List of County Governors of Bergen

This is a list of the County Governors of Bergen stiftamt (county) in Norway. The office of County Governor is a government agency of the Kingdom of Norway. The title was Stiftamtmann (before 1919) and in 1919 all stiftamt were abolished in favor of equal counties (Norwegian: fylker).

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The stiftamt (principal county) of Bergenhus (later simplified to Bergen stiftamt) was established in 1662 by the King. It was originally made up of several subordinate counties: Nordlandenes, Sunnmøre, Søndre Bergenhus, and Nordre Bergenhus. Bergenhus stiftamt was led by a stiftamtmann and the subordinate counties were led by an amtmann. The seat of the stiftamt was the city of Bergen. In 1871, the city of Bergen was split off as a separate amt (county), and the stiftamtmann also assumed the role of Bergen's amtmann until 1918. In 1919, there was a large county reorganization in Norway and every stiftamt was abolished and the counties were renamed fylker.

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

Hordaland county has had the following governors:

County Governors of Bergen stiftamt[1][2][3]
StartEndName
16621665Ove Bjelke
(1611–1674)
16651666Claus von Ahlefeldt
(1614–1674)
16661667Georg Reichwein
(1593–1667)
16671669Hans Hansen Lillienskiold
(1610–1681)
16691679Johan Frederik von Marschalck
(1618–1679)
16791681Hans Hansen Lillienskiold
(1610–1681)
16811699Christian Gyldenløve
Greve af Samsøe
(1674–1703)
16991704Christian Stockfleth
(1639–1704)
17041704Mats de Tonsberg
(1638–1705)
Served concurrently as Amtmann for Bergenhus amt
17041710Vilhelm de Tonsberg
(1680–1731)
Served concurrently as Amtmann for Bergenhus amt
17101711Edvard Hammond
(1688–1711)
Served concurrently as Amtmann for Bergenhus amt
17111728Andreas Undall
(1669–1728)
Served concurrently as Amtmann for Bergenhus amt
17281732Wilhelm August von der Osten
(1697–1764)
Served concurrently as Amtmann for Bergenhus amt
17321738Ulrik Kaas
(1677–1746)
17381741Christian Bagger
(1692–1741)
Served concurrently as Amtmann for Bergenhus amt
17411749Christian Møinichen
(1683–1749)
Served concurrently as Amtmann for Bergenhus amt
17431744Jonas Lym
(1679–1760)
Acting for Møinichen
17491766Ulrik Fredrik de Cicignon
(1698–1772)
Served concurrently as Amtmann for Bergenhus amt
17661768Jørgen Erik Skeel
(1737–1795)
Served concurrently as Amtmann for Søndre Bergenhus amt
17681772Christian Petersen
(1701–1775)
Served concurrently as Amtmann for Søndre Bergenhus amt
17721774Albrecht Philip von Levetzau
(1744–1817)
Served concurrently as Amtmann for Søndre Bergenhus amt
17741789Christian de Schouboe
(1737–1789)
Served concurrently as Amtmann for Søndre Bergenhus amt
17891802Frederik Hauch
(1754–1839)
Served concurrently as Amtmann for Søndre Bergenhus amt
18021815Johan Randulf Bull
(1749–1829)
Served concurrently as Amtmann for Søndre Bergenhus amt
18151825Wilhelm Frimann Koren Christie
(1778–1849)
Served concurrently as Amtmann for Søndre Bergenhus amt
18251827Christian Magnus Falsen
(1782–1830)
Served concurrently as Amtmann for Søndre Bergenhus amt
18291834Georg Jacob Bull
(1785–1854)
Served concurrently as Amtmann for Søndre Bergenhus amt from 1829-1831
18341852Edvard Hagerup
(1781–1853)
18341850Jens Schydtz
(1792–1859)
18591875Paul Meyer Smit
(1813–1875)
18751884Nicolai Ditlev Ammon Ræder
(1817–1884)
18841907Justin Gottfried Andreas Hoffmann
(1836–1907)
19071918Hroar Olsen
(1859–1941)
Served concurrently as Amtmann for Søndre Bergenhus amt
Office abolished

References
  1. Cahoon, Ben (2000). "Norwegian Counties". Retrieved 2020-01-25.
  2. "Stiftamtmenn, amtmenn og fylkesmenn 1814-1994" (in Norwegian). regjeringen.no. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
  3. Berg, Ole T., ed. (2016-06-13). "Fylkesmenn og amtmenn (stiftamtmenn) siden 1671". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
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