Nordland
1 Jan 1919 Nordlands amt becomes Nordland fylke
Governors
1811 - 1815 Christen Elster (b. 1763 - d. 1833)
1815 - 1828 Johan Ernst Berg (b. 1768 - d. 1828)
1829 - 1833 Adam Johan Frederik Poulsen,
greve af Trampe (b. 1798 - d. 1876)
1834 - 1847 Lars Bastian Ridder Stabell (b. 1798 - d. 1860)
1848 - 1853 Nils Weyer Arveschoug (b. 1807 - d. 1894)
1854 - 1858 Paul Peter Vilhelm Breder (b. 1816 - d. 1890)
1858 - 1867 Carsten Smith (b. 1817 - d. 1884)
1867 - 1878 Claus Nieuwejaar Worsøe (b. 1822 - d. 1906)
1878 - 1889 Otto Benjamin Andreas Aubert (b. 1841 - d. 1898)
1890 - 1908 Rasmus Theisen (b. 1837 - d. 1908)
1908 - 1913 Anton Omholt (b. 1861 - d. 1925)
1913 - 1921 Jonas Pedersen (b. 1871 - d. 1953)
1922 - 1939 Olaf Amundsen (b. 1876 - d. 1939)
1940 - 1951 Karl Hess Larsen (b. 1900 - d. 1966)
1951 - 1966 Bue Fjermeros (b. 1912 - d. 2000)
1966 - 1983 Ole Aavatsmark (b. 1918 - d. 1983)
1983 - 1991 Odd With (b. 1921 - d. 2006)
1991 - 2007 Åshild Hauan (f) (b. 1941 - d. 2017)
1991 - 1993 Davis Johansen (b. 1926)
(acting for Hauan)
2007 - 31 Dec 2018 Hill-Marta Solberg (f) (b. 1951)
1 Jan 2008 - 31 Oct 2009 Ola Bjerkaas (b. 1953?)
(acting for Solberg)
1 Jan 2019 - Tom Cato Karlsen (b. 1974)
Oslo
1842 Christiania amt separated from Aggershuus
1877 spelling changed to Kristiania
1 Jan 1919 becomes Kristiania fylke
1925 renamed Oslo fylke
Governors
1842 - 1918 the governors of Akershus
(see below)
1918 - 1923 Håkon Løken (acting) (b. 1859 - d. 1923)
1924 - 31 Dec 2019 the governors of Akershus
(see below)
1 Jan 2020 - the governors of Viken
(see below)
Rogaland
1 Jan 1919 Stavanger amt becomes Rogaland fylke
Governors
1814 - 1824 Wilhelm Frimann Krog (b. 1767 - d. 1825)
1825 - 1826 Jens Erichstrup (b. 1775 - d. 1826)
1826 - 1828 Peder Martinius Ottesen (b. 1782 - d. 1852)
1829 - 1833 Christian Ulrik Kastrup (b. 1784 - d. 1850)
1833 - 1853 Gunder Aas (b. 1785 - d. 1853)
1853 - 1863 Anton Theodor Harris (b. 1804 - d. 1866)
1864 - 1888 Vilhelm Hermann Ludvig von Munthe
af Morgenstierne (b. 1814 - d. 1888)
1889 - 1910 Carl Lauritz Mechelborg Oppen (b. 1830 - d. 1914)
1910 - 1932 Thorvald Andreas Larsen (b. 1863 - d. 1936)
1932 - 1958 John Norem (b. 1888 - d. 1976)
1959 - 1968 Paul Ingolf Ingebretsen (b. 1904 - d. 1968)
1968 - 1973 Gunnar Hellesen (b. 1913 - d. 2005)
1973 - 1981 Konrad B. Knutsen (b. 1925 - d. 2012)
1982 - 1991 Kristin Lønningdal (f) (b. 1923 - d. 2010)
1991 - 2013 Tora Aasland (f) (b. 1942)
1991 - 1993 Harald Thune (1st time) (b. 1952)
(acting for Aasland)
1 Jan 2008 - 2013 Harald Thune (2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting for Aasland)
1 Nov 2013 - 30 Jun 2019 Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa (f) (b. 1948)
1 Jul 2019 - 31 Oct 2021 Lone Merethe Solheim (f) (acting) (b. 1964)
1 Nov 2021 - Bent Høie (b. 1971)
Troms og Finnmark
1 Jan 2020 former by merger of Troms and Finnmark
Governor
1 Jan 2020 - Elisabeth Vik Aspaker (f) (b. 1962)
Troms
1 Jan 1919 Tromsø amt becomes Troms fylke
Governors
1866 - 1869 Mathias Bonsach Krogh Nannestad (b. 1815 - d. 1878)
1869 - 1889 Christian Collett Kjerschow (b. 1821 - d. 1889)
1889 - 1914 Boye Christian Riis Strøm (b. 1847 - d. 1930)
1915 - 1920 Klaus Hoel (b. 1865 - d. 1923)
1921 - 1928 Otto Backe (b. 1874 - d. 1928)
1928 - 1938 Johannes Gerckens Bassøe (b. 1878 - d. 1962)
1938 - 20 Apr 1940 Gunnar Bjørn Nordbye (b. 1897 - d. 1940)
20 Apr 1940 - 1945 Hans O. Skotner (acting) (b. 1903 - d. 1987)
1946 - 1953 Arne Aas (b. 1890 - d. 1953)
1953 - 1976 Kristian Even Haug (b. 1906 - d. 2000)
1977 - 1991 Martin Buvik (b. 1923 - d. 2018)
1991 - Aug 2000 Leif Arne Heløe (b. 1932)
Aug 2000 - Oct 2005 Vilgunn Gregusson (b. 1936)
Oct 2005 - Sep 2014 Svein Ludvigsen (b. 1946)
Sep 2014 - 30 Oct 2017 Bård Magne Pedersen (acting) (b. 1956)
30 Oct 2017 - 31 Dec 2019 Elisabeth Vik Aspaker (f) (s.a.)
Finnmark
1 Jan 1919 Finmarkens amt becomes Finnmark fylke
Governors
1684 - 1701 Hans Hansen Lilienskiold (b. 1650 - d. 1703)
1701 - 1717 Erik Lorch
1717 - 1718 Jacob Møinichen
1718 - 1720 Nikolai Friese
1720 - 1729 Peter Siedelmann
1730 - 1738 Henning Friman
1739 - 1750 Rasmus Kjeldsøn
1751 - 1757 Mathias Collett (b. 1708 - d. 1759)
1757 - 1768 Gunder Gundersen Hammer (b. 1725 - d. 1772)
1768 - 1771 Eiler Hagerup (b. 1736 - d. 1795)
1771 - 1778 Torkil Fieldsted
1778 - 1787 Christen Heiberg (b. 1737 - d. 1801)
1787 - 1800 Ole Hannibal Sommerfelt (b. 1753 - d. 1821)
1800 - 1806 Martin Andreas Unmack
1806 - 1811 Hilmar Meincke Krohg (b. 1776 - d. 1851)
1811 - 1814 Frederik Wilhelm Wedel Jarlsberg (b. 1787 - d. 1863)
1814 - 1828 Johan Caspar Krogh (b. 1776 - d. 1831)
1828 - 1829 Christian Ulrik Kastrup (b. 1784 - d. 1850)
1829 - 1833 Ulrik Frederik Cappelen (b. 1797 - d. 1864)
1833 - 1843 Ole Edvard Buck (b. 1799 - d. 1843)
Aug 1839 - Mar 1845 Mons Lie
(acting for Buck, then for Harris)
1844 - 1853 Anton Theodor Harris (b. 1804 - d. 1866)
1854 - 1857 Carl Fredrik Motzfeldt (b. 1808 - d. 1902)
1858 - 1866 Mathias Bonsach Krogh Nannestad (b. 1815 - d. 1878)
1866 - 1874 Jens Holmboe (b. 1821 - d. 1891)
1874 - 1882 Johan Blackstad (b. 1832 - d. 1904)
1882 - 1885 Carl Ingwart Theodor Rynning (b. 1837 - d. 1892)
1886 - 1889 Karl Adolf Langberg (b. 1850 - d. 1889)
1889 - 1894 Nicolai Christian Grove Prebensen (b. 1850 - d. 1938)
1896 - 1906 Truls Johannessen Wiel Graff (b. 1851 - d. 1918)
1906 - 1912 Andreas Tostrup Urbye (b. 1869 - d. 1955)
1912 - 1921 Johan Albrigt Rivertz (b. 1874 - d. 1942)
1922 - 1928 Hagbarth Lund (b. 1877 - d. 1963)
1928 - 1948 Hans Gabrielsen (b. 1891 - d. 1965)
Nov 1944 - Sep 1945 Peder Holt (b. 1899 - d. 1963)
(acting for Gabrielsen)
1948 - 24 Mar 1963 Peder Holt (s.a.)
1951 - 1955 Dag Tønder (acting for Holt) (b. 1907 - d. 1989)
1963 - 1974 Kolbjørn Varmann (b. 1904 - d. 1980)
Mar 1963 - Jul 1965 Anders Aune (acting for Varmann) (b. 1923 - d. 2011)
1974 - 1989 Anders Aune (s.a.)
Jan 1990 - May 1990 Kurt Mosbakk (acting) (b. 1934)
1990 - 1998 Svein Alsaker (b. 1940)
31 Aug 1990 - 31 Jul 1993 Ingrid Røstad Fløtten (f) (b. 1954)
(acting for Alsaker)
1998 - 30 Sep 2016 Gunnar Kjønnøy (b. 1947)
1 Oct 2016 - 31 Dec 2018 Ingvild Aleksandersen (f) (b. 1968)
1 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2019 Elisabeth Vik Aspaker (f) (s.a.)
Tromsø stift
(Finmarkens amt, Nordlands amt, Tromsø amt)
Governors (stiftamtmenn)
1844 - 1866 the governors of Finmarkens amt (s.a.)
1866 - 1918 the governors of Tromsø amt (s.a.)
Trøndelag
1 Jan 2018 formed by merger of Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag
Governor
1 Jan 2018 - Frank Jenssen (b. 1969)
Nord-Trøndelag
1 Jan 1919 Nordre Trondhjems amt becomes Nord-Trøndelag fylke
Governors
1805 - 1815 Caspar Conrad Rafn (b. 1763 - d. 1830)
1815 - 1833 Christen Elster (b. 1763 - d. 1833)
1833 - 1857 Adam Johan Frederik Poulsen,
greve af Trampe (b. 1798 - d. 1876)
1857 - 1866 Fredrik August Wessel-Berg (b. 1809 - d. 1895)
1867 - 1884 Carsten Smith (b. 1817 - d. 1884)
1884 - 1894 Lars Otto Roll Grundt (b. 1843 - d. 1907)
1894 - 1898 Ole Qvam (b. 1834 - d. 1904)
1898 - 1902 Halvor Bachke Guldahl (1st time) (b. 1859 - d. 1931)
1902 - 1916 Torvald Løchen (b. 1861 - d. 1943)
1916 - 1927 Halvor Bachke Guldahl (2nd time) (s.a.)
1927 - 1944 Haakon Martin Five (b. 1880 - d. 1944)
1945 - 1959 Asbjørn Lindboe (b. 1889 - d. 1967)
1959 - 1964 Gustav Sjaastad (b. 1902 - d. 1964)
1964 - 1971 Ole Bae (b. 1902 - d. 1972)
1971 - 1979 Leif Granli (b. 1909 - d. 1988)
1979 - 1991 Ola Hansen Kveli (b. 1921 - d. 2003)
1991 - 31 May 2008 Inger Lise Gjørv (f) (b. 1938 - d. 2009)
1991 - 1993 Oddbjørn Karmhus Nordset
(1st time) (acting for Gjørv) (b. 1946)
1 Jun 2008 - 2 Nov 2009 Oddbjørn Karmhus Nordset
(2nd time) (acting) (s.a.)
2 Nov 2009 - 30 Sep 2017 Inge Ryan (b. 1956)
1 Oct 2017 - 31 Dec 2017 Gerd Janne Kristoffersen (f) (b. 1952)
(acting)
Sør-Trøndelag
1 Jan 1919 Søndre Trondhjems amt becomes Sør-Trøndelag fylke
Governors
1810 - 1832 Frederik Christopher, greve af
Trampe (b. 1779 - d. 1832)
1832 - 1840 Fredrik Riis (b. 1789 - d. 1845)
1840 - 1857 Karelius August Arntzen (b. 1802 - d. 1875)
1857 - 1894 Carl Fredrik Motzfeldt (b. 1808 - d. 1902)
1894 - 1907 Lars Otto Roll Grundt (b. 1843 - d. 1907)
1907 - 1921 Harald Bothner (b. 1850 - d. 1924)
1921 - 1940 Odd Klingenberg (b. 1871 - d. 1944)
1940 - 18 Oct 1947 Johan Cappelen (b. 1889 - d. 1947)
1948 - 1958 Ivar Skjånes (b. 1888 - d. 1975)
1958 - 1963 Thor Skrindo (b. 1910 - d. 1992)
1963 - 1974 Nils Lysø (b. 1905 - d. 1977)
1974 - 1986 Einar Hole Moxnes (b. 1921 - d. 2006)
1986 - 1993 Reidar Due (b. 1922 - d. 2021)
1986 - 1989 Roald Eriksen (1st time)
(acting for Due)
1993 - 2011 Kåre Gjønnes (b. 1942 - d. 2021)
1997 - 1998 Roald Eriksen (2nd time)
(acting for Gjønnes)
1998 - 2000 Aage Rundberget (b. 1947)
(acting for Gjønnes)
2011 - 3 Mar 2015 Jørn Aksel Krog (b. 1948 - d. 2015)
13 Mar 2015 - 31 Dec 2017 Brit Skjelbred (f) (b. 1949)
(acting to 5 Feb 2016)
Trondhjem stift
(Nordre Trondhjems amt, Søndre Trondhjems amt, part of Romsdals amt)
Governors (stiftamtmenn)
1687 - 1700 Hans Kaas
1700 - 1722 Iver von Ahnen
1723 - 1726 Christian Reitzer
1726 - 1735 Jacob Benzon
1736 - 1744 Ulrik Christian von Nissen
1744 - 1747 Christian de Stockfleth d.y.
1747 - 1766 Frederik Rantzau
1766 - 1772 Diderik Otto von Grambow
1772 Georg Christian Oeder
1772 - 1783 Johan Vibe von der Osten
1783 - 1786 Wilhelm Frimann Koren
1786 - 1796 Thorkel Jonsen Fjeldsted
1796 - 1802 Gebhard Moltke
1802 - 1804 Frederik Adeler d.y.
1804 - 1918 the governors of Søndre Trondhjems
amt (s.a.)
Vestfold og Telemark
1 Jan 2020 formed by merger of Vestfold and Telemark
Governor
1 Jan 2020 - 18 Nov 2022 Per Arne Olsen (b. 1961 - d. 2022)
Vestfold
c.1870 Jarlsberg og Laurvigs amt renamed Jarlsberg og Larvik
1 Jan 1919 becomes Vestfold fylke
Governors
1821 - 1829 Georg Jacob Bull (b. 1785 - d. 1854)
1829 - 1833 Johan Henrik Rye (b. 1787 - d. 1868)
1833 - 1864 Ulrik Frederik Cappelen (b. 1797 - d. 1864)
1865 - 1882 Johan Christian Georg Hvoslef (b. 1819 - d. 1889)
1882 - 1902 Carl Johan Michelet (b. 1826 - d. 1902)
1902 - 1905 Thomas von Westen Engelhart (b. 1850 - d. 1905)
1905 - 1908 Ulrik Krohn (b. 1867 - d. 1944)
1908 - 1924 Abraham Berge (b. 1851 - d. 1936)
1924 - 1938 Herman Meinich (b. 1868 - d. 1948)
1938 - 1948 Johannes Gerckens Bassøe (b. 1878 - d. 1962)
1948 - 1958 Oscar Fredrik Torp (b. 1893 - d. 1958)
1958 - 1964 Gerhard Dahl (b. 1905 - d. 1964)
1964 - 1979 Olav R. Grove (b. 1909 - d. 1997)
1979 - 1988 Odd Vattekar (b. 1918 - d. 1992)
1989 - 1 Apr 2010 Mona Røkke (f) (b. 1940 - d. 2013)
1 Apr 2010 - 1 Jun 2010 Bjørn Strandli (acting)
1 Jun 2010 - Aug 2016 Erling Lae (b. 1947)
Aug 2016 - 31 Dec 2019 Per Arne Olsen (s.a.)
Telemark
1 Jan 1919 Bratsberg amt becomes Telemark fylke
Governors
1814 - 1838 Frederik Wilhelm Wedel Jarlsberg (b. 1787 - d. 1863)
1839 - 1846 Carl Valentin Falsen (b. 1787 - d. 1852)
1846 - 1877 Jørgen Aall (b. 1806 - d. 1894)
1877 - 1880 Niels Rye (b. 1824 - d. 1905)
1881 - 1889 Ulrik Frederik Christian Arneberg (b. 1829 - d. 1911)
1889 - 1898 Otto Benjamin Andreas Aubert (b. 1841 - d. 1898)
1898 - 1902 Thomas von Westen Engelhart (b. 1850 - d. 1905)
1902 - 1910 Viggo Ullmann (b. 1848 - d. 1910)
1910 - 1932 Guthorm Hallager (b. 1864 - d. 1932)
1933 - 1938 Olaf Hegland (b. 1885 - d. 1939)
1939 - 1940 Kornelius Bergsvik (1st time) (b. 1889 - d. 1975)
1940 - 1945 Christen Knudsen (b. 1873 - d. 1964)
1945 - 1959 Kornelius Bergsvik (2nd time) (s.a.)
1959 - 1969 Tidemann F. Evensen (b. 1905 - d. 1969)
Dec 1969 - 1973 Leif Hjørnevik (b. 1910 - d. 1973)
1973 - 1976 Olav Haukvik (b. 1928 - d. 1992)
1976 - 1988 Oddvar Berrefjord (b. 1918 - d. 1999)
1989 - 1998 Kjell Bohlin (b. 1928 - d. 2011)
1 Dec 1998 - 1 Jul 2004 Solveig Sollie (f) (b. 1939)
2 Jul 2004 - 2 Jul 2006 Arne Malme (1st time) (acting) (b. 1949?)
3 Jul 2006 - 21 Jun 2018 Kari Nordheim-Larsen (f) (b. 1948)
22 Jun 2018 - 31 Dec 2018 Arne Malme (2nd time) (acting) (s.a.)
1 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2019 Per Arne Olsen (s.a.)
Vestland
1 Jan 2020 formed by merger of Hordaland and Sogn og Fjordane
Governors
1 Jan 2020 - 1 Jun 2022 Lars Sponheim (b. 1957)
1 Jun 2022 - 1 Sep 2022 Gunnar O. Hæreid (acting) (b. 1970)
1 Sep 2022 - Liv Signe Navarsete (f) (b. 1958)
Hordaland
1763 Bergenhus divided into Nordre Bergenhus and Søndre Bergenhus
1 Jan 1919 Søndre Bergenhus amt becomes Hordaland fylke
Governors
1697 - 1702 Axel Rosenkrantz (b. 1670 - d. 1723)
1702 - 1704 Christian de Stockfleth d.e. (b. 1639 - d. 1704)
1704 Mats de Tonsberg (b. 1638 - d. 1705)
1704 - 1710 Vilhelm de Tonsberg
1710 - 1711 Edvard Hammond
1711 - 1728 Andreas Undall
1728 - 1738 Wilhelm August von der Osten
1738 - 1741 Christian Bagger
1741 - 1749 Christian Møinichen
1749 - 1766 Ulrik Frederik de Cicignon (b. 1698 - d. 1772)
1766 - 1768 Jørgen Erik Skeel
1768 - 1772 Christian Petersen
1772 - 1774 Albrecht Philip von Levetzau
1774 - 1789 Christian de Schouboe
1789 - 1802 Frederik Hauch
1802 - 1814 Johan Randulf Bull (b. 1749 - d. 1829)
1815 - 1825 Wilhelm Frimann Koren Christie (b. 1778 - d. 1849)
1825 - 1827 Christian Magnus Falsen (b. 1782 - d. 1830)
1829 - 1831 Georg Jacob Bull (b. 1785 - d. 1854)
1831 - 1834 Edvard Hagerup (b. 1781 - d. 1853)
1834 - 1850 Jens Schydtz (b. 1792 - d. 1859)
1850 - 1860 Nils Vogt (b. 1817 - d. 1894)
1860 - 1869 Hans Thomas Meinich (b. 1819 - d. 1878)
1869 - 1877 Niels Rye (b. 1824 - d. 1905)
1878 - 1897 Claus Nieuwejaar Worsøe (b. 1822 - d. 1906)
1898 - 1918 Hroar Olsen (b. 1859 - d. 1941)
1918 - 1929 Kristian Friis Petersen (b. 1867 - d. 1932)
1929 - 1933 Ernst Andreas Johannesen (b. 1870 - d. 1957)
1934 - 1949 Gjert Lindebrække (b. 1879 - d. 1960)
1949 - 1966 Mons Lid (b. 1896 - d. 1967)
1966 - 1984 Lars Leiro (b. 1914 - d. 2005)
1984 - 1998 Håkon Randal (b. 1930 - d. 2012)
1998 - 1 Apr 2010 Svein Alsaker (b. 1940)
1 Apr 2010 - 1 Jun 2010 Rune Fjeld (acting) (b. 1951)
1 Jun 2010 - 31 Dec 2019 Lars Sponheim (s.a.)
Bergen
1831 Bergen amt separated from Søndre Bergenhus
1 Jan 1919 becomes Bergen fylke
1972 merged with Hordaland
Governors
1831 - 1972 the governors of Søndre Bergenhus/
Hordaland (s.a.)
Sogn og Fjordane
1763 Nordre Bergenhus amt split from Bergenhus
1 Jan 1919 becomes Sogn og Fjordane fylke
Governors
1763 - 1771 Joachim Knagenhielm
1771 - 1780 Marcus Theiste
1780 - 1781 Ditlef Pentz
1781 - 1788 Jonas Ramus Petersen
1788 - 1789 Niels Dorph Gunnerus
1789 - 1794 Peder Hersleb Harboe
1794 - 1802 Andreas Hiorth
1802 - 1811 Niels Vibe (b. 1759 - d. 1814)
1811 Hilmar Meincke Krohg (b. 1776 - d. 1851)
1811 - 1814 Herman Gerhard Treschow
1814 - 1822 Christian Magnus Falsen (b. 1782 - d. 1830)
1822 - 1831 Edvard Hagerup (b. 1781 - d. 1853)
1831 - 1832 Fredrik Riis (b. 1789 - d. 1845)
1833 - 1844 Christian Ulrik Kastrup (b. 1784 - d. 1850)
1844 - 1852 Hans Tostrup (b. 1799 - d. 1856)
1852 - 1860 Emil Aubert (b. 1811 - d. 1872)
1861 - 1869 Johan Collett Falsen (b. 1817 - d. 1879)
1870 - 1875 Nicolai Ditlev Ammon Ræder (b. 1817 - d. 1884)
1875 - 1889 Carl Lauritz Mechelborg Oppen (b. 1830 - d. 1914)
1889 - 1902 Olaj Johan Olsen (b. 1851 - d. 1920)
1902 - 1910 John Utheim (b. 1847 - d. 1910)
1910 - 1930 Ingolf E. Christensen (b. 1872 - d. 1943)
1930 - 1941 Hans Kristian Seip (b. 1881 - d. 1945)
1941 - 1944 Vidar Atne (b. 1894 - d. 1962)
1944 - 1945 Konrad Sundlo (b. 1880 - d. 1965)
1945 - 1971 Nikolai Schei (b. 1901 - d. 1985)
1971 - 1976 Arne Ekeberg (b. 1925)
1976 - 1994 Ingvald Johan Ulveseth (b. 1924 - d. 2008)
1 Aug 1994 - 2011 Oddvar J. Flæte (b. 1944)
2011 - 13 Aug 2018 Anne Karin Hamre (f) (b. 1965)
13 Aug 2018 - 31 Dec 2018 Gunnar O. Hæreid (acting) (b. 1970)
1 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2019 Lars Sponheim (s.a.)
Bergen stift
(Nordre Bergenhus amt, Søndre Bergenhus amt, Bergen amt, part of Romsdals amt)
Governors (stiftamtmenn)
1699 - 1704 Christian de Stockfleth d.e. (b. 1639 - d. 1704)
1704 - 1732 the governors of Bergenhus (s.a.)
1732 - 1738 Ulrik Kaas
1738 - 1831 the governors of Bergenhus/Søndre
Bergenhus (s.a.)
1829 - 1834 Georg Jacob Bull (s.a.)
1834 - 1852 Edvard Hagerup (s.a.)
1852 - 1859 Jens Schydtz (s.a.)
1859 - 1875 Paul Meyer Smit (b. 1813 - d. 1875)
1875 - 1884 Nicolai Ditlev Ammon Ræder (b. 1817 - d. 1884)
1884 - 1907 Justin Gottfried Andreas Hoffmann (b. 1836 - d. 1907)
1907 - 1918 the governors of Søndre Bergenhus
(s.a.)
Viken
1 Jan 2020 formed by merger of Buskerud, Akershus, and Østfold
Governor
1 Jan 2020 - Valgerd Svarstad Haugland (f) (b. 1956)
Buskerud
1 Jan 1919 Buskeruds amt becomes Buskerud fylke
Governors
1806 - 1813 Greve Johan Caspar Herman Wedel
Jarlsberg (b. 1779 - d. 1840)
1813 - 1814 Jonas Collett (b. 1772 - d. 1851)
1814 - 1827 Johan Collett (b. 1775 - d. 1827)
1828 - 1831 Niels Arntzen Sem (b. 1782 - d. 1859)
1831 - 1857 Gustav Peter Blom (b. 1785 - d. 1869)
1858 - 1882 Paul Peter Vilhelm Breder (b. 1816 - d. 1890)
1882 - 1884 Thomas Cathinco Bang (1st time) (b. 1827 - d. 1902)
1884 - 1890 Nils Vogt (b. 1817 - d. 1894)
1890 - 1902 Thomas Cathinco Bang (2nd time) (s.a.)
1902 - 1928 Theodor Christian Stoud Platou (b. 1858 - d. 1942)
1929 - 1935 Thomas von Westen Angell (b. 1871 - d. 1935)
1935 - 1945 Jens Hundseid (b. 1883 - d. 1965)
1945 - 1950 Nils Nilsen Thune (b. 1880 - d. 1950)
1950 - 19 Oct 1962 Arnold G. Dybsjord (b. 1897 - d. 1962)
1962 - 6 Apr 1977 Olaf Fredrik Watnebryn (b. 1908 - d. 1977)
1977 - 1979 Gunnar A. Larsen (b. 1919 - d. 2003)
1979 - 1989 Ragnar Christiansen (b. 1922 - d. 2019)
1989 - 1999 Leif Haraldseth (b. 1929 - d. 2019)
1999 - 30 Sep 2013 Kirsti Kolle Grøndahl (f) (b. 1943)
1999 - 2001 Jon A. Lea (acting for Grøndahl) (b. 1948)
1 Oct 2013 - 31 Dec 2018 Helen Bjørnøy (f) (b. 1954)
1 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2019 Valgerd Svarstad Haugland (f) (s.a.)
Akershus
c.1870 Aggershuus amt renamed Akershus amt
1 Jan 1919 becomes Akershus fylke
Governors
1699 - 1708 Frederik Gabel (b. 1645 - d. 1708)
1708 - 1710 Johan Vibe (b. 1637 - d. 1710)
1710 - 1731 Vilhelm de Tonsberg
1731 - 1735 Lorentz de Reichwein
1735 - 1737 Jacob Benzon (b. 1688 - d. 1775)
1737 - 1740 Peter Neve
1740 - 1750 Frederik Otto von Rappe
1750 - 1757 Christian Rudolph Philip Gersdorff
1757 - 1772 Caspar Herman von Storm
1772 - 1773 Diderik Otto von Grambow
1774 - 1784 Albrecht Philip von Levetzau
1784 - 1789 Jørgen Erik Skeel
1789 - 1795 Frederik Moltke (b. 1754 - d. 1836)
1795 - 1802 Frederik Julius Kaas (1st time) (b. 1758 - d. 1827)
1802 - 1809 Gebhard Moltke (b. 1764 - d. 1851)
1809 - 1810 Frederik Julius Kaas (2nd time) (s.a.)
1810 - 1813 Eggert Christopher Knuth
1813 - 1815 Poul Christian Holst (b. 1776 - d. 1863)
1815 - 1822 Hans Hagerup Falbe (b. 1772 - d. 1830)
1822 - 1830 Valentin Christian Wilhelm Sibbern (b. 1779 - d. 1853)
1831 - 1837 Niels Arntzen Sem (b. 1782 - d. 1859)
1837 - 1839 Hans Christian Petersen (b. 1793 - d. 1862)
1840 - 1842 Fredrik Riis (b. 1789 - d. 1845)
1842 - 1855 Erik Røring Møinichen (b. 1797 - d. 1875)
1855 - 1858 Christian Birch-Reichenwald (b. 1814 - d. 1891)
1859 - 1895 Johan Christian Collett (b. 1817 - d. 1895)
1895 - 1918 Ole Andreas Furu (b. 1841 - d. 1925)
1919 - 1930 Hroar Olsen (b. 1859 - d. 1941)
1930 - 1943 Ingolf E. Christensen (b. 1872 - d. 1943)
1945 - 1955 Carl Platou (b. 1885 - d. 1956)
1955 - 1963 Trygve Lie (b. 1896 - d. 1968)
1964 - 1965 John Lyng (b. 1905 - d. 1978)
1965 - 1979 Petter Mørch Koren (b. 1910 - d. 2004)
1979 - 1989 Gunnar A. Larsen (b. 1919 - d. 2003)
1989 - 1998 Kåre Willoch (b. 1928 - d. 2021)
1998 - 2001 Karin Moe Røisland (f) (acting) (b. 1944)
2001 Arne Bardalen (acting)
1 Nov 2001 - 2011 Hans J. Røsjorde (b. 1941)
2011 - 31 Dec 2019 Valgerd Svarstad Haugland (f) (s.a.)
Østfold
1 Jan 1919 Smaalenenes amt becomes Østfold fylke
Governors
1687 - 1700 Ambrosius Charisius
1700 - 1703 Caspar Gottlob Moltke
1703 - 1741 Niels Werenskiold
1741 - 1743 Henning Johansen Frimann
1743 - 1767 Baltzer Sechmann Fleischer (b. 1703 - d. 1767)
1768 - 1781 Henrik Lachmann
1781 - 1789 Frederik Hauch
1789 - 1794 Johan Christian Hauch
1794 - 1804 Andreas Hofgaard
1804 - 1810 Marcus Gjøe Rosenkrantz (b. 1762 - d. 1838)
1810 - 1814 Mathias Otto Sommerhielm (b. 1764 - d. 1827)
28 Nov 1814 - 8 Nov 1830 Valentin Christian Wilhelm Sibbern (b. 1779 - d. 1853)
1 Jan 1831 - 23 Sep 1846 Gregers Winther Wulfsberg (b. 1780 - d. 1846)
(acting to 30 Mar 1831)
27 Jan 1847 - 15 Mar 1855 Christian Birch-Reichenwald (b. 1814 - d. 1891)
6 Aug 1855 - 17 May 1880 Carl Sibbern (b. 1809 - d. 1880)
31 Jan 1881 - 29 Nov 1890 Johan Lauritz Rasch (b. 1829 - d. 1901)
6 Mar 1891 - 1 Apr 1905 Ulrik Frederik Christian Arneberg (b. 1829 - d. 1911)
1 Apr 1905 - 1917 Hans Christian Albert Hansen (b. 1847 - d. 1925)
1918 - 1933 Eivind Olaf Bødtker (b. 1863 - d. 1946)
1933 - 1940 Ernst Andreas Johannesen (b. 1870 - d. 1957)
1940 - 1951 Lyder Døscher Bull (b. 1881 - d. 1959)
1951 - 1966 Karl Hess Larsen (b. 1900 - d. 1966)
1966 - 1981 Jacob Modalsli (b. 1911 - d. 1984)
1981 - 1986 Lars Korvald (b. 1916 - d. 2006)
1986 - 1998 Erling Norvik (b. 1928 - d. 1998)
1998 - 2003 Edvard Grimstad (b. 1933 - d. 2014)
2003 Lise Beret Sandereid (f) (acting)
1 Jan 2004 - 31 Dec 2015 Anne Enger Lahnstein (from 2006,
Anne Enger) (f) (b. 1949)
1 Jan 2016 - 31 Dec 2018 Trond Rønningen (b. 1967)
1 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2019 Valgerd Svarstad Haugland (f) (s.a.)
Kristiania stift
(Akershus amt, Buskeruds amt, Jarlsberg og Larvik amt, Kristiania amt, Smaalenenes amt, until 1864 also Hedemarkens amt and Kristians amt)
1843 Aggershuus stift renamed Christiania
1877 spelling changed to Kristiania
Governors (stiftamtmenn)
1682 - 1750 the governors of Aggershuus amt
(s.a.)
1750 - 1763 Jacob Benzon
1763 - 1810 the governors of Aggershuus amt
(s.a.)
1810 - 1812 Marcus Gjøe Rosenkrantz (b. 1762 - d. 1838)
1812 - 1813 Emanuel de Thygeson (b. 1772 - d. 1860)
1813 - 1815 Poul Christian Holst (acting) (b. 1776 - d. 1863)
1815 - 1842 the governors of Aggershuus amt
(s.a.)
1840 - 1845 Fredrik Riis (b. 1789 - d. 1845)
1846 - 1857 Niels Arntzen Sem (b. 1782 - d. 1859)
1857 - 1874 Karelius August Arntzen (b. 1802 - d. 1875)
1874 - 1880 August Christian Manthey (b. 1811 - d. 1880)
1880 - 1905 Niels Rye (b. 1824 - d. 1905)
1905 - 1917 Otto Albert Blehr (b. 1847 - d. 1927)
1917 - 1918 Andreas Tostrup Urbye (acting) (b. 1869 - d. 1955)