Sorø County (Danish: Sorø Amt) was a Danish county on Zealand.
History
editSorø County was created in 1662 as a replacement of the old Sorø Fief (Sorø Len). The county consisted of a single hundred. Beginning in 1748, Sorø County was administrated together with Ringsted County. At the 1793 Danish County Reform, with effect from 1798, Ringsted County, Korsør County, and Antvorskov were merged into Sorø County.[1][2]
As of 1 April 1970, it was merged with Holbæk County as West Zealand County (Vestsjællands Amt).
List of county governors of Sorø
editThe governors of Sorø County (Danish: Amtmænd, singular Amtmand) from 1653 until its dissolution in 1970, were:[1][3]
| Portrait | Name | Term |
|---|---|---|
 | Jørgen Rosenkrantz | 1653—1675 |
| Niels Hansen Overberg | 1675—1678 (acting) | |
| Friederik von Vicregge | 1678—1684 | |
| Frederik Gabel | 1684—1695 | |
| Poul (Hals) Moth | 1696—1699 | |
 | Johan Diderik Grüner | 1699—1712 |
| Jacob Frants von der Osten | 1712—1735 | |
| Wilhelm August von der Osten | 1735—1743 | |
 | Christoph Ernst von Beulwitz | 1743—1745 |
.jpg) | Heinrich von Reuss | 1745—1754 |
 | Carl Juel | 1754—1760 |
 | Frederik Danneskiold-Samsøe | 1760—1764 |
 | Wolf Veit Christoph von Reitzenstein | 1764—1781 |
| Carl Adolph Raben | 1781—1784 | |
 | Gregers Christian Haxthausen | 1784—1787 |
 | Vilhelm Mathias Skeel | 1787–1798 |
 | Poul Christian Stemann | 1798—1827 |
 | Christian Ludvig Stemann | 1827—1847 |
 | Frederik Marcus Knuth | 1847—1848 |
 | Torkil Abraham Hoppe | 1848—1871 |
 | Emil Vedel | 1871—1902 |
 | Anton Groothoff | 1903—1913 |
| Axel Henrik Bille-Brahe | 1913—1928 | |
| Vilhelm Topsoe | 1928–1955 | |
| Vilhelm Wedell-Wedellsborg | 1955–1970 |
See also
editReferences
edit- 1 2 Rosenkrantz, Palle (1936). Amtmandsbogen : Portrætter og Biografier af Stiftamtmænd og Amtmænd i Danmark 1660-1935 [The County Clerk's Book : Portraits and Biographies of Parish Clerks and County Clerks in Denmark] (PDF) (in Danish). Arthur Jensens Forlag. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
- ↑ "Sorø Amt". Trap Danmark (in Danish). Retrieved 28 August 2025.
- ↑ Jørgensen, Harald, ed. (1970). Stiftamtmænd og Amtmænd på Sjælland, Lolland-Falster og Bornholm, 1848–1970 (PDF) (in Danish). Copenhagen: Landsarkivet for Sjælland. pp. 17–18.
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