Kristianstad County facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Kristianstad County Kristianstads län
County of Sweden
1719–1996 →
Coat of arms
Capital city		Kristianstad
History
-	Established	1719
-	Disestablished	31 December 1996

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)