List of governors of Västra Götaland County

The office of Governor of Västra Götaland County was created in 1998, where the counties Älvsborg County, Gothenburg and Bohus County and Skaraborg County merged.

Governor of Västra Götaland County
Landshövding i Västra Götalands län
Coat of arms of Västra Götaland County.
Incumbent Sten Tolgfors since 1 September 2022
Västra Götaland County Administrative Board
Residence	The residence in Gothenburg, Gothenburg
Appointer	Government of Sweden
Term length	Six years[note 1], with possibility to extension by maximum three years
Precursor	Governor of Gothenburg and Bohus County Governor of Skaraborg County Governor of Älvsborg County
Formation	1 January 1998
First holder	Göte Bernhardsson
Deputy	Deputy County Governor (Länsöverdirektören)
Salary	SEK 102,800/month (2017)
Website	Governor and Deputy County Governor

List of officeholders

No.	Portrait	Governor (Born–Died)	Tenure			Political party	Served for Cabinet
			Took office	Left office	Duration
1		Göte Bernhardsson (1942–2019[2])	1 January 1998 (1998-01-01)	28 December 2007 (2007-12-28)	9 years, 361 days	Social Democrats	Persson (1998 – 2006) Reinfeldt (2006 – 2007)
2		Lars Bäckström (born 1953)	21 January 2008 (2008-01-21)	20 January 2017 (2017-01-20)	8 years, 365 days	Left	Reinfeldt (2008 – 2014) Löfven I (2014 – 2017)
–		Lisbeth Schultze (born 1960) Acting	20 January 2017 (2017-01-20)	18 September 2017 (2017-09-18)	241 days	Independent	Löfven I
3		Anders Danielsson (born 1953)	18 September 2017 (2017-09-18)	30 November 2021 (2021-11-30)	4 years, 73 days	Independent	Löfven I (2017 – 2019) Löfven II (2019 – 2021)
–		Lisbeth Schultze (born 1960) Acting	1 December 2021 (2021-12-01)	31 August 2022 (2022-08-31))	273 days	Independent	Löfven III (2021 – 2021) Andersson (2021 – 2022)
4		Sten Tolgfors (born 1966)	1 September 2022 (2022-09-01)	Incumbent	2 years, 81 days	Moderate	Andersson (since 2022)

Footnotes

1. The governor is often appointed for a six-year mandate. It can be extended if the person has not reached retirement age.^[1]

References

1. "Landshövding och länsledning" (in Swedish). County administrative boards of Västra Götaland. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
2. "Sök gravsatt på SvenskaGravar.se".