List of County Governors of Aust-Agder

This is a list of the County Governors of Aust-Agder 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). On 1 January 2016, the office was merged with the County Governor of Vest-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 Nedenæs amt was in the town of Arendal. In 1919, the county was renamed Aust-Agder. In 2020, Aust-Agder and Vest-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 Nedenæs amt. From 1919 until 2016, the title was Fylkesmann i Aust-Agder fylke.

List of County Governors

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

County Governors of Nedenæs amt
Start	End	Name
1671	1679	Ove Juul (1615–1688) Served concurrently as Stiftamtmann for Christianssand stiftamt.
1680	1681	Jens Toller Rosenheim (1636–1690)
1681	1691	Jørgen Müller (1648–1695)
1691	1694	Christian Stockfleth (1639–1704) Served concurrently as Amtmann for Lister og Mandals amt (1691-1692). Served concurrently as Stiftamtmann for Christianssand stiftamt (1691-1692).
1691	1692	Claus Røyem (1638–1692) (Acting for Stockfleth while he served as envoy to Sweden.) Served concurrently as Amtmann for Lister og Mandals amt (1691-1692). Served concurrently as Stiftamtmann for Christianssand stiftamt (1691-1692).
1694	1700	Mats de Tonsberg (1640–1705) Served concurrently as Stiftamtmann for Christianssand stiftamt.
1700	1711	Christian Frederik Powisch (c. 1650–1711) Served concurrently as Stiftamtmann for Christianssand stiftamt.
1711	1718	Henrik Adeler (1660–1718) Served concurrently as Stiftamtmann for Christianssand stiftamt.
1718	1728	Johan Sigismund Hassius Lillienpalm (1664–1729) Served concurrently as Stiftamtmann for Christianssand stiftamt.
1728	1730	Alexander Frederik Møsting (1680–1737) Served concurrently as Stiftamtmann for Christianssand stiftamt.
1730	1738	Johan Albrecht With (1683–1754) Served concurrently as Stiftamtmann for Christianssand stiftamt.
1738	1742	Carl Juel (1706–1767) Served concurrently as Stiftamtmann for Christianssand stiftamt.
1742	1746	Heinrich von Reuss (1707–1783) Served concurrently as Stiftamtmann for Christianssand stiftamt.
1746	1751	Joachim Hartvig Johan von Barner (1699–1768) Served concurrently as Stiftamtmann for Christianssand stiftamt.
1751	1766	Frederik Adeler (1700–1766) Served concurrently as Stiftamtmann for Christianssand stiftamt.
1767	1767	Gustav Frederik Holck-Winterfeldt (1733–1776) Served concurrently as Stiftamtmann for Christianssand stiftamt.
1767	1781	Hans Hagerup Gyldenpalm (1717–1781) Served concurrently as Stiftamtmann for Christianssand stiftamt.
1781	1788	Frederik Georg Adeler (1736–1810) Served concurrently as Stiftamtmann for Christianssand stiftamt.
1788	1789	Frederik Moltke (1754–1836) Served concurrently as Stiftamtmann for Christianssand stiftamt.
1789	1800	Hans Christoph Diderik Victor von Levetzow (1754–1829) Served concurrently as Stiftamtmann for Christianssand stiftamt.
1800	1804	Otto Joachim Moltke (1770–1853) Served concurrently as Stiftamtmann for Christianssand stiftamt.
1804	1810	Nicolai Emanuel de Thygeson (1772–1860) Served concurrently as Stiftamtmann for Christianssand stiftamt.
1810	1812	Hans Vilhelm Cederfeld de Simonsen (1777–1836) Served concurrently as Stiftamtmann for Christianssand stiftamt.
1812	1815	Oluf Borch de Schouboe (1777–1844) Served concurrently as Stiftamtmann for Christianssand stiftamt.
1815	1837	Ulrik Frederik Anton de Schouboe (1782–1863)
1837	1848	Henrik Harboe (1785–1848)
1849	1860	Iver Steen Thomle (1812–1889)
1860	1863	Henrik Laurentius Helliesen (1824–1900)
1863	1868	Niels Wisløff Rogstad (1814–1880)
1868	1895	Niels Cornelius Bonnevie (1827–1899)
1896	1906	Nicolai C.G. Prebensen (1850–1938)
1906	1908	Sigurd Lambrechts (1863–1941)
1908	1916	Sven Aarrestad (1850–1942)
1917	1919	Hans Thomas Knudtzon (1857–1921)
County Governors of Aust-Agder fylke
1919	1921	Hans Thomas Knudtzon (1857–1921)
1921	24 Jan 1942	Jonas Pedersen (1871–1953)
29 Jan 1942	7 May 1945	Hans Henrik Petersen[4] (1886–1969) (WWII Occupied government)
8 May 1945	1 Dec 1945	Eilif Løvrak Holmesland[5] (1896–1959) (Acting governor after the occupation ended.)
1945	1961	Nils Hjelmtveit (1892–1985)
1961	1974	Henrik Svensen (1904–2007)
1974	1983	Ebba Lodden (1913–1997)
1983	1994	Signe Marie Stray Ryssdal (1924–2019)
10 Jan 1995	31 Dec 2007	Hjalmar Inge Sunde (born 1937)
1 Jan 2008	30 Sep 2009	Svein Åril (born 1946) (Acting for Djupedal while he finished his term in Parliament.)
1 Oct 2009	31 Dec 2015	Øystein Djupedal (born 1960)
Office abolished on 1 January 2016, see List of County Governors of Agder

References

1. Cahoon, Ben (2000). "Norwegian Counties". Retrieved 25 October 2020.
2. "Stiftamtmenn, amtmenn og fylkesmenn 1814-1994" (in Norwegian). regjeringen.no. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
3. Berg, Ole T., ed. (13 June 2016). "Fylkesmenn og amtmenn (stiftamtmenn) siden 1671". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
4. Lid, Geir (7 March 2009). "Mannen som forsvant fra historien". Agderposten (in Norwegian). pp. 32–35.
5. "Eilif Løvrak Holmesland" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD). Retrieved 27 October 2020.