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).
On 1 January 2024, the county of Vestfold og Telemark was disestablished and divided into the separate counties of Telemark and Vestfold as before the initial merger (excluding Svelvik), although keeping the merged county governor agency.
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 Fylkesmannen i Vestfold og Telemark but on 1 January 2021, the title was changed to the gender-neutral Statsforvalteren i Vestfold og Telemark.