List of County Governors of Finnmark
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This is a list of the County Governors (Fylkesmenn) of Finnmark
, Norway
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Finnmark
or Finnmárku is a county in the extreme northeast of Norway. By land it borders Troms county to the west, Finland to the south and Russia to the east, and by water, the Norwegian Sea to the northwest, and the Barents Sea to the north and northeast.The county was formerly known as Finmarkens...
, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
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| County Governors of Finnmark | ||||
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| Start | End | Name | Born | Died |
| 1684 | 1701 | Hans Hansen Lilienskiold | 1650 | 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 | 1708 | 1759 |
| 1757 | 1768 | Gunder Gundersen Hammer | 1725 | 1772 |
| 1768 | 1771 | Eiler Hagerup | 1736 | 1795 |
| 1771 | 1778 | Torkil Fieldsted | – | – |
| 1778 | 1787 | Christen Heiberg | 1737 | 1801 |
| 1787 | 1800 | Ole Hannibal Sommerfeldt | 1753 | 1821 |
| 1800 | 1806 | Martin Andreas Unmack | – | – |
| 1806 | 1811 | Hilmar Meincke Krogh | 1776 | 1851 |
| 1811 | 1814 | Frederik Wilhelm Wedel Jarlsberg | 1787 | 1863 |
| 1814 | 1828 | Johan Caspar Krogh | 1776 | 1831 |
| 1828 | 1829 | Christian Ulrik Kastrup Christian Ulrik Kastrup Christian Ulrik Kastrup was a Norwegian jurist, military officer and politician.A jurist by education, from Stavanger, he worked as a military officer until 1811, when he became chief of customs in Vardø. In 1817 he became fut in the district Nordhordland og Voss. He was elected to the Norwegian... |
1784 | 1850 |
| 1829 | 1833 | Ulrik Fredrik Cappelen | 1797 | 1864 |
| 1833 | 1843 | Ole Edvard Buck Ole Edvard Buck Ole Edvard Buck was a Norwegian politician.He was appointed County Governor of Finmarkens Amt in 1833. In 1838 he was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1838, representing his county... |
1799 | 1843 |
| 1839 | 1845 | Mons Lie Mons Lie Mons Lie was a Norwegian police chief and writer.He was born in Ålen as a son of Jonas Monsen Storli and Karen Svendsdotter Aspaas . His mother was a first cousin of Svend Aspaas. In February 1777 he married Dorothea Wollan, but the marriage did not last. From October 1793 he was married to... (acting for Buck, then for Harris) |
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| 1844 | 1853 | Anton Theodor Harris Anton Theodor Harris Anton Theodor Harris was a Norwegian politician.He was appointed County Governor of Finmarkens Amt in 1844. In 1838 he was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1848, representing the city Tromsø, where the County Governor was seated. He was re-elected in 1851... |
1804 | 1866 |
| 1854 | 1857 | Carl Frederik Motzfeldt Carl Frederik Motzfeldt Carl Frederik Motzfeldt was a Norwegian politician.The son of General Major Carl M. Motzfeldt, he enrolled as a student in 1827 and graduated as cand.jur. in 1838. He was editor-in-chief of Den Constitutionelle from 1841 to 1842... |
1808 | 1902 |
| 1858 | 1866 | Mathias Bonsach Krogh Nannestad | 1815 | 1878 |
| 1866 | 1874 | Jens Holmboe Jens Holmboe Jens Holmboe was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. A jurist by education, he was a member of the Norwegian Parliament for five terms, and held several different government posts from 1874 to 1884.-Personal life:... |
1821 | 1891 |
| 1874 | 1882 | Johan Blackstad Johan Blackstad Johan Blackstad was a Norwegian judge and politician for the Conservative Party.He was born in Bergen and took the cand.jur. degree in 1857. He was hired in the Norwegian Ministry of Justice and the Police in 1860, and in 1870 he went on to become district stipendiary magistrate in Varanger... |
1832 | 1904 |
| 1882 | 1885 | Carl Ingwart Theodor Rynning | 1837 | 1892 |
| 1886 | 1889 | Karl Adolf Langberg | 1850 | 1889 |
| 1889 | 1894 | Nikolai Christian Grove Prebensen | 1850 | 1938 |
| 1896 | 1906 | Truls Johannessen Wiel Graff Truls Johannessen Wiel Graff Truls Johannessen Wiel Graff was a Norwegian county governor.He was the youngest living son of captain Christian Fredrik Graff and Cathrine Magdalene Bull Wiel. In 1882 he married Benta Tomine Marie Cathrine Baastad... |
1851 | 1918 |
| 1906 | 1912 | Andreas Tostrup Urbye Andreas Tostrup Urbye Andreas Tostrup Urbye was the Norwegian Minister of Labour 1913-1916 and 1916-1917.... |
1869 | 1955 |
| 1912 | 1921 | Johan Albrigt Rivertz | 1874 | 1942 |
| 1922 | 1928 | Hagbarth Lund | 1877 | 1963 |
| 1928 | 1941 | Hans Gabrielsen | 1891 | 1965 |
| 1941 | 1945 | occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany Occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany The occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany started with the German invasion of Norway on April 9, 1940, and ended on May 8, 1945, after the capitulation of German forces in Europe. Throughout this period, Norway was continuously occupied by the Wehrmacht... |
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| 1944 | 1945 | Peder Holt (acting for Gabrielsen) | 1899 | 1963 |
| 1945 | 1945 | Erling Johannes Norvik Erling Johannes Norvik Erling Johannes Norvik was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.He was born in Trondenes.... (acting for Gabrielsen) |
1899 | 1964 |
| 1945 | 1948 | Hans Gabrielsen | 1891 | 1965 |
| 1948 | 1963 | Peder Holt | 1899 | 1963 |
| 1951 | 1955 | Dag Tønder (acting for Holt) | – | – |
| 1963 | 1974 | Kolbjørn Varmann | 1904 | 1980 |
| 1963 | 1965 | Anders Aune (acting for Varmann) | 1923 | – |
| 1974 | 1989 | Anders Aune | – | – |
| 1990 | 1990 | Kurt Mosbakk Kurt Mosbakk Kurt Mosbakk Kurt Mosbakk Kurt Mosbakk (born 21 November 1934 is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was Minister of Trade and Shipping from 1986 to 1987, when the ministry was closed; he continued as Minister of Trade until 1989.... (January - May) |
1934 | – |
| 1990 | 1998 | Svein Alsaker Svein Alsaker Svein Alsaker is a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Hordaland in 1985, and was re-elected on one occasion. He had previously served in the position of deputy representative during the terms 1977–1981 and 1981–1985... |
1940 | – |
| 1990 | 1993 | Ingrid Røstad Fløtten (acting for Alsaker) | – | – |
| 1998 | – | Gunnar Kjønnøy | 1947 | – |