List of County Governors of Møre og Romsdal

This is a list of the County Governors of Møre og Romsdal 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).

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Romsdalens amt (with its current borders) was established in 1671, but after just four years (in 1675) it was divided into two amts (counties): Romsdal (which included Nordmøre) and Sunnmøre (which included Nordfjord). In 1680 (only 5 years later), Sunnmøre (including Nordfjord) was merged into Bergenhus amt. Then in 1689 (another 9 years later), the three regions of Romsdal, Sunnmøre and Nordmøre were again merged into one amt/county: Romsdalen. Then in 1701 (another 11 years later) Romsdalen amt was split and divided between Trondhjems amt (which got Romsdal and Nordmøre) and Bergenhus amt (which got Sunnmøre). In 1704 (a mere 4 years later), the three regions of Romsdal, Sunnmøre and Nordmøre were again merged into one county. The borders of the county have not been changed much since 1704. The annex parish of Vinje within the larger Hemne parish was transferred from Romsdalens amt to Søndre Trondhjems amt in 1838 (according to the 1838 Formannskapsdistrikt law, a parish could no longer be divided between two counties, so Vinje had to be in the same county as the rest of the parish). In 1919, the name of the county was changed to Møre fylke. In 1936, the name was again changed to Møre og Romsdal fylke.

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.

Names

The word for county (amt or fylke) has changed over time. From 1671 until 1918 the title was Amtmann i Romsdalens amt. From 1 January 1919 until 1 January 1936, the title was Fylkesmann i Møre fylke. Since 1 January 1936, the title has been Fylkesmann i Møre og Romsdal fylke

List of County Governors

Møre og Romsdal county has had the following governors:[1][2][3]

County Governors of Møre og Romsdal
StartEndName
16711675Christian Lindenow (1632–1675)


16751677Fredrik von Offenberg (1610–1677)


16801681Daniel Knoff (1614–1687)


16811691Jonas Lilienskiold (1651–1691)


16911700Iver von Ahnen (1657–1722)


17021703Hans Lilienskiold (1650–1703)


17041719Hans Hanssen Nobel (1657–1732)


17191729Erik Must (1683–1729)
17291730Michael Worm (1707–17??)


17301742Christian Sørensen Solgaard (1687–1742)


17421751Christian Ulrik Tønder (1699–1751)


17511760Andreas Fieldsted (1717–1788)


17601773Niels Krog Collin (1718–1782)


17731800Even Hammer (1732–1800)


18001811Ole Hannibal Sommerfeldt (1753–1821)


18111840Hilmar Meincke Krohg (1776–1851)
18401853Gudbrand Thesen (1792–1866)


18531893Nils Weyer Arveschoug (1807–1894)


18931902Ludvig Arnoldus Leth (1836–1902)


19021906Alexander Lange Kielland (1849–1906)
19061913Birger Kildal (1849–1913)
19141928Oddmund Vik (1858–1930)


19281952Trygve Utheim (1884–1952)
19411945Erling Kvadsheim (1885–1958)
(WWII Occupied government)


19521958Olav Berntsen Oksvik (1887–1958)
19581966Erling Anger (1909–1999)


19661972Erling Sandene (1921–2015)


19721977Kåre Ellingsgård (1926–2017)


19771 Jan
2002		Alv Jakob Fostervoll (1932–2015)
1 Jan
2002		1 Oct
2009		Ottar Befring (born 1939)


1 Oct
2009		2018Lodve Solholm (born 1949)
20192021Rigmor Brøste (born 1965)
(Acting governor for Botten.)


2019presentElse-May Botten (born 1973)
(She will take office in 2021 after finishing her Parliamentary term.)

References
  1. Cahoon, Ben (2000). "Norwegian Counties". Retrieved 2018-12-01.
  2. "Stiftamtmenn, amtmenn og fylkesmenn 1814-1994" (in Norwegian). regjeringen.no. Retrieved 2018-12-01.
  3. Berg, Ole T., ed. (2016-06-13). "Fylkesmenn og amtmenn (stiftamtmenn) siden 1671". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2018-12-01.
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