Governor of Uppsala County

This is a list of governors for Uppsala County of Sweden. Uppsala County and Stockholm County separated from Uppland County, the first time from 1641 to 1654, and then finally in 1719.

Governor of Uppsala County
Landshövding i Uppsala län
Coat of arms of Uppsala County.
Incumbent Stefan Attefall since 20 April 2023
Uppsala County Administrative Board
Residence	Uppsala Castle, Uppsala
Appointer	Government of Sweden
Term length	Six years[note 1]
Formation	1640
First holder	Göran Gyllenstierna
Deputy	County Director (Länsrådet)
Salary	SEK 97,800/month (2017)[2]

Governors

First Period

• Göran Gyllenstierna, the elder (1640–1646)
• Bengt Skytte (1646–1649)
• Svante Larsson Sparre (1649–1652)
• Svante Svantesson Banér (1652–1654)

Second Period

Pehr Lennartsson Ribbing (1714–1719) Fredrik Magnus Cronberg (1719–1728) Johan Brauner (1729–1743) Carl von Grooth (1743–1757) Johan Georg Lillienberg (1757–1762) Johan Funch (1762–1773) Gustaf Thure Rudbeck (1773–1782) Olof von Nackreij (1782–1783) Fredrik Ulrik von Friesendorff (acting 1783) Jakob von Engeström (1783–1784) Claes Julius Ekeblad (acting 1784) Claes Erik Silfverhielm (1784) Carl Claes Mörner (1784–1786) Elis Schröderheim (1786–1787) Adolf Fredrik Munck (appointed in 1788 but never took up the appointment)[3] Ulrik Gottlieb Ehrenbill (1788–1792) Erik af Wetterstedt (1790) Elis Schröderheim (1792–1794) Erik af Wetterstedt (1794–1812) Berndt Wilhelm Fock (1812–1830) Robert Fredrik von Kraemer (1830–1862) Adolf Ludvig Hamilton (1862–1893) Ludvig Wilhelm August Douglas (1893–1895)

Per Johan Bråkenhielm (1895–1907) Hjalmar Hammarskjöld (1907–1930) Knut Hamilton (1914–1917) Sigfrid Linnér (1931–1943) Hilding Kjellman (1943–1952) Georg Andrén (1952–1957) Elis Håstad (1957–1959) Olov Rylander (1959–1967) Ragnar Edenman (1967–1980) Ingemar Mundebo (1980–1986) Hans Alsén (1986–1992) Jan-Erik Wikström (1992–1997) Ann-Cathrine Haglund [sv] (1997–2002) Ulf Henricsson [sv] (acting 2002) Anders Björck (2003–2009) Leif Byman (acting 2009–2010) Peter Egardt (2010–2016) Johan von Knorring (acting 2016) Göran Enander (2016–2023) Cecilia Magnusson (acting 2023) Stefan Attefall (2023–)

Footnotes

1. The governor is often appointed for a six-year mandate. It can be extended if the person has not reached retirement age.^[1]