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 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative landshövding landshövdingen landshövdingar landshövdingarna
Genitive landshövdings landshövdingens landshövdingars landshövdingarnas

Derived terms
  • landshövdingehus
  • landshövdingeresidens

See also

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

Further reading
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