Kristianstad County

Kristianstads län Kristianstad County County of Sweden 1719–1996 → Coat of arms Capital Kristianstad Governor  - 1719-1738 Samuel von Hylteen  - 1996 Hans Blom History  - Established 1719  - Disestablished December 31 1996

Kristianstad County (Kristianstads län) was a county of Sweden from 1719 to 1 January 1997 when it was merged with Malmöhus County to form Skåne County.

The seat of residence for the Governor was in Kristianstad.

List of Governors

The list is preceded by the Governors-General of Scania, and succeeded by the Governors of Skåne County.

• 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