The office of county governor is a government agency of the Kingdom of Norway; the title was Amtmann (before 1919), then Fylkesmann (from 1919 to 2020), and then Statsforvalteren (since 2021).
[1] Troms og Finnmark county was created on 1 January 2020 when the old Troms and Finnmark counties were merged.
The governor carries out the resolutions and guidelines of the Storting and government.
This is done first by the county governor performing administrative tasks on behalf of the ministries.
The title of the office was originally Fylkesmann i Troms og Finnmark but on 1 January 2021, the title was changed to the gender-neutral Statsforvalteren i Troms og Finnmark.