State or region
County Governor
- Norwegian Bokmål: Statsforvalter
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Statsforvaltar
How it's filled
- In plain words
- Appointed by the King of Norway
- Exact method
- Appointed by the King in Council (Constitution Article 21) for a fixed six-year term, on the Government's proposal. The county governor is the King's and the Government's representative in the county or counties and is a state official, not an elected one.
- Chosen by
- King of Norway
- Seats
- 1
Who holds it now
Tom Cato Karlsen since January 2019
Report Source: statsforvalteren.no,
checked (+1 more)
Sources
- no.wikipedia.org · checked Norwegian Wikipedia, Statsforvalter (Nåværende statsforvaltere table), read 2026-10-12: County governor of Nordland: Tom Cato Karlsen. Fallback: Wikipedia (secondary), because statsforvalteren.no pages were not individually checked; holder to be verified. For: County Governor, County Governor in Norwegian Bokmål, County Governor in Norwegian Nynorsk, Tom Cato Karlsen, current term
- statsforvalteren.no · checked Statsforvalteren i Nordland, Vår statsforvalter, read 2026-10-12: Tom Cato Karlsen took office as fylkesmann 2 January 2019 (title statsforvalter from 2021-01-01), reappointed 2024. For: Tom Cato Karlsen, current term