Norwegian Counties 

Note: From 1662, a county was known as an amt and, from 1 Jan 1919, as a fylke. Accordingly the title of a governor was amtmann, then fylkesmann (plural -menn). Before 1919 there were also units called stift (diocese, coextensive with bishoprics), grouping multiple counties, whose governor was a stiftamtmann (diocesan governor)(plural -menn).

Agder

 1 Jan 2020                Adger fylke formed by merger of Aust-Agder and Vest-Agder.

Governor
 1 Jan 2020 -              Stein Arve Ytterdahl               (b. 1951)

Governors 
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 – 1813                Eggert Christopher Knuth           (b. 1786 - d. 1813)
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. 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 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 - 1988                Gunnar Alf Larsen                  (b. 1919 - d. 2003)
1988 - 1989                Geir Engebretsen (acting)          (b. 1952)
1989 - 1998                Kåre Isaachsen Willoch             (b. 1928 - d. 2021)
1998 - 2001                Karin Moe Røisland (f) (acting)    (b. 1944)
2001                       Arne Bardalen (acting)             (b. 1953)
 1 Nov 2001 - 2011         Hans Johan Røsjorde                (b. 1941)
2011 - 31 Dec 2019         Valgerd Svarstad Haugland (f)      (b. 1956)

Kristiania stift

(Akershus amt, Buskeruds amt, Jarlsberg og Larvik amt, Kristiania amt, Smaalenenes amt;
and until 1864 also Hedemarkens amt and Kristians amt)

1664                       Aggershuus stift.
1843                       Aggershuus (Akershus) stift renamed Christiania stift.
1877                       Spelling changed to Kristiania.
 1 Jan 1919                Abolished.

Governors (stiftamtmenn)
1664 – 1699                Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve          (b. 1638 - d. 1704)
1679 – 1681                Erik Banner                        (b. 1618 - d. 1687)
1682 - 1750                the governors of Aggershuus amt
                           (s.a.)
1750 - 1763                Jacob Benzon                       (b. 1688 - d. 1775)
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 - 31 Dec 1918         Andreas Tostrup Urbye (acting)     (b. 1869 - d. 1955)

Governors  
1669 - 1671                ....
1671 – 1679                the governors of Kristiansand
                           (Agdesiden) stift
1680 – 1681                Jens Toller Rosenheim              (b. 1636 - d. 1690)
1681 – 1691                Jørgen Müller                      (b. 1648 - d. 1695)
1691 – 1815                the governors of Kristiansan
                           (Agdesiden) stift
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 - 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 -  7 May 1945  Hans Henrik Petersen               (b. 1886 - d. 1969)
                             (Quisling governor)
 8 May 1945 -  1 Dec 1945  Eilif Løvrak Holmesland (acting)   (b. 1896 - d. 1959)
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               (b. 1951)

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 (acting to 1946) (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 - d. 2019)
1999 - 30 Sep 2013         Kirsti Kolle Grøndahl (f)          (b. 1943)
1999 - 2001                Jon Arvid Lea (acting for Grøndahl)(b. 1948)
 1 Oct 2013 - 31 Dec 2018  Helen Oddveig Bjørnøy (f)          (b. 1954)
 1 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2019  Valgerd Svarstad Haugland (f)      (b. 1956)

6 Jan 1967 - 31 Dec 2019

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

Hamar stift

(Hedemarkens amt, Kristians amt)

1864                       Hamar stift separated from Christiania stift.
 1 Jan 1919                Abolished.

Diocesan Governors (stiftamtmenn)
1864 – 31 Dec 1918         the governors of Hedemarkens amt

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 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                    (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)
11 Mar 1981 - 17 Mar 1994  Odvar Nordli                       (b. 1927 - d. 2018)
1994 - 22 Aug 1996         Kjell Borgen                       (b. 1939 - d. 1996)
1996 - 31 Dec 2018         Sigbjørn Johnsen                   (b. 1950)
1996 - 1997                Ola Skjølaas (acting)              (b. 1941 - d. 2006)
Apr 1997 - Oct 1997        Jon Arvid Lea (acting for Johnsen) (b. 1948)
Oct 2009 - 15 Feb 2010     Tormod Wilhelm 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                    (b. 1964)

Governors
1681 - 10 Oct 1690         Laurids Lindenow                   (b. 1650 - d. 1690)
1691 - 1697                Hans Nielsen                       (b. c.1630 - d. 1697)   
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                (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)
1743 - 1744                Jonas Lym (acting for Møinichen)   (b. 1679 - d. 1760)
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 - 31 Dec 2019  Lars Sponheim                      (b. 1957)             

Adopted 15 Aug 1924

1831                       Bergen amt separated from Søndre Bergenhus.
 1 Jan 1919                Becomes Bergen fylke.
1972                       Merged with Horadland.

Governors
1831 - 1972                the governors of Søndre Bergenhus/
                           Hordaland (s.a.)

(Nordre Bergenhus amt, Søndre Bergenhus amt, Bergen amt, part of Romsdals amt; and
until 1844, also included Finmarkens amt, Nordlandenes amt, and Tromsø amt)

1662                       Bergenhus (later Bergen) stift.
 1 Jan 1919                Abolished.

Diocesan Governors (stiftamtmenn)
1662 – 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, greve af     (b. 1674 - d. 1703)
                             Samsøe 
1699 – 1704                Christian Stockfleth d.e.          (b. 1639 - d. 1704)
1704 - 1732                the governors of Bergenhus (s.a.)
1732 - 1738                Ulrik Kaas                         (b. 1677 - d. 1746) 
1738 - 1831                the governors of Bergenhus/Søndre
                           Bergenhus (s.a.)
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 Ræder         (b. 1817 - d. 1884)
1884 - 1907                Justin Gottfried Andreas Hoffmann  (b. 1836 - d. 1907)
1907 - 31 Dec 1918         the governors of Søndre Bergenhus
                           (s.a.)

Innlandet

Adopted 1 Jan 2020

 1 Jan 2020                Innlandet fylke formed by merger of Oppland and Hedmark.

Governor
 1 Jan 2020 -              Knut Storberget                    (b. 1964)

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 - 31 Dec 2018  Lodve Solholm                      (b. 1949)
 1 Jan 2019 -              Rigmor Brøste (f)(acting)          (b. 1965)

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)

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)
 1 Jan 2007 - 31 Dec 2007  Ola Bjerkaas (acting)              (b. 1952)
 1 Jan 2008 - 31 Dec 2018  Hill-Marta Solberg (f)             (b. 1951)
 1 Jan 2008 - 31 Oct 2009  Ola Bjerkaas                       (s.a.)
                             (acting for Solberg)
 2 Jan 2019 -              Tom Cato Karlsen                   (b. 1974)

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)
27 Apr 1781 - 30 May 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 - 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                     (b. 1964)

1842                       Christiania amt separated from Aggershuus.
1877                       Spelling changed to Kristiania.
 1 Jan 1919                Kristiania stiftamt becomes Kristiania fylke.
 1 Jan 1925                Renamed Oslo fylke.

Governors 
1842 - 1918                the governors of Akershus (s.a.)
1918 - 1923                Håkon Løken (acting)               (b. 1859 - d. 1923)
1924 -                     the governors of Akershus (s.a.)

Kristiansand stift

(Bratsberg amt, Lister og Mandal amt, Nedenes amt, Stavanger amt)

1669                       Stavanger stiftamt (of Stavanger amt, Bratsberg amt, and Agdesiden
                             amt; in 1671 Agdesiden amt divided into Lister og Mandal amt
                             and Nedenes amt).
1682                       Renamed Christianssand (seat of the stift moved).
1877                       Spelling of Christianssand changed to Kristianssand.
1889                       Spelling changed to Kristiansand.
 1 Jan 1919                Abolished.

Diocesan Governors (Stiftamtmenn)
1671 – 11 Dec 1679         Ove Juel                           (b. 1615 - d. 1688)
1680 - 1682                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                Jakob 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 – 31 Dec 1918         Daniel Bremer Juell Koren          (b. 1858 - d. 1948)

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)
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)
 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 - 31 Dec 2018  Trond Rønningen                    (b. 1968)
 1 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2019  Valgerd Svarstad Haugland (f)      (b. 1956)

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               (b. 16.. - 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 -  1 Oct 1993         Harald Torfinn Thune (1st time)    (b. 1952)                  
                             (acting for Aasland)
18 Oct 2007 - 20 Mar 2012  Harald Torfinn Thune (2nd time)    (s.a.)        
                             (acting for Aasland)
 1 Nov 2013 - 30 Jun 2019  Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa (f)       (b. 1948)
 1 Jul 2019 -              Lone Merethe Solheim (f) (acting)  (b. 1964)

Governors
1763 - 1771                Joachim de 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)
                             (appointed, did not take office)
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 Elster 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 - 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                      (b. 1957)

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 - d. 2021)
1986 - 1989                Roald Eriksen (1st time)           (b. 1933)
                             (acting for Due)
1993 - 2011                Kåre Erling Gjønnes                (b. 1942 - d. 2021)
1997 - 1998                Roald Eriksen (2nd time)           (s.a.)
                             (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

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)
Dec 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 - 31 Dec 2018  Arne Malme (2nd time) (acting)     (s.a.)
 1 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2019  Per Arne Olsen                     (b. 1961)

Adopted 1 Jan 2018

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 - 30 Oct 2017     Bård Magne Pedersen (acting)       (b. 1956)
30 Oct 2017 - 31 Dec 2019  Elisabeth Vik Aspaker (f)          (b. 1962)

Tromsø stift

(Finmarkens amt, Nordlands amt, and Tromsø amt)

14 Jun 1844                Tromsø stift
 1 Jan 1919                Abolished.

Diocesan Governors (stiftamtmenn)
1844 - 1869                the governors of Finmarkens amt (s.a.)
1869 - 1918                the governors of Tromsø amt (s.a.)

Troms og Finnmark

 1 Jan 2020                Troms og Finnmark fylke formed by merger of Troms
                             and Finnmark.

Governor
 1 Jan 2020 -              Elisabeth Vik Aspaker (f)          (b. 1962)

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 – 1683                Daniel Danielsen Knoff             (b. 1614 - d. 1687)
1683 – 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 - 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               (b. 1951)

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 - 31 Dec 2019     Per Arne Olsen                     (b. 1961)

Vestfold og Telemark

 1 Jan 2020                Vestfold og Telemark fylke formed by merger of Vestfold
                             and Telemark.

Governor
 1 Jan 2020 -              Per Arne Olsen                     (b. 1961)

Vestland

 1 Jan 2020                Vestland fylke formed by merger of Hordaland and Sogn og Fjordane.

Governor
 1 Jan 2020 -              Lars Sponheim                      (b. 1957)

Viken

 1 Jan 2020                Viken fylke formed by merger of Buskerud, Akershus, and Østfold.

Governor
 1 Jan 2020 -              Valgerd Svarstad Haugland (f)      (b. 1956)