This is a list of governors for

Jämtland County Jämtland County (, ) is a county or '' län'' in Sweden. It consists of the provinces of Jämtland and Härjedalen, along with minor parts of Hälsingland and Ångermanland, plus two small strips of Lapland and Dalarna. It borders the countie ...

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...

, from 1810 to present.

Jämtland Jämtland () is a historical provinces of Sweden, province () in the centre of Sweden in northern Europe. It borders Härjedalen and Medelpad to the south, Ångermanland to the east, Lapland, Sweden, Lapland to the north and Trøndelag and Norw ...

and

Härjedalen Härjedalen () is a historical province (''landskap'') in the centre of Sweden. It borders the Norwegian county of Trøndelag, as well as the provinces of Dalarna, Hälsingland, Medelpad and Jämtland. The province originally belonged to Norway, ...

was separated from

Västernorrland County Västernorrland County () is a county ('' län'') in the north of Sweden. It is bordered by the counties of Gävleborg, Jämtland, Västerbotten and the Gulf of Bothnia. The name ''Västernorrland'' means "Western Norrland", as it was in the ...

and

Gävleborg County Gävleborg County () is a Counties of Sweden, county or ''län'' on the Baltic Sea coast of Sweden. It borders the counties of Uppsala County, Uppsala, Västmanland County, Västmanland, Dalarna County, Dalarna, Jämtland County, Jämtland and V� ...

in 1810 to form the new county, see

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

List of governors of Gävleborg County This is a list of governors for Gävleborg County of Sweden, from 1762 to present. #Fredrik Henrik Sparre (1762–1763) #Carl Sparre (1723–1791), Carl Sparre (1763–1772) #Nils Philip Gyldenstolpe (1773–1781) #Fredrik Adolf Ulrik Cronstedt ( ...

before that date. The governor has the title ''landshövding'' in Swedish. The governor is appointed by the government, and presides over the "County Administrative Board" (''länsstyrelse''). The governor's office is administrative by nature, which is also hinted at by the now obsolete title "the King's Deputy" (''Konungens befallningshavande'') and traditionally used as an honourable post for politicians to conclude their careers. * Anders Wasell (1810–1817) *

Lars Arnell Lars is a common male name in Scandinavian countries. Origin ''Lars'' means "from the city of Laurentum". Lars is derived from the Latin name Laurentius, which means "from Laurentum" or "crowned with laurel", and is therefore related to the name ...

(1817–1818) * Michael von Törne (1818–1841) * Gustaf Montgomery (1841–1842) * Lars Magnus Lagerheim (1842–1843) * Carl Printzensköld (1843–1844) *

Anders Peter Sandströmer Anders is a male name in Scandinavian languages and Fering North Frisian, an equivalent of the Greek Andreas ("manly") and the English Andrew. It originated from Andres via metathesis. In Sweden, Anders has been one of the most common names fo ...

(1844–1848) * Jacob Axel Dahlström (1848–1859) * Nils Axel Bennich (1860–1865) * Gustaf Lagercrantz (1865–1866) * Gustaf Asplund (1866–1882) * John Philip Ericson (1883–1895) * Knut Sparre (1895–1906) * Johan Widén (1906–1923) * Sigfrid Linnér (1923–1930) *

Mortimer Munck af Rosenschöld Mortimer is an English surname. Norman origins The surname Mortimer has a Norman origin, deriving from the village of Mortemer, Seine-Maritime, Normandy. A Norman castle existed at Mortemer from an early point; one 11th century figure associa ...

(1931–1938) * Torsten Löfgren (1938–1953) * Anders Tottie (1954–1969) * Hans Gustafsson (1969–1977) * Harald Pettersson (1977–1983) * Sven Heurgren (1984–1995) * Kristina Persson (1995–2001) * Maggi Mikaelsson (2002–2008) * Britt Bohlin Olsson (2008–2014) *

Jöran Hägglund Jöran Hägglund (born 29 July 1959) is a Swedish politician. He is a member of the Centre Party. Hägglund was State Secretary of Sweden at the Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications. From 1 April 2014 to 1 December 2020 he was ...

(2014–2021) * Susanna Löfgren (acting; 2020–2021) * Marita Ljung (2021–present)

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