The county governor of Rogaland county in Norway represents the central government administration in the county. The office of county governor is a government agency of the Kingdom of Norway; the title was Norwegian: Amtmann (before 1919), then Norwegian: Fylkesmann (from 1919 to 2020), and then Norwegian: Statsforvalteren (since 2021).[1]
Stavanger amt was established in 1671. In 1838, the border between Stavanger amt and neighboring Lister og Mandals amt was moved slightly to the west to accommodate the new municipal structure that was set forth in the formannskapsdistrikt law. In 1919, the name of the county was changed to Norwegian: Rogaland fylke. In 2002, the municipality of Ølen was transferred into the county.
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.
The word for county (amt or fylke) has changed over time. From 1671 until 1918 the title was Norwegian: Amtmann i Stavanger amt. On 1 January 1919, the title was Norwegian: Fylkesmann i Rogaland. On 1 January 2021, the title was again changed to the gender-neutral Norwegian: Statsforvalteren i Rogaland.
Rogaland county has had the following governors:[2] [3] [4]
| County governors of Rogaland | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | End | Name | ||
| 1671 | 1673 | Henrik Below (16?? - 1674) | ||
| 1673 | 1683 | Ludvig Holgersen Rosenkrantz (1628 - 1685) | ||
| 1683 | 1687 | Daniel Knoff (1648 - 1703) | ||
| 1687 | 1700 | Christian Frederik Pogwisch (1650 - 1711) | ||
| 1700 | 1710 | Edvard Hammond (1668 - 1711) | ||
| 1710 | 1714 | Ulrik Christian Mese (16?? - 1714) | ||
| 1714 | 1726 | Hans Nobel d.y. (1684 - 1752) | ||
| 1726 | 1746 | Bendix Christian de Fine (1696 - 1746) | ||
| 1746 | 1761 | Henrik Wilhelm Tillisch (1720 - 1761) | ||
| 1762 | 1768 | Henrik Lachmann (1738 - 1797) | ||
| 1768 | 1772 | Gunder Gundersen Hammer (1725 - 1772) | ||
| 1772 | 1781 | Vilhelm Mathias Skeel (1746 - 1817) | ||
| 1781 | 1785 | Peter Frederik Ulrik Benzon (1760 - 1840) | ||
| 1785 | 1799 | Frederik Otto Scheel (1748 - 1803) | ||
| 1799 | 1810 | Ulrich Wilhelm Koren (1747 - 1826) | ||
| 1810 | 1812 | Oluf Borch de Schouboe (1777 - 1844) | ||
| 1812 | 1814 | Ulrik Fredrik Anton de Schouboe (1782 - 1863) | ||
| 1814 | 1824 | Wilhelm Frimann Krog (1767 - 1825) | ||
| 1825 | 1826 | Jens Erichstrup (1775 - 1826) | ||
| 1826 | 1828 | Peder Martinius Ottesen (1782 - 1852) | ||
| 1829 | 1833 | Christian Ulrik Kastrup (1784 - 1850) | ||
| 1833 | 1853 | Gunder Aas (1785 - 1853) | ||
| 1853 | 1863 | Anton Theodor Harris (1804 - 1866) | ||
| 1864 | 1888 | Vilhelm Ludvig Herman von Munthe af Morgenstierne (1814 - 1888) | ||
| 1889 | 1910 | Carl Lauritz Mechelborg Oppen (1830 - 1914) | ||
| 1910 | 1932 | Thorvald Andreas Larsen (1863 - 1936) | ||
| 1932 | 1958 | John Norem (1888 - 1976) | ||
| July 1941 | May 1945 | Alf Skjegstad Krog (born 1895) (WWII Occupied government) | ||
| 1959 | 1968 | Paul Ingolf Ingebretsen (1904 - 1968) | ||
| 1968 | 1973 | Gunnar Fredrik Hellesen (1913 - 2005) | ||
| 1973 | 1982 | Konrad Birger Knutsen (1925 - 2012) | ||
| 1982 | 1991 | Kristin Kverneland Lønningdal (1923 - 2010) | ||
| 1991 | 1 Oct 1993 | Harald Thune (born 1952) Acting governor for Aasland while she finished her Parliamentary term.[5] | ||
| 1991 | 31 Oct 2013 | Tora (Haug) Aasland (born 1942) | ||
| 18 Oct 2007 | 23 Mar 2012 | Harald Thune (born 1952) Acting governor for Aasland while she was serving in the Cabinet. | ||
| 1 Nov 2013 | 30 June 2019 | Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa (born 1948) | ||
| 1 July 2019 | 31 Oct 2021 | Lone Merethe Solheim (born 1964) Acting governor for Høie while he finishes his term in Parliament.[6] | ||
| 1 July 2019 | present | Bent Høie[7] (born 1971) | ||