The County Governor of Telemark (Norwegian: Fylkesmann i Telemark) was the county governor for Telemark county in Norway from 1661 until the office was abolished in 2019. The office of county governor is a government agency of the Kingdom of Norway which represents the national government in each county. The county governor is an appointed position. On 1 January 2019, this office was merged with the County Governor of Vestfold into the County Governor of Vestfold og Telemark (this was done in preparation for the merger of the two counties in 2020).[1]

The governor is the government's representative in the county. They carry 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.[1]

History

In 1661, the government of Norway established Bratsberg as an amt (or county). The county was subordinate to the Diocesan Governor of Christianssand. In 1919, the name of the county was changed to Telemark fylke. On 1 January 2019, the office was merged creating the new office of County Governor of Vestfold og Telemark in preparation for the merger of the neighboring counties of Telemark and Vestfold to form Vestfold og Telemark county on 1 January 2020.[2][3]

Title

The word for county (amt or fylke) and the name of the county have both changed over time. Therefore the title of the officeholder has also changed.[1]

  • From 1661 until 31 December 1918, the title for each officeholder was Amtmann i Bratsberg amt.
  • From 1 January 1919 to 1 January 2019, the title for each officeholder was Fylkesmann i Telemark.

List of officeholders

Telemark county has had the following governors:[2][4][5]

County governors of Telemark
StartEndName
16611662Jørgen Bjelke (16211696)
13 Apr
1662
16 Jun
1669
Johan Frederik von Marschalck (16181679)


16 Jun
1669
15 Nov
1675
Preben von Ahnen (16061675)
15 Nov
1675
26 Sep
1691
Niels Sørensen Adeler (16281694)


26 Sep
1691
20 Apr
1711
Henrik Adeler (16601718)


20 Apr
1711
2 Dec
1723
Jacob Lindberg (16721723)


12 Aug
1724
3 Jan
1727
Michael Storm (16881727)


27 Jan 172721 Mar
1731
Christian Berg (16971731)


9 Apr
1731
30 Jan
1744
Henrik Essemann (????1744)


17444 July
1764
Johan Frederik Brockenhuus von Løwenhielm (17061764)


30 Jul
1764
20 Feb
1771
Frederik Georg Adeler (17361810)
20 Feb
1771
3 Apr
1773
Peter Holm (17331817)


3 Apr
1773
2 Apr
1781
Frederik Georg Adeler (17361810)
2 Apr
1781
9 Jan
1788
Frederik Moltke (17541836)
12 Mar
1788
10 Jan
1798
Jonas Ramus Petersen (17481804)


7 Mar
1798
26 Feb
1800
Otto Joachim Moltke (17701853)
26 Feb
1800
27 Apr
1803
Jens Andreas Selmer (17761830)


27 Apr
1803
24 Dec
1813
Severin Løvenskiold (17771856)
24 Dec
1813
1838Fredrik Wilhelm Wedel-Jarlsberg (17871863)
18391846Carl Valentin Falsen (17871852)
18461877Hans J. C. Aall (18061894)
18771880Nils Mathias Rye (18241905)


18811889Ulrik Frederik Christian Arneberg (18291911)


18891898Otto Benjamin Andreas Aubert (18411898)
18981902Thomas von Westen Engelhart (18501905)
19021910Viggo Ullmann (18481910)
19101932Guthorm Hallager (18641932)


19331938Olaf Hegland (18851939)


19391959Kornelius Bergsvik (18891975)
Removed from office 1940-1945 during the occupied government.
Oct 19401945Christen Knudsen Jr. (18731964)
(WWII Occupied government)



1959Dec 1969Tidemann F. Evensen (19051969)


Dec 19691973Leif Hjørnevik (19101973)


19731976Olav Haukvik (19281992)


19761987Oddvar Berrefjord (19181999)


19871998Kjell Bohlin (19282011)


1 Dec
1998
1 July
2004
Solveig Sollie (born 1939)


2 July
2004
2 July
2006
Arne Malme (born 1949)
(Acting governor)



3 July
2006
21 June
2018
Kari Nordheim-Larsen (born 1948)


22 June
2018
31 Dec
2018
Arne Malme (born 1949)
(Acting governor)



Office abolished on 1 January 2019, see List of county governors of Vestfold og Telemark

References

  1. 1 2 3 Hansen, Tore; Tjernshaugen, Andreas, eds. (22 June 2022). "Statsforvalter". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  2. 1 2 Berg, Ole T., ed. (15 July 2022). "Statsforvaltere, fylkesmenn og amtmenn (stiftamtmenn) siden 1671". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  3. Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (14 October 2020). "Bratsberg Amt". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  4. Cahoon, Ben (2000). "Norwegian Counties". Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  5. "Stiftamtmenn, amtmenn og fylkesmenn 1814-1994" (in Norwegian). regjeringen.no. 25 October 1995. Retrieved 14 November 2022.

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