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The county governor of Vestland county in Norway represents the central government administration in the county. The office of county governor is a government agency of the Kingdom of Norway; the title was Amtmann (before 1919), then Fylkesmann (from 1919 to 2020), and then Statsforvaltaren (since 2021).

The County Governor of Vestland is a position that was established on 1 January 2019 in preparation for the creation of the new Vestland county which was established on 1 January 2020 when the old Hordaland and Sogn og Fjordane counties were merged. The first county governor was Lars Sponheim who previously had served as the County Governor of Hordaland. The County Governor of Vestland is based at Leikanger, but will also have smaller annex offices located in Bergen and Førde.

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.

Names

The title of the office was originally Fylkesmann i Vestland but on 1 January 2021, the title was changed to the gender-neutral Statsforvaltaren i Vestland.

List of county governors

Vestland county has had the following governors:

County governors of Vestland
Start	End	Name
1 January 2019	1 June 2022	Lars Sponheim (born 1957)
1 September 2022	present	Liv Signe Navarsete (born 1958)

See also

• List of county governors of Hordaland
• List of county governors of Sogn og Fjordane

References

1. "Statsforvalteren / statsforvaltaren". Regjerning.no (in Norwegian). Kommunal- og distriktsdepartementet. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
2. Løset, Oddleif. "Her skal den nye fylkesmannen gjere seg viktige tankar" (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
3. Cahoon, Ben (2000). "Norwegian Counties". Retrieved 2020-01-25.

v t e County governors of Norway
	Agder Gina Lund Innlandet Knut Storberget Møre og Romsdal Else-May Norderhus Nordland Tom Cato Karlsen
	Østfold, Buskerud, Oslo og Akershus Valgerd Svarstad Haugland Rogaland Bent Høie Troms og Finnmark Elisabeth Aspaker
	Trøndelag Frank Jenssen Vestfold og Telemark Fred-Ivar Syrstad Vestland Liv Signe Navarsete Svalbard Lars Fause
	Historic county and diocesan governors in Norway County governors Akershus og Oslo (1682–2019) Aust-Agder (1671–2015) Buskerud (1675–2019) Finnmark (1661–2018) Hedmark (1781–2019) Hordaland (1681–2018) Oppland (1757–2018) Nord-Trøndelag (1805–2018) Sogn og Fjordane (1763–2018) Sør-Trøndelag (1805–2018) Telemark (1661–2018) Troms (1844–2018) Vest-Agder (1671–2015) Vestfold (1821–2019) Østfold (1671–2019) Diocesan governors Bergen stift (1662–1918) Hamar stift (1864–1918) Kristiania stift (1664–1918) Kristiansand stift (1669–1918) Trondhjem stift (1687–1918) Tromsø stift (1844–1918)

• Lists of county governors of Norway
• Vestland