List of County Governors of Møre og Romsdal


This is a list of the County Governors of Møre og Romsdal county in Norway. The office of County Governor is a government agency of the Kingdom of Norway. The title was Amtmann and then Fylkesmann.
Romsdalens amt was established in 1671, but after just four years it was divided into two amts : Romsdal and Sunnmøre. In 1680, Sunnmøre was merged into Bergenhus amt. Then in 1689, the three regions of Romsdal, Sunnmøre and Nordmøre were again merged into one amt/county: Romsdalen. Then in 1701 Romsdalen amt was split and divided between Trondhjems amt and Bergenhus amt. In 1704, the three regions of Romsdal, Sunnmøre and Nordmøre were again merged into one county. The borders of the county have not been changed much since 1704. The annex parish of Vinje within the larger Hemne parish was transferred from Romsdalens amt to Søndre Trondhjems amt in 1838. In 1919, the name of the county was changed to Møre fylke. In 1936, the name was again changed to Møre og Romsdal fylke.
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 has changed over time. From 1671 until 1918 the title was Amtmann i Romsdalens amt. From 1 January 1919 until 1 January 1936, the title was Fylkesmann i Møre fylke. Since 1 January 1936, the title has been Fylkesmann i Møre og Romsdal fylke

List of County Governors

Møre og Romsdal county has had the following governors: