List of governors of Västernorrland County

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Governor of Västernorrland County
Landshövding i Västernorrlands län
Coat of arms of Västernorrland County.
Incumbent Carin Jämtin since 1 September 2023
Västernorrland County Administrative Board
Residence	The residence in Härnösand, Härnösand
Appointer	Government of Sweden
Term length	Six years
Formation	1654
First holder	Erik Larsson Sparre
Deputy	County Director (Länsrådet)
Salary	SEK 97,800/month (2017)
Website	Governor and County Director

This is a list of governors for Västernorrland County of Sweden, from 1658 to present. Västernorrland was created from the briefly existing Härnösand and Hudiksvall Counties in 1654, which in turn had been separated from Norrland County in 1645.

Erik Larsson Sparre (1654–1655)
Johan Oxenstierna (1655–1664)
Gustaf Banér (1664)
Carl Larsson Sparre (1664–1677)
Christopher Gyllenstierna (1677)
Jacob Fleming (1677–1679)
Göran Sperling (1679–1683)
Lennart Ribbing (1683–1687)
Otto Vellingk (1687–1693)
Carl Gustaf Frölich (1693–1698)
Malcolm Hamilton af Hageby (1698–1699)
Axel von Schaar (1699–1702)
Carl Carlsson Hård af Segerstad (1702–1704)
Alexander Stromberg (1704–1716)
Hugo Hamilton (1716–1719)
Magnus Palmqvist (1719–1727)
Carl Gustaf Bielke (1727–1739)
Erik Odelström (1739–1749)
Axel Johan Gripenhielm (1749–1755)
Karl Gustaf Cronhiort (1755)
Mårten Ehrensvan (1755–1757)
Fredrik Henrik Sparre (1757–1762)
Per Abraham Örnsköld (1762–1769)
Germund Abraham Falkengren (1769–1778)
Johan Nordenfalk (1778)
Carl Bunge (1778–1796)

Erik Gustaf Lindencrona (1796–1807)
Carl von Nieroth (1810–1817)
Carl Fredrik Aschling (1817–1820)
Hampus Mörner (1820–1841)
Fredric Åkerman (1841–1851)
Sven Vilhelm Gynther (1851–1862)
Ernst August Weidenhielm (1863–1873)
Curry Treffenberg (1873–1880)
Gustaf Ryding (1880–1901)
Gustaf Rudebeck (1901–1909)
Fredric Engelbert Bergenholtz (1909–1911)
Carl Mathias Ström (1911–1918)
Karl Johan Stenström (1918–1931)
Anders Victor Benedict Wijkman (1931–1938)
Nils Löwbeer (1939)
Arthur Engberg (1940–1944)
Ragnar Stattin (1944–1953)
Eric Wesström (1954–1965)
Hjalmar Nilsson (1965–1971)
Kurt Nordgren (1971–1974)
Bertil Löfberg (1975–1989)
Ingemar Öhrn (1989–1995)
Börje Hörnlund (1996–2000)
Gerhard Larsson (2000–2008)
Bo Källstrand (2008–2014)
Sten-Olov Altin (2014–2015; acting)
Gunnar Holmgren (2015–2018)
Berit Högman (2018–2023)
Carin Jämtin (2023– )

Footnotes

The governor is often appointed for a six-year mandate. It can be extended if the person has not reached retirement age.

"Landshövding och länsledning" (in Swedish). County administrative boards of Västernorrland. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
Nilsson, Emmeli; Hellerstedt, Linus (2017-06-20). "Så mycket tjänar myndighetscheferna – hela listan" [How much do the heads of agencies earn - complete list] (in Swedish). Publikt.se. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
"Carin Jämtin ny landshövding i Västernorrlands län" (in Swedish). Regeringen och Regeringskansliet. 2023-09-01. Retrieved 2023-09-17.

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