Governor-general of Norway
The governor-general of Norway, was the appointed head of the Norwegian Government in the absence of the monarch, during the union with Denmark and Sweden.
Governor-general of Norway
Image: Christen Munks liksten i Roskild Domkirke Norsk portrettarkiv Riksantikvaren M000497
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In the Low Countries, a stadtholder was a steward, first appointed as a medieval official and ultimately functioning as a national leader. The stadtholder was the replacement of the duke or count of a province during the Burgundian and Habsburg period.
William the Silent was a stadtholder during the Dutch Revolt against the Spanish Empire.