Kristianstad County
| Kristianstad County Kristianstads län | |||||||
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| County of Sweden | |||||||
| 1719–1996 | |||||||
Coat of arms
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| Capital | Kristianstad | ||||||
| History | |||||||
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• Established | 1719 | ||||||
• Disestablished | 31 December 1996 | ||||||
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Kristianstad County (Swedish: Kristiandstads län) was a county in southern Sweden, with the seat in Kristianstad. It was established in 1719, and disestablished on 31 December 1996, following the establishment of Skåne County.
Governors
- 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)