Bengt Holgersson (born September 16, 1941) was the first Governor of
Skåne County after a merger of
Malmöhus County and
Kristianstad County in 1997. Holgersson was involved in a corruption scandal in April 2006. Both Holgersson and municipal commissioner
Ilmar Reepalu were tried for corruption regarding a trip to
South Africa which they had accepted from
Sigma AB. In the end Both Holgersson and Reepalu were acquitted. In 2006 he was succeeded by
Göran Tunhammar as Governor of Skåne.