Roskilde County

Roskilde County (Template:Langx) is a former county (Template:Langx) on the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in eastern Denmark. The county was abolished effective January 1, 2007,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> when it merged into Region Sjælland (i.e. Region Zealand).

Roskilde is also the name of the county's capital, and the name of a municipality (Template:Langx). The small city of Roskilde is located 30 km west of Copenhagen. Danish kings were traditionally crowned there, in the Roskilde Cathedral. Roskilde is also home to the Viking Ship Museum, an "alternative" university, and the popular Roskilde Festival, annual music festival.

Municipalities (1970-2006)

• Bramsnæs
• Greve
• Gundsø
• Hvalsø
• Køge
• Lejre
• Ramsø
• Roskilde
• Skovbo
• Solrød
• Vallø

List of county governors

Portrait	Incumbent	Term	Notes
	Ove Skade	1660–1661
	Johan Christopher Körbitz	1662–1682
	Template:Ill	1682–1717
	Frederik Christian Adeler	1717–1721
	Rudolph von Gersdorff	1721–1729
	Template:Ill	1729–1730
	Johan Ludvig Holstein	1730–1735
	Frederik Oertz	1734—1737
	Adolf Andreas von der Lühe	1737—1750
	Holger Skeel	1750–1764
	Eggert Christopher Knuth	1764–1776
	Henrik Adam Brockenhuus	1776–1787
	V. J. A. Moltke	1787—1796
	Johan Henrik Knuth	1796—1799	Acting county governor
	Michael Treschow	1799—1808
	Johan Henrik Knuth	1799—1802
	Frederik Hauch	1802—1810
	Werner Jasper Andreas Moltke	1810—1816
	Christopher Schøller Bülow	1816—1821
	Frederik von Lowzow	1821—1831
	Julius Knuth	1831—1845
	Henrik Moltke	1845—1847
	Peter Tetens	1847—1859

References

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