Kristianstad County in the context of "Skåne Regional Council"

This is a list of governors for Skåne County in Sweden. The county was recreated in 1997 by a merger of Malmöhus County and Kristianstad County. For the period 1719–1996 see List of governors of Malmöhus County and List of governors of Kristianstad County.

1. Bengt Holgersson (1997–2005)
2. Göran Tunhammar (2006–2012)
3. Margareta Pålsson (2012–2016)
4. Anneli Hulthén (2016–2025)
5. Peter Danielsson (2025– )

Skåne County (Swedish: Skåne län [ˈskôːnɛ ˈlɛːn]), sometimes referred to as Scania County or just Scania in English, is the southernmost county, or län, of Sweden, mostly corresponding to the traditional province of Scania. It borders the counties of Halland, Kronoberg and Blekinge and connects to Capital Region, Denmark by the Öresund Bridge across the Øresund strait. The seat of residence for the Skåne Governor is the city of Malmö. The headquarters of Skåne Regional Council are located in both Kristianstad and Malmö.

The present county was created in 1997 when Kristianstad County and Malmöhus County were merged; it covers around 3% of Sweden's total area, while its population of 1.3 million comprises 13% of Sweden's total population.

Malmöhus County (Swedish: Malmöhus län) was a county of Sweden from 1719 to 1996. On 1 January 1997 it was merged with Kristianstad County to form Skåne County. It had been named after Malmöhus, a castle in Malmö, which was also where the governor originally lived.

This is a list of governors of Malmöhus County of Sweden from 1719 to its dissolution in 1996, when it was merged with Kristianstad County to form Skåne County.

• Carl Gustaf Hård (1719–1727)
• Johan Cronman (1727–1737)
• Wilhelm Bennet (1737–1740)
• Carl Georg Siöblad (1740–1754)
• Georg Bogislaus Staël von Holstein (1754–1763)
• Carl Adlerfelt (1764–1769)
• Johan Cronhielm (1769–1772)
• Reinhold Johan von Lingen (1772)
• Bengt Gustaf Frölich (1772–1776)
• Tage Thott (1776–1794)
• Gustaf von Rosen (1794–1812)
• Wilhelm af Klinteberg (1812–1829)
• Jean Albrecht Berg von Linde (1829–1831)
• Magnus Stackelberg (1831–1833)
• Fredrik Posse (1834–1851)
• Samuel von Troil (1851–1874)
• Axel Gustav Adlercreutz (1874–1880)
• Gotthard Wachtmeister (1880–1892)
• Robert Dickson (1892–1902)
• Gustaf Tornérhjelm (1902–1909)
• Robert de la Gardie (1909–1925)
• Fredrik Ramel (1925–1938)
• Arthur Thomson (1939–1951)
• Allan Vougt (1951–1953)
• Gustav Adolf Widell (1953–1961)
• Gösta Netzén (1961–1973)
• Nils Hörjel (1973–1984)
• Bertil Göransson (governor) (1984–1993)
• Ann-Cathrine Haglund (1993–1996)

This is a list of governors of Kristianstad County of Sweden from 1719 to its dissolution in 1996, when it was merged with Malmöhus County to form Skåne County.

• 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)

Bengt Holgersson (born September 16, 1941) was the first Governor of Skåne County after a merger of Malmöhus County and Kristianstad County in 1997. Holgersson was involved in a corruption scandal in April 2006. Both Holgersson and municipal commissioner Ilmar Reepalu were tried for corruption regarding a trip to South Africa which they had accepted from Sigma AB. In the end Both Holgersson and Reepalu were acquitted. In 2006 he was succeeded by Göran Tunhammar as Governor of Skåne.