List of diocesan governors of Tromsø

The diocesan governor of Tromsø stiftamt in Norway was a government agency of the Kingdom of Norway. The title was Stiftamtmann (before 1919) and in 1919 all stiftamt were abolished in favor of equal counties (Norwegian: fylker).

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The stiftamt (diocesan county) of Tromsø was established in 1884 by the King when the Diocese of Trondhjem was divided. The new Tromsø stiftamt encompassed the whole Diocese of Tromsø and it was made up of three subordinate counties: Nordlandenes amt, Finmarkens amt, and Tromsø amt. In 1919, there was a large county reorganization in Norway and every stiftamt was abolished and the counties were renamed fylker.

List of diocesan governors

The following is a list of the governors of the Tromsø stiftamt.[1][2][3][4]

Diocesan governors of Tromsø stiftamt
StartEndName
18441853Anton Theodor Harris (1804–1866)
Served concurrently as Amtmann for Finmarkens amt.
Served concurrently as Amtmann for Tromsø amt.


18541857Carl Frederik Motzfeldt (1808–1902)
Served concurrently as Amtmann for Finmarkens amt.
Served concurrently as Amtmann for Tromsø amt.
18581869Mathias Bonsach Krogh Nannestad (1815–1878)
Served concurrently as Amtmann for Finmarkens amt (1858-1866).
Served concurrently as Amtmann for Tromsø amt.


18691889Christian Collett Kjerschow (1821–1889)
Served concurrently as Amtmann for Tromsø amt.


18891914Boye Christian Riis Strøm (1847–1930)
Served concurrently as Amtmann for Tromsø amt.


19151918Klaus Nord Hoel (1865–1923)
Served concurrently as Amtmann for Tromsø amt.


Office abolished on 1 January 1919.

References
  1. Cahoon, Ben (2000). "Norwegian Counties". Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  2. "Stiftamtmenn, amtmenn og fylkesmenn 1814-1994" (in Norwegian). regjeringen.no. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  3. Berg, Ole T., ed. (13 June 2016). "Fylkesmenn og amtmenn (stiftamtmenn) siden 1671". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  4. Friis, Jakob (1941). Stiftamtmenn i Kristiansand før 1814 (in Norwegian). Kristiansand S, Norge: Fædrelandsvennens trykkeri. Retrieved 29 October 2020.

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