This is a list of mayors of Stavanger.
| Term | Mayor | |
|---|---|---|
| 1837 - 1838 | Jonas Schanche Kielland | |
| 1839 | Ole Helliesen | |
| 1840 | Mathias Wilhelm Eckhoff | |
| 1841 - 1842 | Jonas Schanche Kielland | |
| 1843 - 1844 | Magnus Andreas Gjør | |
| 1845 | Jens Jensen | |
| 1846 | Bernt Hamre | |
| 1847 - 1850 | Hans Julius Hammer | |
| 1851 | Jens Jensen | |
| 1852 - 1859 | Nils Fredrik Severin Thambs | |
| 1859 - 1860 | Jacob Jørgen Kastrup Sømme | |
| 1861 - 1862 | Henrik Andreas Zetlitz Lassen | |
| 1863 | Andreas Høy | |
| 1864 - 1865 | Henrik Andreas Zetlitz Lassen | |
| 1866 | Lauritz Wilhelm Hansen | |
| 1867 - 1868 | Henrik Andreas Zetlitz Lassen | |
| 1869 | Jacob Jørgen Kastrup Sømme | |
| 1870 - 1871 | Jacob Kielland | |
| 1872 | Johannes Steen | |
| 1873 | Henrik Oluf Andreas Magnus Løwold Zetlitz | |
| 1874 - 1877 | Johannes Steen | |
| 1878 | Christian Becker Svendsen | |
| 1879 - 1883 | Johannes Steen | |
| 1884 | Lars Berentsen | |
| 1885 | Johannes Steen | |
| 1886 - 1888 | Lars Berentsen | |
| 1889 - 1890 | Wilhelm Olsen | |
| 1890 - 1891 | Johannes Steen | |
| 1892 | Søren Tobias Aarstad | |
| 1893 - 1894 | Andreas Meling | |
| 1895 | Henrik Finne | |
| 1896 | Andreas Meling | |
| 1897 - 1898 | Hans Lindahl Falck | |
| 1899 - 1901 | Arne Haabeth | |
| 1902 - 1907 | Hans Lindahl Falck | |
| 1908 - 1909 | Jonas Schancke Kielland | |
| 1910 | Kristoffer Bertram Louis Berg | |
| 1911 - 1912 | Johan Gjøstein | |
| 1913 - 1914 | Oddmund Vik | |
| 1914 - 1915 | L.T.K. Geertsen | |
| 1916 - 1919 | Adam Egede Nissen | |
| 1920 - 1922 | Bertram Charles Middelthon | |
| 1922 - 1924 | John Norem | |
| 1925 - 1928 | Torjer Meling | |
| 1929 - 1931 | Andreas Mikal Smedsrud | |
| 1932 - 1934 | Johan Marnburg | |
| 1935 | Birger Pedersen | |
| 1936 - 1937 | M.M. Michaelsen | |
| 1938 - 1940 | Lauritz Wilhelm Hansen | |
| German occupation of Norway | ||
| 1945 | Lauritz Wilhelm Hansen | |
| 1945 | Ole Bergesen | |
| 1946 | Johannes Johnsen | |
| 1947 - 1953 | Magnus Karlson | |
| 1954 | Finn Brodahl | |
| 1955 | Ragvald Ribsskog | |
| 1956 - 1960 | Tjalve Gjøstein | |
| 1961 - 1964 | Jan Johnsen | |
| 1965 - 1967 | Arne Rettedal | |
| 1968 - 1971 | Leif Larsen | |
| 1972 - 1981 | Arne Rettedal | |
| 1982 - 1987 | Kari Thu | |
| 1988 - 1989 | Leif Måsvær | |
| 1990 - 1993 | Brit Egaas Røen | |
| 1993 | Kari Thu | |
| 1994 - 1995 | Leif Måsvær | |
| 1995 - 2011 | Leif Johan Sevland | |
| 2011 - 2019 | Christine Sagen Helgø | |
| 2019 - 2023 | Kari Nessa Nordtun | |
| 2023 - present | Sissel Knutsen Hegdal | |