Bengt Holgersson was the first Governor of Skåne County

Skåne County

Skåne County is the southernmost administrative county or län, of Sweden, basically corresponding to the historical province Scania. It borders the counties of Halland, Kronoberg and Blekinge. The seat of residence for the Skåne Governor is the town of Malmö...

 after a merger of Malmöhus County

Malmöhus County

Malmöhus County was a county of Sweden until 1997 when it was merged with Kristianstad County to form Skåne County.It had been named after Malmöhus, the castle in Malmö, which also was where the Governor originally resided....

 and Kristianstad County

Kristianstad County

Kristianstad County was a county of Sweden from 1719 to 1 January 1997 when it was merged with Malmöhus County to form Skåne County.The seat of residence for the Governor was in Kristianstad.- List of Governors :...

 in 1997. Holgersson was involved in a corruption scandal in April 2006. Both Holgersson and municipal commissioner Ilmar Reepalu

Ilmar Reepalu

IImar Reepalu is a Swedish Social Democrat politician and currently the mayor of the city of Malmö. After a professional life as a urban planner in Borås and Malmö, he became a municipal commissioner of Malmö in 1985...

 were tried for corruption regarding a trip to South Africa

South Africa

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 which they had accepted from Sigma AB

Sigma AB

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. In the end Both Holgersson and Reepalu were acquitted. In 2006 he was succeeded by Göran Tunhammar

Göran Tunhammar

Göran Tunhammar born December 22, 1946 is the incumbent Governor of Skåne County. He was appointed to the position by the government on 1 July 2006...

as Governor of Skåne.