List of County Governors of Innlandet

This is a list of the County Governors of Innlandet county in Norway. 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).

Innlandet county (with its current borders) was established on 1 January 2020 after the merger of the old Hedmark and Oppland counties. Upon the county merger, the government of Norway merged the offices of County Governor of Hedmark and County Governor of Oppland into one office starting on 1 January 2020. The title of the new office is Fylkesmann i Innlandet.

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

Innlandet county has had the following governors:[1][2]

County Governors of Innlandet
StartEndName
1 Jan
2020
present Knut Storberget (born 1964)

See also

For the County Governors of this area prior to 2020, see:

References

  1. Cahoon, Ben (2000). "Norwegian Counties". Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  2. Berg, Ole T., ed. (13 June 2016). "Fylkesmenn og amtmenn (stiftamtmenn) siden 1671". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 15 November 2020.

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