landshövding

Swedish

Etymology

From land +‎ -s- +‎ hövding.

Noun

landshövding c

1. a county governor; the highest representative of the national government in the local counties of Sweden
2. a province governor; the highest representative of the national government in the local provinces of Finland (until 2009, when provinces were abolished)

Declension

Declension of landshövding

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	landshövding	landshövdings
	definite	landshövdingen	landshövdingens
plural	indefinite	landshövdingar	landshövdingars
	definite	landshövdingarna	landshövdingarnas

Derived terms

• landshövdingehus
• landshövdingeresidens

See also

• länsstyrelse

Further reading

• landshövding in Svensk ordbok.