List of County Governors of Vestfold
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This is a list of the County Governors (Fylkesmenn) of Vestfold
, Norway
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Vestfold
is a county in Norway, bordering Buskerud and Telemark. The county administration is in Tønsberg.Vestfold is located west of the Oslofjord, as the name indicates. It includes many smaller, but well-known towns in Norway, such as Larvik, Sandefjord, Tønsberg and Horten. The river Numedalslågen runs...
, 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 Vestfold | ||||
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| Start | End | Name | Born | Died |
| 1821 | 1829 | Georg Jacob Bull Georg Jacob Bull Georg Jacob Bull was a Norwegian jurist and politician.He was a stipendiary magistrate of Bergen from 1810 to 1821. While stationed here, he was elected to the Norwegian Parliament for the year 1821... |
1785 | 1854 |
| 1829 | 1833 | Johan Henrik Rye Johan Henrik Rye Johan Henrik Rye was a Norwegian jurist and politician.He served as County Governor of Jarlsbergs og Laurvigs amt from 1829 to 1833. He was then appointed assessor at the Supreme Court... |
1787 | 1868 |
| 1833 | 1864 | Ulrik Frederik Cappelen Ulrik Frederik Cappelen Ulrik Frederik Cappelen was a Norwegian jurist and politician.-Personal life:Ulrik Frederik Cappelen was born in 1795 as the second child of ship-owner Ulrich Fredrich von Cappelen and his wife Benedicte Henrikke, née Aall . His maternal grandfather was Nicolai Benjamin Aall... |
1797 | 1864 |
| 1865 | 1882 | Johan Christian Georg Hvoslef | 1819 | 1889 |
| 1882 | 1902 | Carl Johan Michelet | 1826 | 1902 |
| 1902 | 1905 | Thomas von Westen Engelhart | 1850 | 1905 |
| 1905 | 1908 | Ulrik Krohn | 1867 | 1944 |
| 1908 | 1924 | Abraham Berge Abraham Berge Abraham Theodor Berge was a Norwegian politician representing Venstre, the social liberal party, and later Frisinnede Venstre, a right-of-centre party... |
1851 | 1936 |
| 1924 | 1938 | Herman Meinich | 1868 | 1948 |
| 1938 | 1948 | Johannes Gerckens Bassøe Johannes Gerckens Bassøe Johannes Gerckens Bassøe was a Norwegian jurist and civil servant. He is known as the first Governor of Svalbard, assuming office in October 1925, although there had been an Acting Governor since August. Bassøe was later County Governor of Troms and Vestfold.-Career:Bassøe was born in Råde, and... |
1878 | 1962 |
| 1948 | 1958 | Oscar Fredrik Torp | 1893 | 1958 |
| 1958 | 1964 | Gerhard Dahl | 1905 | 1964 |
| 1964 | 1979 | Olav R. Grove | 1909 | 1997 |
| 1979 | 1988 | Odd Vattekar Odd Vattekar Odd Vattekar was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Vestfold in 1969, and was re-elected on two occasions.... |
1918 | 1992 |
| 1989 | 2010 | Mona Røkke Mona Røkke Mona Røkke is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. She was Minister of Justice 1981-1985.In March 2010 her successor as County Governor was announced: Erling Lae.-References:... |
1940 | - |
| 2010 | present | Erling Lae Erling Lae Erling Lae is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.He was born in Oslo, is a cand.philol. by education and formerly worked as a journalist. From 1981 to 1985 he was a political advisor in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs and Administration. He was elected to Oslo city council in 1991,... |
1947 | - |