Kristianstad County
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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
.
Counties of Sweden
The Counties of Sweden are the first level administrative and political subdivisions of Sweden. Sweden is divided into 21 counties. The counties were established in 1634 on Count Axel Oxenstierna's initiative, superseding the historical provinces of Sweden to introduce a modern administration...
of Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
from 1719 to 1 January 1997 when it was merged with 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....
to form 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...
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The seat of residence for the Governor was in Kristianstad
Kristianstad
Kristianstad is a city and the seat of Kristianstad Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 35,711 inhabitants in 2010.-History:The city was founded in 1614 by King Christian IV of Denmark, the city's name literally means 'Town of Christian', as a planned city after the burning of the town of Vä...
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List of Governors
The list is preceded by the Governors-General of Scania, and succeeded by the Governors of Skåne County.- Samuel von Hylteen (1719-1738)
- Nils SilfverskiöldNils SilfverskiöldNils Otto Silfverskiöld was a Swedish gymnast who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Swedish team, which won the gold medal in the gymnastics men's team, Swedish system event.-External links:*...
(1739-1745) - Christian BarnekowChristian BarnekowChristian Barnekow was a Danish composer.-External links:* Soundbites and discussion of work....
(1745-1761) - Carl Axel Hugo Hamilton (1761-1763)
- Reinhold Johan von Lingen (1763-1772)
- Axel Löwen (1773-1776)
- Gabriel Erik Sparre (1776-1786)
- Carl Adam Wrangel (1786-1803)
- Eric von Nolcken (1803-1811)
- Axel de la Gardie (1811-1838)
- Georg Ludvig von Rosen (1838-1851)
- Knut Axel Posse (1852-1856)
- Emil von Troil (1856-1859)
- Axel Ludvig Rappe (1860-1866)
- Axel Trolle-Wachtmeister (1866-1883)
- Magnus de la Gardie (1883-1905)
- Louis De Geer (1905-1923)
- Johan Nilsson (1923-1938)
- Alvar Elis Rodhe (1938-1947)
- Per Westling (1947-1963)
- Bengt Petri (1964-1979)
- Lennart Sandgren (1979-1984)
- Einar Larsson (1985-1989)
- Anita Bråkenhielm (1990-1996)
- Hans BlomHans BlomHans Blom is a Professor of Social and Political Philosophy at Erasmus University. Previously he lectured at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and Cambridge University. He edits the journal devoted to studies on the Dutch thinker Hugo Grotius. He is also on the editorial board of Hebraic...
(1996)
See also
- List of Skåne Governors
- County Governors of Sweden