Governor of Stockholm

Office of the Governor of Stockholm
*Överståthållarämbetet*
Office of the Governor of Stockholm Överståthållarämbetet
Corresponding to a; county of Sweden
1634–1967
	Coat of arms
Capital	Stockholm
Government
Governor of Stockholm
• 1634–1644	Clas Fleming
• 1963–1967	Allan Nordenstam
History
• Established	1634
• Disestablished	1967
	Succeeded by
Governor of Stockholm County

The Governor of Stockholm (Swedish: överståthållaren) was the head of the Office of the Governor of Stockholm^[1]^[2] (Swedish: Överståthållarämbetet, ÖÄ), and as such he was the highest Swedish State official overseeing the affairs in the City of Stockholm between 1634 and 1967. The Governor was the equivalent in Stockholm of a county governor elsewhere in Sweden.

The Governor was appointed by and reported to the King in Council. The Office of the Governor of Stockholm was instituted by the Instrument of Government of 1634, written by Lord High Chancellor Axel Oxenstierna, which uniformly delineated the civil state administration of Sweden into Counties and the Office of the Governor of Stockholm.

While Stockholm County was established in 1714, the city itself was not included until 1968, when the Office of the Governor of Stockholm was abolished and the duties of it was handed over to the Governor of Stockholm County.

^ Gullberg, Ingvar E. (1977). Svensk-engelsk fackordbok för näringsliv, förvaltning, undervisning och forskning [A Swedish-English dictionary of technical terms used in business, industry, administration, education and research] (in Swedish) (2nd ed.). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 1718. ISBN 91-1-775052-0. SELIBR 8345587.
^ "TOWN. Small and medium sized towns in their functional territorial context. Applied Research 2013/1/23 Case Study Report Sweden" (PDF). European Observation Network for Territorial Development and Cohesion. 15 May 2014. p. 26. Retrieved 11 February 2019.

[1] Gullberg, Ingvar E. (1977). Svensk-engelsk fackordbok för näringsliv, förvaltning, undervisning och forskning [A Swedish-English dictionary of technical terms used in business, industry, administration, education and research] (in Swedish) (2nd ed.). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 1718. ISBN 91-1-775052-0. SELIBR 8345587.

[2] "TOWN. Small and medium sized towns in their functional territorial context. Applied Research 2013/1/23 Case Study Report Sweden" (PDF). European Observation Network for Territorial Development and Cohesion. 15 May 2014. p. 26. Retrieved 11 February 2019.

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