landshövding

Swedish

Etymology

From land +‎ -s- +‎ hövding.

Noun

landshövding c

  1. a county governor;[1] 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

See also

References

  1. ^ Utrikes namnbok (7th ed., 2007) →ISBN

Further reading

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