This is a list of the county governors of Troms county in Norway. The office of county governor is a government agency of the Kingdom of Norway. The title was Norwegian: Amtmann (before 1919) and then Norwegian: Fylkesmann (after 1919).
In 1844, the Troms area were separated from Vardøhus amt to form the new Tromsø amt (county). For the first 22 years, the Tromsø and Vardøhus counties shared an amtmann. It wasn't until 1866 that Tromsø got its own county governor. In 1919, the name was changed to Troms fylke. On 1 July 2006, the Northern Sami language name for the county was granted co-official (parallel) status along with Troms, so the names became or . From 1 January 2019 the county governor offices of Troms and Finnmark were merged in anticipation of the merger of the two counties.
From 1844 until 1918, the county was subordinate to the Diocesan Governor of Tromsø who was the civil governor of the Diocese of Tromsø.
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 name of the county (Tromsø or Troms) and the word for county (amt or fylke) have changed over time.
Troms county has had the following governors:[1] [2] [3]
| County governors of Troms | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | End | Name | ||
| 1844 | 1853 | Anton Theodor Harris (1804 - 1866) Served concurrently as Stiftamtmann for Tromsø stiftamt. Served concurrently as Amtmann for Finnmarks amt. | ||
| 1854 | 1857 | Carl Frederik Motzfeldt (1808 - 1902) Served concurrently as Stiftamtmann for Tromsø stiftamt. Served concurrently as Amtmann for Finnmarks amt. | ||
| 1858 | 1869 | Mathias Bonsach Krogh Nannestad (1815 - 1878) Served concurrently as Stiftamtmann for Tromsø stiftamt. Served concurrently as Amtmann for Finnmarks amt (1858-1866). | ||
| 1869 | 1889 | Christian Collett Kjerschow (1821 - 1889) Served concurrently as Stiftamtmann for Tromsø stiftamt. | ||
| 1889 | 1914 | Boye Christian Riis Strøm (1847 - 1930) Served concurrently as Stiftamtmann for Tromsø stiftamt. | ||
| 1915 | 1920 | Klaus Nord Hoel (1865 - 1923) Served concurrently as Stiftamtmann for Tromsø stiftamt (1915-1918). | ||
| 1921 | 1928 | Otto Backe (1874 - 1928) | ||
| 1928 | 1938 | Johannes Gerckens Bassøe (1878 - 1962) | ||
| 1939 | 1940 | Gunnar Bjørn Nordbye (1897 - 1940) | ||
| 1940 | 1941 | Hans Gabrielsen[4] (1891 - 1965) (Acting governor) | ||
| 1941 | 1946 | Hans Ougen Skotner (1903 - 1987) (Acting governor) | ||
| 1941 | 1945 | Marcus Bull[5] (1895 - 1974) (WWII Occupied government) | ||
| 1946 | 1953 | Arne Aas (1890 - 1953) | ||
| 1953 | 1977 | Kristian Even Haug (1906 - 2000) | ||
| 1977 | 1991 | Martin Buvik (1923 - 2018) | ||
| 1991 | 2000 | Leif Arne Heløe (born 1932) | ||
| 2000 | 2002 | Vilgunn Gregusson (born 1936) (Acting governor) | ||
| 2002 | 2014 | Svein Ludvigsen (born 1946) | ||
| 2002 | 2006 | Vilgunn Gregusson (born 1936) (Acting governor for Ludvigsen) | ||
| 2014 | 2017 | Bård Magne Pedersen (born 1958) (Acting governor for Aspaker) | ||
| 2014 | 2018 | Elisabeth Aspaker (born 1962) | ||
| Office abolished on 1 January 2019, see List of county governors of Troms and Finnmark | ||||