Malmöhus County

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Malmöhus County (Malmöhus län) was a county of Sweden until 1997 when it was merged with Kristianstad County to form Skåne County.

It had been named after Malmöhus, the castle in Malmö, which also was where the Governor originally resided.

List of Governors (term of office)

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

• Carl Gustaf Hård (1719–1727)
• Johan Cronman (1727–1737)
• Wilhelm Bennet (1737–1740)
• Carl Georg Siöblad (1740–1754)
• Georg Bogislaus Staël von Holstein (1754–1763)
• Carl Adlerfelt (1764–1769)
• Johan Cronhielm (1769–1772)
• Reinhold Johan von Lingen (1772)
• Bengt Gustaf Frölich (1772–1776)
• Tage Thott (1776–1794)
• Gustaf von Rosen (1794–1812)
• Wilhelm af Klinteberg (1812–1829)
• Jean Albrecht Berg von Linde (1829–1831)
• Magnus Stackelberg (1831–1833)
• Fredrik Posse (1834–1851)
• Samuel von Troil (1851–1874)
• Axel Adlercreutz (1874–1880)
• Gotthard Wachtmeister (1880–1892)
• Robert Dickson (1892–1902)
• Gustaf Tornérhjelm (1902–1909)
• Robert de la Gardie (1909–1925)
• Fredrik Ramel (1925–1938)
• Arthur Thomson (1939–1951)
• Allan Vougt (1951–1953)
• Gustav Adolf Widell (1953–1961)
• Gösta Netzén (1961–1973)
• Nils Hörjel (1973–1984)
• Bertil Göransson (1984–1993)
• Ann-Cathrine Haglund (1993–1996)

See also

• List of Skåne Governors
• County Governors of Sweden