The Governor of Norway, Rigsstatholder in Norwegian or Riksståthållare in Swedish, was the appointed head of the Norwegian Government in the absence of the Monarch. Norway had several governors during its union with Denmark, most prominent was perhaps Hannibal Sehested who was governor from 1642 to 1651. The functions of the King of Norway are mainly ceremonial, but he has influence as the symbol of national unity. ... The Kingdom of Denmark-Norway, consisting of Denmark and Norway, including Norways possessions Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands, is a term used for the two united kingdoms after their amalgamation as one state in 1536. ... Hannibal Sehested From J P Trap : Berømte danske mænd og kvinder. ... Events January 4 - Charles I attempts to arrest five leading members of the Long Parliament, but they escape. ... // Events January 1 - Charles II crowned King of Scotland in Scone. ...

The following describes the office of governor as it was from 1814 and the union with Sweden: The Kingdom of Sweden-Norway is a term sometimes, but erroneously, used to refer to the kingdoms of Sweden and Norway between 1814 and 1905, when they were united under one monarch in a personal union, following the Convention of Moss, on August 14, and the Norwegian constitutional revision of...

The office came into existence by the Norwegian Constitution, of November 4, 1814 where the paragraphs 12, 13 and 15 stipulated that a Governor of Swedish or Norwegian nationality could be appointed. The Governor would reside in Christiania (today Oslo) and lead the Government in the absence of the Monarch, who resided in Stockholm. The Council would be led by the Governor, where he had two votes, unless the Monarch was present, at which point he would lose his authority and merely become the first among equals, or Prime Minister of the Council. The Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll, 1814. ... November 4 is the 308th day of the year (309th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 57 days remaining. ... 1814 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... County Oslo NO-03 Landscape Viken Municipality NO-0301 Administrative centre Oslo Mayor (2004) Per Ditlev-Simonsen (H) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 224 454 km² 426 km² 0. ... The Old town in Stockholm from the air â–¶(?) is the capital of Sweden, located on the east coast at the entrance of lake Mälaren. ... This is a list of Viceroys (Rigsstatholder) and Prime Ministers (statsminister) of Norway. ...

The post was held by Swedish appointees from 1814 until 1829, when it was vacated by natural causes. Protests would however leave the position empty until 1836, when it was filled by a Norwegian appointee. He was succeeded in 1841 but the successor Severin Løvenskiold laid down his office in 1856, after which it would not be reinstated. The demands to abandon the office completely was ultimately granted in 1873 by King Oscar II. 1829 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1836 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... take you to calendar). ... Severin Løvenskiold (jr. ... 1856 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1873 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calaber). ... Oscar II (Oscar Fredrik) (January 21, 1829 – December 8, 1907) was King of Sweden and Norway from 1872 until his death. ...

List of Governors

1814-1816: Count Hans Henrik von Essen 1814 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1816 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Count Hans Henrik von Essen (1755 - 1824) was a Swedish soldier and statesman. ...

1816-1818: Count Carl Carlsson Mörner 1818 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Carl Carlsson Mörner (December 1, 1755 in Jönköping - June 24, 1821 in Stockholm) was a Swedish nobleman, officer, and politician. ...

1818-1827: Count Johan August Sandels 1827 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Count Johan August Sandels (1764-1831) was a Swedish soldier and politician, being appointed Viceroy of Norway (Riksståthållare in Swedish, Rigsstatholder in Norwegian (Danish)) 1818 and Field Marshal in 1824. ...

1827-1829: Count Baltzar von Platen 1829 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Baltzar von Platen Count Baltzar Bogislaus von Platen (1766-1829), a Swedish naval officer and statesman, born May 29, 1766 on the island of Rügen to Filip Julius Bernhard von Platen, Field Marshal and the Swedish Governor General of Pomerania, and Regina Juliana von Ysedom. ...

Between 1829 and 1836, the office was vacant. 1836 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

1836-1840: Count Herman Wedel-Jarlsberg 1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Johan Caspar Herman Wedel-Jarlsberg Johan Caspar Herman Wedel-Jarlsberg (1779 - 1840) was a Norwegian count and politician. ...

Between 1840 and 1841, the seat was vacant. take you to calendar). ...

1841-1856: Severin Løvenskiold 1856 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Severin Løvenskiold (jr. ...

Between 1856 and 1873, the office was vacant, then it was abolished. 1873 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calaber). ...

See also

• List of Norwegian monarchs
• List of Norwegian Prime Ministers
• Union between Sweden and Norway