The diocesan governor of

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was a government agency of the

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. The title was before 1919, and in 1919 all stiftamt were abolished in favor of equal counties ( no, fylker). The (principal county) of ''Bergenhus'' (later simplified to ''Bergen stiftamt'') was established in 1662 by the king. It was originally made up of several subordinate counties: Nordlandenes,

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, and

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. Bergenhus stiftamt was led by a ''stiftamtmann'' and the subordinate counties were led by an ''amtmann''. The seat of the stiftamt was the city of

. In 1871, the city of Bergen was split off as a separate ''amt'' (county), and the stiftamtmann also assumed the role of Bergen's amtmann until 1918. In 1919, there was a large county reorganization in Norway and every stiftamt was abolished and the counties were renamed . The diocesan governor is the government's representative in the diocese which was made up of multiple subordinate counties. The governor carries out the resolutions and guidelines of the

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and government. This is done first by the governor performing administrative tasks on behalf of the ministries. Secondly, the diocesan governor also monitors the activities of the county governors and the municipalities and is the appeal body for many types of municipal decisions.

List of diocesan governors

Bergen stiftamt has had the following governors:

References

{{Lists of county governors of Norway