Wikipedia: Kristianstad County

Kristianstad County
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Kristianstad County, or Kristianstads län, was a County of Sweden until 1997 when it was merged with Malmöhus County to create the county of Skåne. The seat of residence for the Governor was in Kristianstad.

List of Governors

Samuel von Hylteen (1719-1738)

Nils Silfverskiöld (1739-1745)

Christian Barnekow (1745-1761)

Carl Axel Hugo Hamilton (1761-1763)

Reinhold Johan von Lingen (1763-1772)

Axel Löwen (1773-1776)

Gabriel Erik Sparre (1776-1786)

Carl Adam Wrangel (1786-1803)

Eric von Nolcken (1803-1811)

Axel de la Gardie (1811-1838)

Georg Ludvig von Rosen (1838-1851)

Knut Axel Posse (1852-1856)

Emil von Troil (1856-1859)

Axel Ludvig Rappe (1860-1866)

Axel Trolle-Wachtmeister (1866-1883)

Magnus de la Gardie (1883-1905)
Louis de Geer (1905-1923)
Johan Nilsson (1923-1938)
Alvar Elis Rodhe (1938-1947)
Per Westling (1947-1963)
Bengt Petri (1964-1979)
Lennart Sandgren (1979-1984)
Einar Larsson (1985-1989)
Anita Bråkenhielm (1990-1996)
Hans Blom (1996)

See also: List of Skåne Governors, County Governors of Sweden, Scania, Terra Scania