List of County Governors of Finnmark
List of County Governors
Finnmark county has had the following governors:

List of County Governors of Finnmark

Section Title: List of County Governors
Table Section Text: Finnmark county has had the following governors:

County Governors of Finnmark

Number	Start	End	Name

1	1661	1666	Christoffer Orning (1617–1676)

2	1666	1667	Frederik Schort (1614–1674)	-

3	1668	1680	Otte Hansen Bjelke

(acting)	1680	1682	The County Governor of Nordlandenes amt, Knud Gjedde, supervised this county

(acting)	1682	1684	The magistrates (city council) of Bergen supervised this county

4	1684	1701	Hans Hansen Lilienskiold (c. 1650–1703)

5	1701	1717	Erik Matssøn Lorch (1647–1717)

6	1717	1718	Jacob Møinichen (1680–1718)

7	1718	1720	Nikolai Friese (16??–1721)

8	1720	1729	Peter Siedelmann (16??–1729)

9	1730	1738	Henrik Friman (1678–1738)

10	1739	1750	Rasmus Kjeldsøn (1701–1753)

11	1750	1750	Peter Schnitler (1690–1751)

12	1750	1757	Mathias Collett (1708–1759)

13	1757	1768	Gunder Gundersen Hammer (1725–1772)

14	1768	1771	Eiler Hagerup (1736–1795)	-

15	1771	1778	Thorkild Fjeldsted (1740–1796)

16	1778	1787	Christen Heiberg (1737–1801)

17	1787	1800	Ole Hannibal Sommerfeldt (1753–1821)

18	1800	1806	Martin Andreas Unmack (1754–1806)

19	1806	1811	Hilmar Meincke Krohg (1776–1851)	-

20	1811	1814	Fredrik Wilhelm Wedel-Jarlsberg (1787–1863)	-

21	1814	1828	Johan Caspar Krogh (1776–1831)

22	1828	1829	Christian Ulrik Kastrup (1784–1850)

23	1829	1833	Ulrik Frederik Cappelen (1797–1864)

24	1833	1843	Ole Edvard Buck (1799–1843)

(acting for Buck, then Harris)	Aug 1839	Mar 1845	Mons Lie (1803–1881)

25	1844	1853	Anton Theodor Harris (1804–1866)

26	1854	1857	Carl Frederik Motzfeldt (1808–1902)	-

27	1858	1866	Mathias Bonsach Krogh Nannestad (1815–1878)

28	1866	1874	Jens Holmboe (1821–1891)	-

29	1874	1882	Johan Blackstad (1832–1904)

30	1882	1885	Carl Ingwart Theodor Rynning (1837–1892)

31	1886	1889	Karl Adolf Langberg (1850–1889)

32	1889	1894	Nikolai Christian Grove Prebensen (1850–1938)	-

33	1896	1906	Truls Johannessen Wiel Graff (1851–1918)

34	1906	1912	Andreas Tostrup Urbye (1869–1955)	-

35	1912	1921	Johan Albrigt Rivertz (1874–1942)

36	1922	1928	Hagbarth Lund (1877–1963)

37	1928	1948	Hans Gabrielsen (imprisoned by WWII Occupied government 1941–1945) (1891–1965)

(WWII Occupied government)	1941	1944	Thor Bekeng (1905–19??)

(acting for Gabrielson)	Nov 1944	Sep 1945	Peder Holt (1899–1963)	-

(acting for Gabrielson)	Sep 1945	Nov 1945	Erling Johannes Norvik (1899–1964)

38	1948	1963	Peder Holt (1899–1963)	-

(acting for Holt)	1951	1955	Dag Tønder (1907–1989)

39	1963	1974	Kolbjørn Varmann (1904–1980)

(acting for Varmann)	Mar 1963	July 1965	Anders John Aune (1923–2011)

40	1974	1989	Anders John Aune (1923–2011)

(acting)	Jan 1990	May 1990	Kurt Mosbakk (born 1934)

41	Mar 1990	Mar 1998	Svein Alsaker (born 1940)	Svein Alsaker.JPG

(acting for Alsaker)	Aug 1990	July 1993	Ingrid Røstad Fløtten (born 1954)

42	1998	2016	Gunnar Kjønnøy (born 1947)

43	2016	Ingvild Aleksandersen (born 1968)	-

Sentence(s)

In 1998, Gunnar Kjønnøy was appointed as the County Governor of Finnmark.

final_sentence: In 1998, Gunnar Kjønnøy was appointed as the County Governor of Finnmark.