List of County Governors of Buskerud
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This is a list of the County Governors (Fylkesmenn) of Buskerud
, Norway
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Buskerud
is a county in Norway, bordering Akershus, Oslo, Oppland, Sogn og Fjordane, Hordaland, Telemark, and Vestfold. The county administration is located in Drammen.-Geography:...
, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
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| County Governors of Buskerud | ||||
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| Start | End | Name | Born | Died |
| 1813 | 1814 | Jonas Collett Jonas Collett Jonas Collett was a Norwegian civil servant and politician. Being known as one of the "Eidsvoll men", he played an important role in the events of Norway in 1814.... |
1772 | 1851 |
| 1814 | 1827 | Johan Collett Johan Collett Johan Collett was a Norwegian politician.-Personal life:He was born as the youngest living son of Johan Collett, Sr. and Else Elisabeth Jensen . He had both older and younger siblings, but many died young. One of his brothers Jonas was a politician too.He married Christiane Birgithe de Stockfleth... |
1775 | 1827 |
| 1828 | 1831 | Niels Arntzen Sem Niels Arntzen Sem Niels Arntzen Sem was a Norwegian politician.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1825 and 1827, representing the constituency of Stavanger Amt. He worked as district stipendiary magistrate there.... |
1782 | 1859 |
| 1831 | 1857 | Gustav Peter Blom Gustav Peter Blom Gustav Peter Blom was a Norwegian politician.He was a member of the Norwegian Constitutional Assembly in 1814. At that time he worked as district stipendiary magistrate in Nordre Jarlsberg. He was later appointed stipendiary magistrate and town clerk in Drammen... |
1785 | 1869 |
| 1858 | 1882 | Paul Peter Vilhelm Breder Paul Peter Vilhelm Breder Paul Peter Vilhelm Breder was a Norwegian politician.From 1854 to 1858 he was County Governor of Nordlands Amt .He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1857, representing Nordlands Amt. He sat only one term.... |
1816 | 1890 |
| 1882 | 1884 | Thomas Cathinco Bang Thomas Cathinco Bang Thomas Cathinco Bang was Norwegian Minister of the Interior in 1884. Bang was mayor of Drammen in 1872, and represented the town in the Norwegian Parliament from 1877 to 1894. He served as County Governor of Buskerud before being appointed to the Schweigaard Government in 1884... (1st time) |
1827 | 1902 |
| 1884 | 1890 | Nils Vogt | 1817 | 1894 |
| 1890 | 1902 | Thomas Cathinco Bang Thomas Cathinco Bang Thomas Cathinco Bang was Norwegian Minister of the Interior in 1884. Bang was mayor of Drammen in 1872, and represented the town in the Norwegian Parliament from 1877 to 1894. He served as County Governor of Buskerud before being appointed to the Schweigaard Government in 1884... (2nd time) |
1827 | 1902 |
| 1902 | 1928 | Theodor Christian Stoud Platou | 1858 | 1942 |
| 1929 | 1935 | Thomas von Westen Angell | 1871 | 1935 |
| 1935 | 1945 | Jens Hundseid Jens Hundseid Jens Hundseid was a Norwegian politician from the Agrarian Party. He was a member of the Norwegian parliament from 1924 to 1940 and Prime Minister of Norway from 1932 to 1933.... |
1883 | 1965 |
| 1945 | 1950 | Nils Nilsen Thune Nils Nilsen Thune Nils Nilsen Thune was a Norwegian jurist and civil servant.He was born in Vang, Oppland, and was a son of Nils Throndsen Thune. He graduated with the cand.jur. degree in 1902. He was hired in the Trondhjem police in 1911, and became police inspector in the city in 1916 and an assessor in 1920... |
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| 1950 | 1962 | Arnold G. Dybsjord | – | – |
| 1962 | 1977 | Olaf Fredrik Watnebryn Olaf Fredrik Watnebryn Olaf Fredrik Watnebryn was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from the Market towns of Buskerud county in 1945, and was re-elected on four occasions.... |
1908 | 1977 |
| 1977 | 1979 | Gunnar A. Larsen | 1919 | – |
| 1979 | 1989 | Ragnar Christiansen Ragnar Christiansen Ragnar Karl Viktor Christiansen was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Buskerud in 1958, and was re-elected on four occasions. He had previously served in the position of deputy representative during the terms 1950–1953 and... |
1922 | – |
| 1989 | 1999 | Leif Haraldseth Leif Haraldseth Leif Haraldseth is a Norwegian trade unionist and politician for the Labour Party.He served as secretary and then vice chairman of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions in the periods 1969–1977 and 1977–1987 respectively, both times replacing Odd Højdahl... |
1929 | – |
| 1999 | – | Kirsti Kolle Grøndahl Kirsti Kolle Grøndahl Kirsti Kolle Grøndahl is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party, currently County Governor of Buskerud. She was Minister of Education and Church Affairs from 1986 to 1988 and Minister of International Development from 1988 to 1989... |
1943 | – |
| 1999 | 2001 | Jon A. Lea (acting for Grøndahl) | 1948 | – |