List of diocesan governors of Trondhjem

The diocesan governor of Trondhjem 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).

The stiftamt (diocesan county) of Trondhjem was established in 1662 by the king. The new Trondhjems stiftamt encompassed the whole Diocese of Trondhjem and it was originally made up the subordinate counties: Trondhjems amt, Vardøhus amt, and the Romsdal and Nordmøre bailiff's territories within Romsdalens amt. In 1685, Nordlandenes amt was transferred into Trondhjems stiftamt from the Bergenhus stiftamt. In 1804, Trondhjems amt (county) was divided into two new counties: Nordre Trondhjems amt and Søndre Trondhjems amt. In 1844, the northern portion (Nordlandenes amt, Tromsø amt, and Finmarkens amt) of the stiftamt was separated and formed the new Tromsø stiftamt. 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

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

Diocesan governors of Trondhjems stiftamt
Start End Name
1662 1665 Claus von Ahlefeldt (1617–1676)
Served concurrently as Amtmann for Trondhjems amt.
 
1665 1674 Ove Bjelke (1614–1674)
Served concurrently as Amtmann for Trondhjems amt.
 
1674 1687 Joachim Frederik Wind (1634–1687)
Served concurrently as Amtmann for Trondhjems amt.



1687 1700 Hans Kaas (1640–1700)
Served concurrently as Amtmann for Trondhjems amt.



1700 1722 Iver von Ahnen (1657–1722)
Served concurrently as Amtmann for Trondhjems amt.



1723 1726 Christian Reitzer (1665–1736)
Served concurrently as Amtmann for Trondhjems amt.



1726 1735 Jacob Benzon (1688–1775)
Served concurrently as Amtmann for Trondhjems amt.
 
1736 1744 Christian Ulrich von Nissen-Benzon (1691–1756)
Served concurrently as Amtmann for Trondhjems amt.



1744 1747 Christian de Stockfleth (1715–1750)
Served concurrently as Amtmann for Trondhjems amt.
 
1747 1766 Frederik Rantzau (1727–1780)
Served concurrently as Amtmann for Trondhjems amt.



1766 1772 Diderik Otto von Grambow (1732–1773)
Served concurrently as Amtmann for Trondhjems amt.



1772 1772 Georg Christian Oeder (1728–1791)
Served concurrently as Amtmann for Trondhjems amt.
 
1772 1783 Johan Vibe von der Osten (1708–1800)
Served concurrently as Amtmann for Trondhjems amt.



1783 1786 Wilhelm Frimann Koren (1723–1788)
Served concurrently as Amtmann for Trondhjems amt.



1786 1796 Thorkild Fjeldsted (1741–1796)
Served concurrently as Amtmann for Trondhjems amt.



1796 1802 Gebhard Moltke, Greve of Moltke (1764–1851)
Served concurrently as Amtmann for Trondhjems amt.



1802 1804 Frederik Adeler (1764–1816)
Served concurrently as Amtmann for Trondhjems amt.



1804 1810 Erik Must Angell (1744–1814)
Served concurrently as Amtmann for Søndre Trondhjems amt.
 
1810 1832 Frederich Christopher Trampe, Count of Trampe (1779–1832)
Served concurrently as Amtmann for Søndre Trondhjems amt.
 
1832 1840 Fredrik Riis (1789–1845)
Served concurrently as Amtmann for Søndre Trondhjems amt.



1840 1857 Karelius August Arntzen (1802–1875)
Served concurrently as Amtmann for Søndre Trondhjems amt.
 
1857 1894 Carl Frederik Motzfeldt (1808–1902)
Served concurrently as Amtmann for Søndre Trondhjems amt.
 
1894 1907 Lars Otto Roll Grundt (1843–1907)
Served concurrently as Amtmann for Søndre Trondhjems amt.



1907 1918 Harald Bothner (1850–1924)
Served concurrently as Amtmann for Søndre Trondhjems amt.
 
Office abolished on 1 January 1919.

References

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  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.