Roskilde County () is a former county () on the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in eastern Denmark. The county was abolished from 1 January 2007, 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 (). 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 1682–1717 Frederik Christian Adeler 1717–1721 Rudolph von Gersdorff 1721–1729 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 Werner Jasper Andreas 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
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