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
- Hege Solbakken Report Source: statsforvalteren.no, checked
Previous holders
- Liv Signe Navarsete left office by September 2026
Sources
- no.wikipedia.org · checked Norwegian Wikipedia, Statsforvalter (Nåværende statsforvaltere table), read 2026-10-12: County governor of Vestland: Liv Signe Navarsete. 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, Liv Signe Navarsete, past term
- statsforvalteren.no · checked Statsforvaltaren i Vestland, Ny statsforvaltar i Vestland, published 2026-09-30, read 2026-10-12: Solbakken appointed in August 2026 and had started by 2026-09-30; also named on /nn/vestland/om-oss/statsforvaltaren-var/. For: Hege Solbakken, current term
- statsforvalteren.no · checked Statsforvaltaren i Vestland, Ny statsforvaltar i Vestland, published 2026-09-30, read 2026-10-12: Hege Solbakken has started as county governor, taking over from Liv Signe Navarsete, who has retired; appointed in August. End date set to the publication date (observed_by). For: Liv Signe Navarsete, past term