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of each county would report to the governor-general instead of directly to the monarch or the Privy Council. A royal governor, regardless if whether under a governor-general or not, held the civil, but not the military, jurisdiction over his county. The governors-general were always members of the
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governed, by Sweden. Conquered, and unintegrated, territories were apart from this, more or less allowed to retain their internal political structure.
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was removed from the dominion in 1693 and for the periods 1693–1719 and 1801–1809, the dominion included the counties in the province of
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The list of governors-general given below is not complete. Some of those listed held the title of governor, not governor-general.
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as his permanent representative, with both civil and military jurisdiction, over parts of
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was added and it remained administered by the Scanian governors-general until 1693.
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in that part of the country, when circumstances so required. When this happened the
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was always appointed as the highest representative of the Swedish monarch in the
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The following were the governors-general of Scania (the province only):
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while under the dominion, was removed in 1680 and placed under
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Governors-general could also be appointed over parts of
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Governors-General in Bremen-Verden under Swedish Rule
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The following were the governors-general of Scania:
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Governors-General of Sweden
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Swedish monarch
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governor-general
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stattholder
Norway
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Nils Bielke
Gabriel Bengtsson Oxenstierna
Per Brahe the Younger
Gustaf Evertsson Horn

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