List of Västerbotten Governors
Encyclopedia
This is a list of Governors of Västerbotten County
in Sweden
, from 1598 to the present. This list is incomplete.
Governors of Österbotten and Västerbotten from 1598–1631
Governors of Västerbotten from 1653–present
Västerbotten County
Västerbotten County is a county or län in the north of Sweden. It borders the counties of Västernorrland, Jämtland, and Norrbotten, as well as the Norwegian county of Nordland and the Gulf of Bothnia.- Provinces :...
in Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
, from 1598 to the present. This list is incomplete.
Governors of Österbotten and Västerbotten from 1598–1631
- Theodoricus Petri Ruuta 1598–1599
- Stellan Otto Mörner −1643
- Ernst (Erensgisle) Larsson Creutz(−1635) 1631
Governors of Västerbotten from 1653–present
- Johan Graan (−1679) 1653–1679
- Lorentz Creutz (1646–1698) 1675
- Jacob Fleming 1679
- Hans Clerk 1680–1683
- Hans Abraham Kruuse af Verchou 1683–1688
- Reinhold Johan von FersenReinhold Johan von FersenReinhold Johan von Fersen was the governor of Västerbotten County from 1688 to 1692 and of Halland County from 1705 to 1710. His son was Hans Reinhold Fersen ....
(1646–1716) 1688- - Arvid HornArvid HornCount Arvid Bernhard Horn of Ekebyholm was a Swedish soldier, diplomat and politician. He served twice as President of the Privy Council Chancellery and was one of the leading figures of the Swedish Age of Liberty.- Soldier and diplomat :He was born Arvid Bernhard Horn in Vuorentaka ,...
1692 - Gustaf DouglasGustaf DouglasCount Gustaf Archibald Siegwart Douglas is a Swedish businessman and politician, member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences since 2007....
1692–1705 - Otto Wilhelm Löwen (1659–1712) 1705–1712
- Anders Erik Ramsay (1646–1734) 1713–1717
- Magnus Fredrik Cronberg (1668–1740) 1717–1719
- Otto Reinhold Strömfelt (1679–1746) 1719
- Jacob Grundell (1657–1757) 1719–1733
- Gabriel Gabrielsson Gyllengrip (1687–1753) 1733–1753
- Olof Leijonstedt 1755–1759
- Johan Funck 1759–1762
- Martin Ehrensvan 1762–1765
- Olof Malmerfelt 1765–1769
- Carl Efraim Carpelan
- Magnus Adolf von Kothen 1769–1775
- Georg Gustaf Wrangel 1775–1781
- Carl Wilhelm Leijonstedt 1781–1782
- Fredrik von Stenhagen 1782–1789
- Johan Gustaf af Donner 1789–1795
- Pehr Adam Stromberg 1795–1811
- Gustaf Edelstam 1811–1817
- Georg Lars af Schmidt 1817–1842
- Gustaf Adolf MontgomeryGustaf Adolf MontgomeryGustaf Adolf Montgomery was a Finnish colonel. Born in Finland before the separation of the Grand Duchy of Finland from Sweden, he was old enough to take part in the Finnish War on the losing Swedish/Finnish side...
1842–1856 - Gösta Munthe 1856–1864
- Erik Viktor Almquist 1864–1872
- Axel Wästfelt 1873–1891
- Jesper Ingevald Crusebjörn (1843–1904) 1891–1904
- Axel Asker (1848–1924) t. f. 1900–1902
- Axel Fredrik Oscar Cederberg (1837–1913) t. f. 1902–1903
- Henning Theodor Biörklund (1849–1937) 1904–1916
- Axel Schotte (1860–1923) 1916–1923
- Robert Hagen (1868–1922) t. f. 1917–1918
- Nils Gustaf Ringstrand (1863–1935) t. f. 1918–1919 1923–1931
- Gustav Rosén (1876–1942) 1931–1942
- Elof Lindberg (1891–1956) 1943–1956
- Filip Kristensson (1898–1980) 1957–1965
- Karl G. Samuelsson (1911–1993) 1965–1971
- Bengt Lyberg (1912–1995) 1971–1978
- Sven Johansson (1928–) 1978–1991
- Görel Bohlin (1930–) 1992–1995
- Georg Andersson (1936–) 1995–2001
- Lorentz Andersson (1942–) 2001–