List of County Governors of Sør-Trøndelag

This is a list of the County Governors of Sør-Trøndelag 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). 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.

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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
StartEndName
18041810Erik Must Angell (1744–1814)
Served concurrently as Stiftamtmann for Trondhjems stiftamt.
18101832Frederich Christopher Trampe, Count of Trampe (1779–1832)
Served concurrently as Stiftamtmann for Trondhjems stiftamt.
18321840Fredrik Riis (1789–1845)
Served concurrently as Stiftamtmann for Trondhjems stiftamt.


18401857Karelius August Arntzen (1802–1875)
Served concurrently as Stiftamtmann for Trondhjems stiftamt.
18571894Carl Frederik Motzfeldt (1808–1902)
Served concurrently as Stiftamtmann for Trondhjems stiftamt.
18941907Lars Otto Roll Grundt (1843–1907)
Served concurrently as Stiftamtmann for Trondhjems stiftamt.


19071921Harald Bothner (1850–1924)
Served concurrently as Stiftamtmann for Trondhjems stiftamt (1907-1918).
19211940Odd Sverressøn Klingenberg (1871–1944)
19401947Johan Cappelen (1889–1947)
19401942Anton Frederik W. Jakhelln Prytz (1878–1945)
(WWII Occupied government)


19421945Otto Johansen Grundtvig (1901–1966)
(WWII Occupied government)


19481958Ivar Skjånes (1888–1975)
19581963Thor Skrindo (1910–1992)


19631974Nils Kristian Lysø (1905–1977)


19741986Einar Hole Moxnes (1921–2006)
19861993Reidar Due (born 1922)
19932011Kåre Gjønnes (born 1942)
19971998Roald Eriksen (born 1933)
(acting for Gjønnes)


19982000Aage Rundberget (born 1947)
(acting for Gjønnes)


20112015Jørn Aksel Krog (1948–2015)


20152016Brit Skjelbred (born 1949)
(acting)


20162017Brit 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 requires |journal= (help)
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