governor)
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 -              Stein Arve Ytterdahl               (b. 1951)

Bergenhus

1681                       Bergenhus amt.
1763                       Divided into Nordre Bergenhus amt and Søndre Bergenhus amt.

Governors
1681 – 10 Oct 1690         Laurids Lindenov                   (b. 1650 - d. 1690)
1691 – 1697                Hans Nielsen
1697 – 1703                Axel Rosenkrantz                   (b. 1670 - d. 1723)
1702 – 1728                the governors of Bergen stiftamt
1732 – 1738                Wilhelm August von der Osten       (b. 1698 - d. 1764)
1738 – 1766                the governors of Bergen stiftamt

        Adopted 1 Apr 1966

Governors
1679 – 1695                Matthias de Tonsberg               (b. 1638 - d. 1705)
1695 - 1719                Poul Glud                          (b. 1661 - d. 1719)
1719 - 1760                Just Must                          (b. 1691 - d. 1760)
1760 - 1788                Andreas Fjeldsted                  (b. 1717 - d. 1788)
1788 - 1803                Herman Leopoldus Lange             (b. 1734 - d. 1803)
1803 - 1806                Emanuel Rafn (Ravn)                (b. 1765 - d. 1806)
1806 – 1813                Hermann lensgreve 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 -  9 May 1945         Jens Falentinsen Hundseid          (b. 1883 - d. 1965)
                             (under occupation from 10 Apr 1940,
                             Quisling governor from Sep 1940)
1945 - 1950                Nils Nilsen Thune                  (b. 1890 - d. 1950)
1950 - 19 Oct 1962         Arnold Gerhard Dybsjord            (b. 1897 - d. 1962)
1962 -  6 Apr 1977         Olaf Fredrik Watnebryn             (b. 1908 - d. 1977)
1977 - 1979                Gunnar Alf Larsen                  (b. 1919 - d. 2003)
1979 - 1989                Ragnar Karl Viktor Christiansen    (b. 1922 - d. 2019)
1989 - 1999                Leif Haraldseth                    (b. 1929)
1999 - 30 Sep 2013         Kirsti Kolle Grøndahl (f)          (b. 1943)
1999 - 2001                Jon A. Lea (acting for Grøndahl)   (b. 1948)
 1 Oct 2013 -              Helen Oddveig Bjørnøy (f)          (b. 1954)

Soviet Commander of the 14th Army in Finnmark
25 Oct 1944 - 25 Feb 1945  Vladimir Ivanovich Shcherbakov     (b. 1901 - d. 1981)

Hamar

1864                       Hamar stiftamt, separated from Kristiania stiftamt.
1918                       Incorporated to Hedmark.

Governors (stiftamtmenn)
1864 – 1898                the governors of Hedemarkens amt
1898 – 1915                Gregers Winther Wulfsberg Gram     (b. 1846 - d. 1929)
1915 – 1916                Johannes Irgens                    (b. 1896 - d. 1939)
1916 - 1918                Vacant

       Adopted 6 Feb 1987

Governors
Feb 1781 – Aug 1781        Johan Arndt Jentoft (acting)       (b. 1729 - d. ....)
1781 - 1789                Ditlev von Pentz                   (b. 1744 - d. 1821)
1789 - 1802                Andreas Høyer (acting to ... 1789) (b. 1742 - d. 1817)
1802 - 1804                Nicolai Emanuel de Thygeson        (b. 1772 - d. 1860)
1804 - 1816                Claus Bendeke                      (b. 1764 - d. 1828)
1817 - 1821                Lauritz Weidemann                  (b. 1775 - d. 1856)
1821 - 1849                Fredrik Hartvig Johan Heidmann     (b. 1777 - d. 1850)
1849 - 1856                August Christian Manthey           (b. 1811 - d. 1880)
1856 - 1890                Ludvig R. Kyhn                     (b. 1817 - d. 1890)
1874                       Nils Fliflet (acting for Kyhn)     (b. 1838 - d. 1907)
1890                       Truls Johannesen Wiel Graff        (b. 1851 - d. 1918)
                             (acting)
1890 - 1897                Oscar Mørch                        (b. 1845 - d. 1897)
1897 - 1898                August Teilmann Wilhelmsen (acting)(b. 1861 - d. 1906)
1898 - 1915                Gregers Winther Wulfsberg Gram     (b. 1846 - d. 1929)
1909 - 1909                Christian Blom (acting for Gram)   (b. 1870 - d. 1960)
1914 - 1916                Johannes Irgens (acting)           (b. 1869 - d. 1939)
                             (acting [for Gram to 1915])
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)
                             (under occupation 18 Apr 1940 - 25 Jan 1942,
                             German prisoner 14 Apr - 17 Oct 1942)
25 Jan 1942 - 1943         Ole Vries Hassel                   (b. 1894 – d. 1984)
                             (Quisling governor)
1943 - 1945                Halvor Pedersen Hektoen            (b. 1884 - d. 1960)
                             (Quisling governor)
1954 - 1966                Alf Frydenberg                     (b. 1896 - d. 1989)
1966 - 1979                Erling Anger                       (b. 1909 - d. 1999)
1979 - 1981                Anfinn Lund                        (b. 1926 - d. 2001)
1981 - 1994                Odvar Nordli                       (b. 1927 - d. 2018)
1994 - 1996                Kjell Borgen                       (b. 1939 - d. 1996)
1996 -                     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)

           Adopted 1 Dec 1961

Governors
c.1669 – 1679?             Johan Frederik von Marschalck      (b. 1618 - d. 1679) 
1679 – 1681                Hans Hansen Lillienskiold d.e.     (b. 1610 - d. 1681)
1681 – 1699                Christian Gyldenløve               (b. 1674 - d. 1703)  
1699 - 1704                Christian de Stockfleth d.e.       (b. 1639 - d. 1704)
1704                       Mats de Tonsberg                   (b. 1638 - d. 1705)
1704 - 1710                Vilhelm de Tonsberg                (b. 1680 - d. 1731)
1710 - 1711                Edvard Hammond                     (b. 1688 - d. 1711)
1711 - 1728                Andreas Undall                     (b. 1669 - d. 1728)
1728 - 1732                Wilhelm August von der Osten       (b. 1697 - d. 1764)
1732 - 1738                Ulrik Kaas                         (b. 1677 - d. 1746)
1738 - 1741                Christian Bagger                   (b. 1692-  d. 1741)
1741 - 1749                Christian Møinichen                (b. 1683 - d. 1749)
1749 - 1766                Ulrik Frederik de Cicignon         (b. 1698 - d. 1772)
1766 - 1768                Jørgen Erik Skeel                  (b. 1737 - d. 1795)
1768 - 1772                Christian Petersen                 (b. 1701 - d. 1775)
1772 - 1774                Albrecht Philip von Levetzau       (b. 1744 - d. 1817)
1774 - 1789                Christian de Schouboe              (b. 1737 - d. 1789)
1789 - 1802                Frederik Hauch                     (b. 1754 - d. 1839)
1802 - 1814                Johan Randulf Bull                 (b. 1749 - d. 1829)
1815 - 1825                Wilhelm Friman Koren Christie      (b. 1778 - d. 1849)
1825 - 1827                Christian Magnus Falsen            (b. 1782 - d. 1830)
1829 - 1834                Georg Jacob Bull                   (b. 1785 - d. 1854)
1834 - 1852                Edvard Hagerup                     (b. 1781 - d. 1853)
1852 - 1859                Jens Schydtz                       (b. 1792 - d. 1859)
1859 - 1875                Paul Meyer Smit                    (b. 1813 - d. 1875)
1875 - 1884                Nicolai Ditlev Ammon Raeder        (b. 1817 - d. 1884)
1884 - 1907                Justin Gottfried Andreas Hoffmann  (b. 1836 - d. 1907)
1907 - 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 Lindebraekke                 (b. 1879 - d. 1960)
                             (under occupation 9 Apr 1940 - 25 Jul 1941)
1941                       Ketil Gjerløv Fleischer Harnoll    (b. 1909 - d. 1974)
                             (Quisling governor)
1941 -  1 Jul 1944         Christian Astrup                   (b. 1909 - d. 1983)
                             (Quisling governor)
 1 Jul 1944 - May 1945     Ole Eberhard Rømcke                (b. 1899 - d. 1968)
                             (Quisling governor)
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 -              Lars Sponheim                      (b. 1957)             

             Adopted 15 Aug 1924

1662                       Bergen stiftamt
1919                       Bergen stiftamt becomes Bergen fylke.
1972                       Merged with Horadland.

Governors (stiftamtmenn to 1919)
1648 – 1665                Ove Bjelke                         (b. 1611 - d. 1674)
1665 – 1666                Claus von Ahlefeldt                (b. 1614 - d. 1674) 
1666 – 1667                Georg Reichwein                    (b. 1593 - d. 1667) 
1667 – 1669                Hans Hansen Lillienskiold d.e.     (b. 1610 - d. 1681)
                             (1st time) 
1669 – 1679                Johan Frederik von Marschalck      (b. 1618 - d. 1679)
1679 – 1681                Hans Hansen Lillienskiold d.e.     (s.a.)
                             (2nd time) 
1681 – 1699                Christian Gyldenløve               (b. 1674 - d. 1703) 
1699 – 1704                Christian Stockfleth               (b. 1640 - d. 1704)
1704                       Mathias de Tonsberg                (b. 1638 - d. 1705)
1704 – 1710                Vilhelm de Tonsberg                (b. 1680 - d. 1731)
1710 – 1711                Edvard Hammond                     (b. 1668 - d. 1711)
1711 – 1728                Andreas Undall                     (b. 1669 - d. 1728)
1728 – 1732                Wilhelm August von der Osten       (b. 1698 - d. 1764) 
1732 – 1738                Ulrik Kaas                         (b. 1677 - d. 1746) 
1738 – 1741                Christian Bagger                   (b. 1692 - d. 1741)
1741 – 1749                Christian Møinichen                (b. 1683 - d. 1749)
1743 - 1744                Jonas Lym (acting for Møinichen)   (b. 1679 - d. 1760)
1749 – 1766                Ulrik Frederik de Cicignon         (b. 1698 - d. 1772)
1766 - 1829                the governors of 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 Raeder        (b. 1817 - d. 1884)
1884 - 1907                Justin Gottfried Andreas Hoffmann  (b. 1836 - d. 1907)
1907 - 1972                the governors of Søndre Bergenhus/ (s.a.)
                           Hordaland

      Adopted 15 Mar 1978

Governors
1671 – 1675                Christian Lindenow                 (b. 1632 - d. 1675) 
1675 – 1677                Fredrik von Offenberg              (b. 1610 - d. 1677)
1680 – 1681                Daniel Knoff                       (b. 1614 - d. 1687)
1680 – 1691                Jonas Lilienskiold                 (b. 1651 - d. 1691)
1691 – 1700                Iver von Ahnen                     (b. 1657 - d. 1722)
1702 – 1703                Hans Lilienskiold                  (b. 1650 - d. 1703)
1704 – 1719                Hans Hanssen Nobel d.e.            (b. 1657 - d. 1732)
1720 – 1729                Erik Must                          (b. 1683 - d. 1729)
1729 – 1730                Michael Worm                       (b. 1707 - d. ....)
1730 – 1742                Christian Sørensen Solgaard        (b. 1687 - d. 1742)
1742 – 1751                Christian Ulrich Tønder            (b. 1699 - d. 1751)
1750 – 26 Aug 1773         Nils Krog Collin                   (b. 1718 - d. 1782)
1751 – 1760                Andreas Fjeldsted                  (b. 1717 - d. 1788)
1760 - 1773                Niels Krog Collin                  (b. 1736 - d. 1797)
1773 – 1800                Even Hammer                        (b. 1732 - d. 1800)
1800 - 1811                Ole Hannibal Sommerfeldt           (b. 1753 - d. 1821)
1811 - 1840                Hilmar Meincke Krogh               (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 - 30 Jun 1941         Trygve Utheim (1st time)           (b. 1884 - d. 1952)
                             (under occupation 1 May 1940 - 30 Jun 1941)
1933 - 1935                .... (acting for Utheim)
1941 - 1945                Erling Kvadsheim                   (b. 1885 - d. 1958)
                             (Quisling governor)
1945 - 15 Jun 1952         Trygve Utheim (2nd time)           (s.a.)
May 1945 - 1945            Olav Berntsen Oksvik               (b. 1887 - d. 1958) 
                             (acting for Utheim)
1952 - 1958                Olav Berntsen Oksvik               (s.a.) 
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 Jacob Fostervoll               (b. 1932 - d. 2015)
 1 Jan 2002 -  1 Oct 2009  Ottar Befring                      (b. 1939)
 1 Oct 2009 -              Lodve Solholm                      (b. 1949)

     8 Mar 1957- 31 Dec 2017

Governors
1805 - 1815                Caspar Conrad Rafn                 (b. 1763 - d. 1830)
1815 - 1833                Christen Elster                    (b. 1763 - d. 1833)
1833 - 1857                Adam Johan Frederik Poulsen,       (b. 1798 - d. 1876)
                             greve af Trampe 
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 Anton Quam                     (b. 1835 - d. 1904)
1898 - 1902                Halvor Bache Guldahl (1st time)    (b. 1859 - d. 1931)
1902 - 1916                Torvald Løchen                     (b. 1861 - d. 1943)
1916 - 1927                Halvor Bache Guldahl (2nd time)    (s.a.)
11 Nov 1927 - 15 Jan 1944  Håkon Martin Five                  (b. 1880 - d. 1944)
                             (under occupation 3 May 1940-30 Jun 1941)
30 Jun 1941 - 1945         Torbjørn Eggen                     (b. 1906 - d. 1984)
                             (Quisling governor)
1945                       Bent Berger (acting)               (b. 1898 - d. 1985)
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           (b. 1946)
                             (1st time)(acting for Gjørv) 
 1 Jun 2008 -  2 Nov 2009  Oddbjørn Karmhus Nordset           (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)(acting)  
 2 Nov 2009 - 30 Sep 2017  Inge Ryan                          (b. 1956)
 1 Oct 2017 - 31 Dec 2017  Gerd Janne Kristoffersen (f)       (b. 1952)
                             (acting)

      Adopted 15 Jan 1965

Governors
1669 – 1686                Knud Gjedde                        (b. c.1635 - d. 1707)
1686 – 1691                Christian Kruse                    (b. 1636 - d. 1699)
1691 – 1694                Peter Christoffersen Tønder        (b. 1641 - d. 1694)
1694 – 1703                Christoffer Heidemann              (b. c.1623 - d. 1703)
1703 – 1704                Frederik Splet                     (b. 16.. - d. 1704)
1704 – 1751                Ove Sørensen Schjelderup           (b. 1674 - d. 1759)
1751 – 1767                Hans Hagerup de Gyldenpalm         (b. 1717 - d. 1781)
1767 – 1771                Peter Holm                         (b. 1733 - d. 1817)
1771 - 1789                Joachim de Knagenhielm             (b. 1727 - d. 1796)
1789 - 1811                Christian Torberg Hegge            (b. 1743 - d. 1818)
1811 - 1815                Christen Elster                    (b. 1763 - d. 1833)
1815 - 1828                Johan Ernst Berg                   (b. 1768 - d. 1828)
1829 - 1833                Adam Johan Frederik Poulsen,       (b. 1798 - d. 1876)
                             greve af Trampe
1834 - 1847                Lars Bastian Ridder Stabell        (b. 1798 - d. 1860)
1848 - 1853                Niels Weyer Arveschoug             (b. 1807 - d. 1894)
1854 - 1858                Poul 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)
                             (under occupation 31 May 1940 - 1 Aug 1941)
Aug 1941 - 1942            Per von Hirsch                     (b. 1902 - d. 1987)
                             (Quisling governor)
15 Sep 1942 - 1945         Karl Ludvig Nøstvik                (b. 1895 - d. 1992)
                             (Quisling governor)
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)
 7 Jun 1991 -  1 Sep 1993  Davis Idin Pareli Johansen         (b. 1926)
                             (acting for Hauan)
2007 -                     Hill-Marta Solberg (f)             (b. 1951)
 1 Jan 2008 - 31 Oct 2009  Ola Bjerkaas                       (b. 1952)
                             (acting for Solberg)

           Adopted 18 May 1989

Governors
1757 – 1759                Mathias Collett                     (b. 1708 - d. 1759)
1760 – 1768                Christian Petersen                  (b. 1701 - d. 1775)
1768 – 1781                Christian Frederik Holck            (b. 1734 - d. 1781)
1781 - 1811                Christian Sommerfeldt               (b. 1746 - d. 1811)
1811 - 1821                Ole Hannibal Sommerfeldt            (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)
                             (under occupation 9 Apr 1940 - 25 Jul 1941)
1941 - 1945                Arve Nilsen Frøisland               (b. 1885 - d. 1983)
                             (Quisling governor)
 1 Jul 1948 - 1960         Hans Julius 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 Korsaeth                       (b. 1932)
2001 - 2015                Kristin Hille Valla (f)             (b. 1944)
 2 Feb 2015 -              Christl Kvam (f)                    (b. 1962)

1669                       Kristiania stiftamt
 1 Jan 1919                Kristiania stiftamt becomes Kristiania fylke.
 1 Jan 1925                Renamed Oslo fylke.

Governors (stiftamtmenn to 1919)
1664 – 1699                Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve          (b. 1638 - d. 1704)
1679 – 1681                Erik Ottesen Banner                (b. 1618 - d. 1687)
1682 – 1694                Just Justssøn Høg                  (b. 1640 - d. 1694)
1694 – 1699                Christian Stockfleth               (b. 1639 - d. 1704)
1699 – 1708                Frederik Gabel                     (b. 1640 - d. 1708)
1708 – 1710                Johan Vibe                         (b. 1637 - d. 1710)
1710 – 1731                Wilhelm de Tonsberg                (b. 1680 - d. 1731)
1731 – 1735                Lorentz de Reichwein               (b. 1680 - d. 1735)
1735 – 1737                Jacob Benzon (1st time)            (b. 1688 - d. 1775)
1737 – 1740                Peter Neve                         (b. 1684 - d. 1740)
1740 – 1750                Frederik Otto von Rappe            (b. 1679 - d. 1758)
1750 – 1763                Jacob Benzon (2nd time)            (s.a.)
1763 – 1772                Caspar Herman von Storm            (b. 1718 - d. 1777)
1772 – 1773                Diderik Otto von Grambow           (b. 1732 - d. 1773)
1773                       Gustav Frederik Holck-Winterfeldt  (b. 1733 - d. 1776)
1774 – 1784                Albrecht Philip von Levetzau       (b. 1744 - d. 1817)
1784 – 1789                Jørgen Erik Skeel                  (b. 1737 - d. 1795)
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 – 1812                Marcus Gjøe Rosenkrantz            (b. 1762 - d. 1838)
1812 – 1813                Nicolai Emanuel de Thygeson        (b. 1772 - d. 1860)
1813 - 1815                Poul Christian Holst (acting)      (b. 1776 - d. 1863)
1815 - 1842                the governors of Akershus
1842 - 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                Nils Mathias Rye                   (b. 1824 - d. 1905)
1905 - 1917                Otto Albert Blehr                  (b. 1847 - d. 1927)
1917 - 1918                Andreas Tostrup Urbye (acting)     (b. 1869 - d. 1955)
1918 - 1923                Håkon Løken (acting)               (b. 1859 - d. 1923)
1924 -                     the governors of Akershus

Kristiansand (Agdesiden)

1669                       Kristiansand stiftamt.
1682                       Agdesiden stiftamt.

Governors (stiftamtmenn)
1669 – 1679                Ove Juel                           (b. 1615 - d. 1688)
1677 - 1681                Jens (Toller) Rosenheim (acting)   (b. 1636 - d. 1690)
1682 – 1685                Ludvig Holgersen Rosenkrantz       (b. 1628 - d. 1685)
1685 – 1694                Christian Stockfleth               (b. 1639 - d. 1704)
                             (absent to 1692)
1685 - 1692                Claus Røyem                        (b. 1638 - d. 1692)
                             (acting for Stokfleth)
1694 – 1700                Mats de Tonsberg                   (b. 1640 - d. 1705)
1700 – 1711                Christian Frederik Powisch         (b. c.1650 - d. 1711)
1711 – 1718                Henrik Adeler                      (b. 1660 - d. 1718)
1718 – 1728                Johan Sigismund Hassius Lillienpalm(b. 1664 - d. 1729)
1728 – 1730                Alexander Frederik Møsting         (b. 1680 - d. 1737)
1730 – 1738                Johan Albrecht With                (b. 1683 - d. 1754)
1738 – 1742                Carl Juel                          (b. 1706 - d. 1767)
1742 – 1746                Heinrich von Reuss                 (b. 1707 - d. 1783)
1746 – 1751                Joachim Hartvig Johan von Barner   (b. 1699 - d. 1768)
1751 – 1766                Frederik Adeler                    (b. 1700 - d. 1766)
1767                       Gustav Frederik Holck-Winterfeldt  (b. 1733 - d. 1776)
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      (b. 1754 - d. 1829)
                             von Levetzow
1800 – 1804                Otto Joachim Moltke                (b. 1770 - d. 1853)
1804 – 1810                Emanuel de Thygeson                (b. 1772 - d. 1860)
1810 - 1812                Hans Vilhelm Cederfeld de Simonsen (b. 1777 - d. 1836)
1812 – 1836                Oluf 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 Petersen Vogt                 (b. 1817 - d. 1894)
1871 – 1881                J. Kraefting Bonnevie              (b. 1814 - d. 1881)
1882 – 1889                Johan Christian Georg Hvoslef      (b. 1819 - d. 1889)
1889 – 1906                Jacob Stang                        (b. 1830 - d. 1907)
1907 – 1918                Daniel Bremer Juell Koren          (b. 1858 - d. 1948)

      Adopted 26 Sep 1958

Governors
1671 – 1673                Erik Ottesen Banner til Tyberg     (b. 1618 - d. 1687)
1673 – 1687                Hans Kaas                          (b. 1640 - d. 1700)
1687 – 1700                Ambrosius Charisius                (b. 1644 - d. 1700)
1700 – 1703                Casper Gottlob Moltke              (b. 1668 - d. 1728)
1703 – 1741                Niels Werenskiold                  (b. 1669 - d. 1741)
1741 – 1743                Henning Frimann                    (b. 1681 - d. 1743)
1743 – 1767                Baltzer Sechmann Fleischer         (b. 1703 - d. 1767)
1768 – 1781                Henrik Lachmann                    (b. 1738 - d. 1797)
1781 – 1789                Frederik Hauch                     (b. 1754 - d. 1839)
1789 – 1794                Johan Christian Hauch              (b. 1760 - d. 1819)
1794 – 1804                Andreas Hofgaard                   (b. 1748 - d. 1811)
1804 – 1810                Marcus Gjøe Rosenkrantz            (b. 1762 - d. 1838)
1810 – 1814                Mathias Otto Leth Sommerhielm      (b. 1764 - d. 1827)
1814 - 1830                Valentin Christian Wilhelm Sibbern (b. 1779 - d. 1853)
1831 - 1846                Greger Winther Wulfsberg           (b. 1780 - d. 1846)
1847 - 1855                Christian Birch-Reichenwald        (b. 1814 - d. 1891)
1855 - 1880                Carl Sibbern                       (b. 1809 - d. 1880)
1881 - 1890                Johan Lauritz Rasch                (b. 1829 - d. 1901)
1891 - 1905                Ulrik Frederik Christian Arneberg  (b. 1829 - d. 1911)
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)
 1 Apr 1940 - 1951         Lyder Døscher Bull                 (b. 1881 - d. 1959)
                             (under occupation 13 Apr 1940 - 1 Dec 1941)
 1 Dec 1941 - 1945         Hans Solgaard Jacobsen             (b. 1901 - d. 1980)
                             (Quisling governor)
1951 - 15 Jun 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)   (b. 1943)
 1 Jan 2004 - 31 Dec 2015  Anne Enger Lahnstein (f)           (b. 1949)
                             (from 2 Oct 2006, Anne Enger)
 1 Jan 2016 -              Trond Rønningen                    (b. 1968)

           Adopted 11 Jan 1974

Governors
1671 – 1673                Henrik Below                       (d. 1674)
1673 – 1683                Ludvig Holgersen Rosenkrantz       (b. 1628 - d. 1685)
1683 – 1687                Daniel Knoff                       (b. 1648 - d. 1703)
1687 – 1700                Christian Frederik Pogwisch        (b. 1650 - d. 1711)
1700 – 1710                Edvard Hammond                     (b. c.1668 - d. 1711)
1710 – 1714                Ulrik Christian Mese               (d. c.1714)
1714 – 1726                Hans Nobel d.y.                    (b. 1657 - d. 1732)
1726 – 1746                Bendix Christian de Fine           (b. 1696 - d. 1746)
1746 – 1761                Henrik Wilhelm Tillisch            (b. 1720 - d. 1761)
1762 – 1768                Henrik Lachmann                    (b. 1738 - d. 1797)
1768 – 1772                Gunder Hammer                      (b. 1725 - d. 1772)
1772 – 1781                Vilhelm Mathias Skeel              (b. 1746 - d. 1817)
1781 – 1785                Peter Frederik Ulrik Benzon        (b. 1760 - d. 1840)
1785 – 1799                Frederik Otto Scheel               (b. 1748 - d. 1803)
1799 – 1810                Ulrich Wilhelm Koren               (b. 1747 - d. 1826)
1810 – 1812                Oluf Borch de Schouboe             (b. 1777 - d. 1844)
1812 – 1814                Ulrik Fredrik Anton de Schouboe    (b. 1782 - d. 1863)
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  (b. 1814 - d. 1888)
                             af Morgenstierne 
1889 - 1910                Carl Lauritz Mechelborg Oppen      (b. 1830 - d. 1914)
1910 - 1932                Thorvald Andreas Larsen            (b. 1863 - d. 1936)
1932 - 25 Jul 1941         John Norem (1st time)              (b. 1888 - d. 1976)
                             (under occupation from 9 Apr 1940)
Jul 1941 - May 1945        Alf Skjegstad Krog (acting)        (b. 1895 - d. 19..)
                             (Quisling governor)
 8 May 1945 - 1958         John Norem (2nd time)              (s.a.)
1959 - 1968                Paul Ingolf Ingebretsen            (b. 1904 - d. 1968)
1968 - 1973                Gunnar Fredrik Hellesen            (b. 1913 - d. 2005)
1973 - 1982                Konrad Birger Knutsen              (b. 1925 - d. 2012)
1982 - 1991                Kristin Lønningdal (f)             (b. 1923 - d. 2010)
1991 - 2013                Tora Aasland (f)                   (b. 1942)
1991 - 1993                Harald Torfinn Thune (1st time)    (b. 1952)                  
                             (acting for Aasland)
 1 Jan 2008 - 2013         Harald Torfinn Thune (2nd time)    (s.a.)        
                             (acting for Aasland)
 1 Nov 2013 -              Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa (f)       (b. 1948)

             Adopted 23 Sep 1983

Governors
1763 - 1771                Joachim Knagenhielm                (b. 1727 - d. 1796)
1771 - 1779                Magnus Theite                      (b. 1725 - d. 1791)  
1780 - 1781                Ditlev von Pentz                   (b. 1744 - d. 1821) 
1781 - 1788                Jonas Ramus Petersen               (b. 1748 - d. 1804) 
1788 - 1789                Niels Dorph Gunnerus               (b. 1751 - d. 1789)  
1789 - 1794                Peder Hersleb Harboe               (b. 1755 - d. 1794) 
1794 - 1802                Andreas Hiort                      (b. 1740 - d. 1817)  
1802 - 1811                Niels Andreas Vibe                 (b. 1759 - d. 1814)  
1811                       Hilmar Meincke Krohg               (b. 1776 - d. 1851)
1811 - 1814                Herman Gerhard Treschow            (b. 1780 - d. 1836)
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 Raeder        (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 - 25 Jul 1941         Hans Kristian Seip                 (b. 1881 - d. 1945)
                             (under occupation from 9 Apr 1940)
26 Jul 1941 -  1 Jul 1944  Vidar Atne (acting)                (b. 1894 - d. 1962)
                             (Quisling governor)
 1 Jul 1944 - 1945         Konrad Sundlo                      (b. 1881 - d. 1965)
                             (Quisling governor)
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. Flaete                   (b. 1944)
2011 -                     Anne Karin Hamre (f)               (b. 1965)

    9 Dec 1983-31 Dec 2017

Governors
1804 - 1810                Erik Must Angell                   (b. 1744 - d. 1814)
23 Aug 1810 - 1832         Frederik Christopher, greve af     (b. 1779 - d. 1832)
                             Trampe
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 Sverressøn Klingenberg         (b. 1871 - d. 1944)
1940 - 18 Oct 1947         Johan Cappelen                     (b. 1889 - d. 1947)
                             (under occupation 9 Apr - 10 Oct 1940,
                             German prisoner 1943-1945)
Oct 1940 - Jan 1942        Anton Frederik W. Jakhelln Prytz   (b. 1878 - d. 1945)
                             (Quisling governor)
1942 - 1945                Otto Johansen Grundtvig            (b. 1901 - d. 1966)
                             (Quisling governor)
1948 - 1958                Ivar Skjånes                       (b. 1888 - d. 1975)
1958 - 1963                Thor Skrindo                       (b. 1910 - d. 1992)
1963 - 1974                Nils Kristian Lysø                 (b. 1905 - d. 1977)
1974 - 1986                Einar Hole Moxnes                  (b. 1921 - d. 2006)
1986 - 1993                Reidar Due                         (b. 1922)
1993 - 2011                Kåre Erling Gjønnes                (b. 1942)
1997 - 1998                Roald Eriksen                      (b. 1933)
                             (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)

Sunmøre og Nordfjord

1675                       Sunmøre og Nordfjord amt created from parts of
                             Romsdals amt and Bergenhus amt.
1678                       Part of Bergenhus amt.

Governor
1675 – 1678                Christian Lindenov                 (b. 1647 - d. 1692)

Svalbard: see under Norway

      Approved 19 Dec 1970

Governors
1661 – 1662                Jørgen Jensen Bjelke               (b. 1621 - d. 1696)
1662 – 1669                Johan Frederik von Marschalk       (b. 1618 - d. 1679)
1669 – 1675                Preben von Ahnen                   (b. 1606 - d. 1675)
1675 – 1692                Niels Sørensen Adeler              (b. 1628 - d. 1694)
1692 – 1710                Henrik Nilsen Adeler               (b. 1660 - d. 1718)
1710 – 1723                Jacob Lindberg                     (b. 1672 - d. 1723)
1724 –  3 Jan 1727         Michael Storm                      (b. 1688 - d. 1727)
1727 – 1731                Christian Berg                     (b. 1697 - d. 1731)
1731 – 1744                Henrik Essemann                    (d. 1744)
1744 – 1764                Johan Frederik Brockenhuus von     (b. 1706 - d. 1764)
                             Løwenhielm    
1764 – 1771                Frederik Georg Adeler (1st time)   (b. 1736 - d. 1810)
1771 – 1773                Peter Holm                         (b. 1733 - d. 1817)
1773 – 1781                Frederik Georg Adeler (2nd time)   (s.a.)
1781 – 1788                Frederik Moltke                    (b. 1754 - d. 1836)
1788 – 1798                Jonas Ramus Petersen               (b. 1748 - d. 1804)
1798 – 1800                Otto Joachim Moltke                (b. 1770 - d. 1853)
1800 - 1803                Johan Henrik Selmer                (b. 1756 - d. 1831)
1803 – 1813                Severin Løvenskiold                (b. 1777 - d. 1856)
1813 - 1838                Frederik Wilhelm baron Wedel       (b. 1787 - d. 1863)
                             Jarlsberg
1839 - 1846                Carl Valentin Falsen               (b. 1787 - d. 1852)
1846 - 1877                Jørgen Aall                        (b. 1806 - d. 1894)
1877 - 1880                Niels Mathias 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 Immanuel Hallager          (b. 1864 - d. 1932)
1933 - 1938                Olaf Hegland                       (b. 1885 - d. 1939)
1939 - 1959                Kornelius Olai Bergsvik            (b. 1889 - d. 1975)
                             (under occupation 5 May - 10 Oct 1940)
Oct 1940 - 1945            Christen Knudsen                   (b. 1873 - d. 1964)
                             (Quisling governor)
1959 - 1969                Tidemann F. Evensen                (b. 1905 - d. 1969)
1969 - 1973                Leif Hjørnevik                     (b. 1910 - d. 1973)
1973 - 1976                Olav Haukvik                       (b. 1928 - d. 1992)
1976 - 1987                Oddvar Berrefjord                  (b. 1918 - d. 1999)
1987 - 1998                Kjell Gotfred 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 -              Arne Malme (2nd time) (acting)     (s.a.)

         Adopted 1 Jan 2018

     Adopted 15 Jan 1960

Governors (stiftamtmenn to 1919)
1844 - 1853                Anton Theodor Harris               (b. 1804 - d. 1866)
1854 - 1857                Carl Frederik Motzfeldt            (b. 1808 - d. 1902)
1858 - 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 - 17 Jun 1941  Hans Julius Gabrielsen (acting)    (b. 1891 - d. 1965)
                             (under occupation from 8 Jun 1940)
20 Apr 1940 - Jun 1941     Hans Ougen Skotner                 (b. 1903 - d. 1987)
                             (acting for Gabrielsen)
1941? - 1945               Marcus Bull                        (b. 1895 - d. 1974)
                             (Quisling governor)
1945 - 1946                Hans Ougen Skotner (acting)        (s.a.)
1946 - 1953                Arne Aas                           (b. 1890 - d. 1953)
1953 - 1977                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) 
                             (acting to 1 Mar 2002)
Oct 2005 - Sep 2014        Svein Ludvigsen                    (b. 1946)
Sep 2014 -                 Bård Magne Pedersen (acting)       (b. 1956)

               Adopted 12 Dec 1958

Governors
1657                       Hans Juel
1657 - 1664                Hans Juel (governor of Mandal)     (b. 1615 - d. 1688)
1658 - 1661                Lauritz Galtung                    (b. c.1615 - d. 1661)
1662 - 1664                Christoffer Parsberg               (b. 1632 - d. 1671)
1664 - 1670                Mogens Friis                       (b. 1623 - d. 1675)
1671 – 1675?               Robert Hamilton
1677 – 1681                Jens (Toller) Rosenheim            (b. 1636 - d. 1690)
1681 – 1684                Daniel Knoff                       (b. 1614 - d. 1687)
1684 – 1685                Ludvig Holgersen Rosenkrantz       (b. 1625 - d. 1685)
1685 - 1692                Christian Stokfleth (absent)       (b. 1640 - d. 1704)
1685 – 1692                Claus Røyem                        (b. 1638 - d. 1692)
                             (acting for Stokfleth)
1692 – 1699                Jørgen Hansen Burchart
1699 – 1711                Andreas Undall                     (b. 1669 - d. 1728)
1711 – 1718                Povel Juel                         (b. c.1673 - d. 1723)
1718 – 1745                Vilhelm Reesen                     (b. 1675 - d. 1745)
1745 – 1768                Jens Stoud                         (b. 1713 - d. 1768)
1768 – 1771                Magnus Theiste                     (b. 1725 - d. 1791)
1771 – 1773                Frederik Georg Adeler              (b. 1736 - d. 1810)
1773 – 1805                Peter Holm                         (b. 1733 - d. 1817)
1805 – 1810                Hans Vilhelm Cederfeld de Simonsen (b. 1737 - d. 1836)
1810 – 1814                Adam Ditlev Wedell-Wedellsborg     (b. 1782 - d. 1827)
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                Niels Petersen 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                Hans Georg Jacob Stang             (b. 1830 - d. 1907)
1907 - 1928                Daniel Bremer Juell Koren          (b. 1858 - d. 1948)
1928 - 1948                Hagbarth Lund                      (b. 1877 - d. 1963)
                             (under occupation 9 Apr 1940 - 25 Jan 1942)
1942 - 1945                Iver Leuch Elieson                 (b. 1889 - d. 1968)
                             (Quisling governor)
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)
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 -              Stein Arve Ytterdahl               (b. 1951)

                Adopted 30 Jan 1970

Governor of Brunla
1662 - 1671                Johan Brockenhuus                  (b. 1614 - d. 1673)
Counts of Larvik (title Greva av Laurvig)
29 Sep 1671 - 17 Apr 1704  Ulrik Fredrik Gyldenløve           (b. 1638 - d. 1704)
1704 - 18 Sep 1754         Ferdinand Anton Danneskiold-       (b. 1688 - d. 1754)
                             Laurvig
18 Sep 1754 - 12 Aug 1762  Frederik Ludvig Danneskiold-       (b. 1717 - d. 1762)
                             Laurvig
12 Aug 1762 -  9 Apr 1783  Christian Conrad Danneskiold-      (b. 1723 - d. 1783)
                             Laurvig
1783 - 1785                Interregnum
1785 -  9 Oct 1791         Christian Ahlefeldt-Laurvig        (b. 1732 - d. 1791)
 9 Oct 1791 - 1805         Frederik Ahlefeldt-Laurvig         (b. 1760 - d. 1832)
1805 - 26 Aug 1817         the kings of Denmark
Count of Griffenfeld (title Greva av Griffenfeld)
23 Nov 1673 - 21 Mar 1676  Peder Schumacher Griffenfeld       (b. 1623 - d. 1699)
Counts of Tønsberg (title Greva av Tønsberg)
1676 - 1678                King Christian V                   (b. 1646 - d. 1699)
1678 -  3 Jan 1684         Ulrik Fredrik Gyldenløve           (s.a.)
Counts of Jarlsberg (title Greva av Jarlsberg)
 3 Jan 1684 - 21 Dec 1717  Gustav Vilhelm Wedel-Jarlsberg     (b. 1641 - d. 1717)
21 Dec 1717 - 22 Sep 1738  Frederik Anton greve Wedel-        (b. 1694 - d. 1738)
                             Jarlsberg
22 Sep 1738 - 18 Nov 1776  Frederik Christian Otto Wedel-     (b. 1718 - d. 1776)
                             Jarlsberg
18 Nov 1776 -  7 Apr 1811  Anton Frederik Wedel-Jarlsberg     (b. 1748 - d. 1811)
 7 Apr 1811 - 27 Aug 1840  Herman Wedel Jarlsberg             (b. 1779 - d. 1840)
27 Aug 1840 - 23 Jun 1893  Peder Anker Wedel-Jarlsberg        (b. 1809 - d. 1893)

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)
                             (under occupation 9 Apr 1940-1 Feb 1942)
1942 - 31 Dec 1943         Halvor Pedersen Hektoen            (b. 1884 - d. 1960)
                             (Quisling governor)
 1 Jan 1944 - 1945         Christopher Andreas Hoxmark Lange  (b. 1894 - d. 1989)
                             (Quisling governor)
1948 - 1958                Oscar Fredrik Torp                 (b. 1893 - d. 1958)
1958 - 1964                Gerhard Dahl                       (b. 1905 - d. 1964)
                             (acting for Torp 1948-1958)
1964 - 1979                Olav Redvald 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)            (b. 1950)
 1 Jun 2010 - Aug 2016     Erling Lae                         (b. 1947)
Aug 2016 -                 Per Arne Olsen                     (b. 1961)