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

Derived terms

• landshövdingehus
• landshövdingeresidens

See also

• länsstyrelse

Further reading

• landshövding in Svensk ordbok.