List of county governors of Vest-Agder

The county governor of Vest-Agder 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). On 1 January 2016, the office was merged with the county governor of Aust-Agder into the county governor of Aust- og Vest-Agder in preparation for the merger of the two counties on 1 January 2020.

The diocesan county called Stavanger stiftamt was established in 1669 by the king and it had several subordinate counties (amt) including Agdesiden amt. In 1671, Agdesiden amt was divided into Lister og Mandals amt (later called Vest-Agder) and Nedenæs amt (later called Aust-Agder). In 1682, the Stavanger stiftamt headquarters was moved to the town of Christianssand and renamed Christianssand stiftamt. The seat of Lister og Mandals amt was also at Christianssand. In 1919, the county was renamed Vest-Agder. In 2020, Vest-Agder and Aust-Agder counties were merged into Agder county.

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 as has the name of the county. From 1671 until 1918, the title was Amtmann i Lister og Mandals amt. From 1919 until 2016, the title was Fylkesmann i Vest-Agder fylke.

List of county governors

Vest-Agder county has had the following governors:^[1][2][3]

County governors of Lister og Mandals amt
Start	End	Name
1671	c. 1675	Robert Hamilton
1677	1681	Jens Toller Rosenheim (1636–1690) Served concurrently as Amtmann for Nedenæs amt (1680-1681).
1681	1683	Daniel Danielsen Knoff (1614–1687)
1683	1685	Ludvig Holgersen Rosenkrantz (1625–1685) Served concurrently as Stiftamtmann for Christianssand stiftamt.
1685	1692	Christian Stockfleth (1640–1704) Served concurrently as Stiftamtmann for Christianssand stiftamt.
1685	1692	Claus Røyem (1638–1692) (Acting for Stockfleth while he served as envoy to Sweden.)
1692	1699	Jørgen Hansen Burchart
1699	1711	Andreas Undall (1669–1728)
1711	1718	Povel Juel (c. 1673–1723) (Suspended by the King from June 1713–January 1715; fired in 1718.)
1718	1745	Vilhelm Reesen (1675–1745)
1745	1768	Jens Stoud (1713–1768)
1768	1771	Magnus Theiste (1725–1791)
1771	1773	Frederik Georg Adeler (1736–1810)
1773	1805	Peter Holm (1733–1817)
1805	1810	Hans Vilhelm Cederfeld de Simonsen (1737–1836)
1810	1814	Adam Ditlev Wedell-Wedellsborg (1782–1827)
1814	1815	Ulrik Frederik Anton de Schouboe (1782–1863)
1815	1836	Oluf Borch de Schouboe (1777–1844) Served concurrently as Stiftamtmann for Christianssand stiftamt.
1837	1846	Niels Arntzen Sem (1782–1859) Served concurrently as Stiftamtmann for Christianssand stiftamt.
1846	1852	Carl Valentin Falsen (1787–1852) Served concurrently as Stiftamtmann for Christianssand stiftamt.
1852	1859	Mathias Bille Kjørboe (1794–1859) Served concurrently as Stiftamtmann for Christianssand stiftamt.
1860	1871	Niels Petersen Vogt (1817–1894) Served concurrently as Stiftamtmann for Christianssand stiftamt.
1871	1881	Jakob Krefting Bonnevie (1814–1881) Served concurrently as Stiftamtmann for Christianssand stiftamt.
1882	1889	Johan Christian Georg Hvoslef (1819–1889) Served concurrently as Stiftamtmann for Kristianssand stiftamt.
1889	1906	Hans Georg Jacob Stang (1830–1907) Served concurrently as Stiftamtmann for Kristiansand stiftamt.
1907	1918	Daniel Bremer Juell Koren (1858–1948) Served concurrently as Stiftamtmann for Kristiansand stiftamt (1907-1918).
County governors of Vest-Agder fylke
1919	1928	Daniel Bremer Juell Koren (1858–1948)
1928	1948	Hagbarth Lund (1877–1963)
1942	1945	Iver Leuch Elieson (1889–1968) (WWII Occupied government)
1948	1954	Alf Frydenberg (1896–1989)
1954	1966	Lars Evensen (1896–1969)
1966	1982	Bue Fjermeros (1912–2000)
1982	1998	Oluf Skarpnes (1932–2019)
Dec 1998	31 Dec 2015	Ann-Kristin Olsen (born 1945)
7 Feb 2006	28 July 2006	Lars Erik Lyngdal (born 1945) (Acting for Olsen)
Office abolished on 1 January 2016, see List of county governors of Agder

References

1. Cahoon, Ben (2000). "Norwegian Counties". Retrieved 2020-10-25.
2. "Stiftamtmenn, amtmenn og fylkesmenn 1814-1994" (in Norwegian). regjeringen.no. Retrieved 2020-10-25.
3. Berg, Ole T., ed. (2016-06-13). "Fylkesmenn og amtmenn (stiftamtmenn) siden 1671". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2020-10-25.