The
diocesan governor of kristiansand was a government agency of the
Kingdom of Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the ...
. The title was (before 1919) and in 1919 all stiftamt were abolished in favor of equal counties ( no, fylker).
The (diocesan county) of ''Stavanger'' was established in 1662 by the King. It was originally made up of three subordinate counties:
Stavanger amt,
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, and
Agdesiden amt. In 1671, Agdesiden was divided into two new counties:
Lister og Mandal amt and
Nedenæs amt. Stavanger stiftamt was led by a ''stiftamtmann'' and the subordinate counties were led by an ''amtmann''. The ''stiftamtmann'' oversaw the subordinate counties and was the Kings representative there. The seat of the
stiftamt and diocese originally was the city of
Stavanger. In 1682, the seat of the ''stiftamt'' was moved from Stavanger to
Christianssand, a much more centralized location. When this change occurred, the name of the ''stiftamt'' was changed to ''Christianssand stiftamt''. In 1877, the spelling of the name was changed to ''Kristianssand stiftamt'' to reflect one of the
Norwegian language reforms. Then again in 1889, the spelling was changed to ''Kristiansand stiftamt''. In 1919, there was a large county reorganization in Norway and every stiftamt was abolished and the counties were renamed .
List of diocesan governors
The following is a list of the governors of the Kristiansand stiftamt.
References
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Kristiansand stift