# List of county governors of Nordland

The county governor of Nordland 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 Statsforvalteren (since 2021).
In 1688, the government of Norway established Nordland as an amt (or county). Originally it included most of Northern Norway except for Finnmark. The southern border of Nordland was the Bindalsfjorden, a little further north than today's county border. In 1787, the northern part of Nordland was separated from Nordland and transferred to Finnmark county to the north. In 1852, the southern border of the county was adjusted to include Sør-Bindalen in the county. In 1919, the name of the county was changed to Nordland fylke.
From 1844 until 1918, the county was subordinate to the Diocesan Governor of Tromsø who was the civil governor of the Diocese of Tromsø.
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 word for county (amt or fylke) has changed over time. From 1688 until 1918 the title was Amtmann i Nordlandenes amt. On 1 January 1919, the title was Fylkesmann i Nordland. On 1 January 2021, the title was again changed to the gender-neutral Statsforvalteren i Nordland.

## List of county governors

Nordland county has had the following governors:
County governors of Nordland :
| Start | End | Name |
| 1669 | 1686 | Knud Ovessøn Gjedde (c. 1635–1707) Served concurrently as the County Governor of Finnmark amt (1680-1682). |
| 1686 | 1691 | Christian Jørgensen Kruse (1636–1699) |
| 1691 | 1694 | Peter Christoffersen Tønder (1641–1694) |
| 1694 | 1703 | Christoffer Heidemann (c. 1623–1703) |
| 1703 | 1704 | Frederik Splet (16??–1704) |
| 1704 | 1751 | Ove Sørensen Schjelderup (1674–1759) |
| 1751 | 1767 | Hans Hagerup de Gyldenpalm (1717–1781) |
| 1767 | 1771 | Peter Holm (1733–1817) |
| 1771 | 1789 | Joachim de Knagenhielm (1727–1796) |
| 1789 | 1811 | Christian Torberg Hegge (1743–1818) |
| 1811 | 1815 | Christen Elster (1763–1833) |
| 1815 | 1828 | Johan Ernst Berg (1768–1828) |
| 1829 | 1833 | Adam Johan Frederik Poulsen, The Greve of Trampe (1798–1876) |
| 1834 | 1847 | Lars Bastian Ridder Stabell (1798–1860) |
| 1848 | 1853 | Nils Weyer Arveschoug (1807–1894) |
| 1854 | 1858 | Paul Peter Vilhelm Breder (1816–1890) |
| 1858 | 1867 | Carsten Smith (1817–1884) |
| 1867 | 1878 | Claus Nieuwejaar Worsøe (1822–1906) |
| 1878 | 1889 | Otto Benjamin Andreas Aubert (1841–1898) |
| 1890 | 1908 | Rasmus Theisen (1837–1908) |
| 1908 | 1913 | Anton Thorkildsen Omholt (1861–1925) |
| 1913 | 1921 | Jonas Pedersen (1871–1953) |
| 1922 | 1939 | Olaf Amundsen (1876–1939) |
| 1940 | 1951 | Karl Hess Larsen (1900–1966) |
| Aug 1941 | 1942 | Per von Hirsch (1902–1987) (WWII Occupied government) |
| 15 Sept 1942 | 1945 | Karl Ludvig Nøstvik (1895–1992) (WWII Occupied government) |
| 1951 | 1966 | Bue Fjermeros (1912–2000) |
| 1966 | 1983 | Ole Aavatsmark (1918–1983) |
| 1983 | 1991 | Odd With (1921–2006) |
| 1991 | 2007 | Åshild Hauan (1941–2017) |
| 7 June 1991 | 1 Sept 1993 | Davis Idin Pareli Johansen (born 1926) Acting governor for Hauan. |
| 2007 | 25 Oct 2018 | Hill-Marta Solberg (born 1951) |
| 1 Jan 2008 | 31 Oct 2009 | Ola Bjerkaas (born 1952) Acting governor for Solberg. |
| 26 Oct 2018 | present | Tom Cato Karlsen (born 1974) |