List of county governors of Sør-Trøndelag

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The county governor of Sør-Trøndelag county in Norway represented the central government administration in the county. The office of county governor is a government agency of the Kingdom of Norway; the title was Amtmann (before 1919) and then Fylkesmann (after 1919). The county of Søndre Trondhjems amt (re-named Sør-Trøndelag in 1919) was established by royal resolution on 24 September 1804 when the old Trondhjems amt was divided in two. The county existed until 1 January 2018 when the two counties were merged once again as Trøndelag county. The new county governor for Trøndelag will live and work in the town of Steinkjer.

The county governor is the government's representative in the county. The governor carries out the resolutions and guidelines of the Storting and government. This is done first by the county governor performing administrative tasks on behalf of the ministries. Secondly, the county governor also monitors the activities of the municipalities and is the appeal body for many types of municipal decisions.

List of county governors

The following is a list of the county governors of Sør-Trøndelag:[1][2][3][4]

County governors of Sør-Trøndelag
Start End Name
1804 1810 Erik Must Angell (1744–1814)
Served concurrently as Stiftamtmann for Trondhjems stiftamt.
1810 1832 Frederich Christopher Trampe, Count of Trampe (1779–1832)
Served concurrently as Stiftamtmann for Trondhjems stiftamt.
1832 1840 Fredrik Riis (1789–1845)
Served concurrently as Stiftamtmann for Trondhjems stiftamt.


1840 1857 Karelius August Arntzen (1802–1875)
Served concurrently as Stiftamtmann for Trondhjems stiftamt.
1857 1894 Carl Frederik Motzfeldt (1808–1902)
Served concurrently as Stiftamtmann for Trondhjems stiftamt.
1894 1907 Lars Otto Roll Grundt (1843–1907)
Served concurrently as Stiftamtmann for Trondhjems stiftamt.


1907 1921 Harald Bothner (1850–1924)
Served concurrently as Stiftamtmann for Trondhjems stiftamt (1907-1918).
1921 1940 Odd Sverressøn Klingenberg (1871–1944)
1940 1947 Johan Cappelen (1889–1947)
1940 1942 Anton Frederik W. Jakhelln Prytz (1878–1945)
(WWII Occupied government)


1942 1945 Otto Johansen Grundtvig (1901–1966)
(WWII Occupied government)


1948 1958 Ivar Skjånes (1888–1975)
1958 1963 Thor Skrindo (1910–1992)


1963 1974 Nils Kristian Lysø (1905–1977)


1974 1986 Einar Hole Moxnes (1921–2006)
1986 1993 Reidar Due (born 1922)
1993 2011 Kåre Gjønnes (1942–2021)
1997 1998 Roald Eriksen (born 1933)
(acting for Gjønnes)


1998 2000 Aage Rundberget (born 1947)
(acting for Gjønnes)


2011 2015 Jørn Aksel Krog (1948–2015)


2015 2016 Brit Skjelbred (born 1949)
(acting)


2016 2017 Brit Skjelbred (born 1949)


Office abolished on 1 January 2018.

References

  1. ^ Cahoon, Ben (2000). "Norwegian Counties". Retrieved 2008-08-24.
  2. ^ "Stiftamtmenn, amtmenn og fylkesmenn 1814-1994" (in Norwegian). regjeringen.no. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  3. ^ Berg, Ole T., ed. (2016-06-13). "Fylkesmenn og amtmenn (stiftamtmenn) siden 1671". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  4. ^ Thaulow, Chr. "Personalhistorie for Trondhjems by og omegn i et tidsrum af circa 1 1/2 aarhundrede" (PDF) (in Norwegian). {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)