Häme Province
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Province of Häme Hämeen lääni Tavastehus län | |||||||||||
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Province of Finland | |||||||||||
1831–1997 | |||||||||||
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Capital | Hämeenlinna | ||||||||||
Area | |||||||||||
• 1 January 1993 | 22,246 km2 (8,589 sq mi) | ||||||||||
Population | |||||||||||
• 1 January 1993 | 688200 | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
• Established | 1831 | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1997 | ||||||||||
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The Province of Häme (Finnish: Hämeen lääni, Swedish: Tavastehus län) was a province of Finland from 1831 to 1997.
In 1997 the southern parts with Kanta-Häme, Päijät-Häme was merged with the province of Uusimaa and Kymi into the new Province of Southern Finland. The northern part with Pirkanmaa was merged with the provinces of Vaasa, Central Finland, Turku and Pori into the new Province of Western Finland.
The province corresponds roughly to the current regions of Kanta-Häme, Päijät-Häme and Pirkanmaa.
Maps[]
![]() Provinces of Finland 1634: 1: Turku and Pori, 14: Nyland and Tavastehus, 18: Ostrobothnia, 20: Viborg and Nyslott, 21: Kexholm |
![]() Provinces of Finland 1776: 1: Turku and Pori, 4: Vaasa, 10: Oulu, 14: Nyland and Tavastehus, 15: Kymmenegård, 16: Savolax and Karelia |
![]() Provinces of Finland 1831: 1: Turku and Pori, 2: Uusimaa, 3: Häme, 4: Vaasa, 6: Mikkeli, 8: Kuopio, 10: Oulu, 13: Viipuri |
![]() Provinces of Finland 1996: 1: Turku and Pori, 2: Uusimaa, 3: Häme, 4: Vaasa, 5: Kymi, 6: Mikkeli, 7: Central Finland, 8: Kuopio, 9: Northern Karelia, 10: Oulu, 11: Lapland, 12: Åland |
![]() Provinces of Finland 1997: 10: Oulu, 11: Lapland, 12: Åland, 22: Southern Finland, 23: Western Finland, 24: Eastern Finland |
Municipalities in 1997 (cities in bold)[]
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Former municipalities (disestablished before 1997)[]
- (re-established 2007)
- Eräjärvi
- Messukylä
- Somerniemi
- Sääksmäki
- Teisko
- Tottijärvi
- Vanaja
Governors[]
- 1831
- 1831–1841
- J. V. Snellman 1831 (acting)
- 1841–1863
- 1863–1865
- 1865–1869
- 1870–1875
- 1875–1887
- 1887–1895
- 1895–1899
- 1900–1901
- 1901–1904
- 1904–1906
- 1906–1910
- Arthur Brofeldt 1910–1911 (acting)
- 1911–1917
- 1917–1918 (acting)
- Antti Tulenheimo 1918–1919
- 1919–1930
- 1930–1959
- 1959–1972
- 1973–1979
- 1979–1994
- Kaarina Suonio 1994–1997
Categories:
- States and territories established in 1831
- States and territories disestablished in 1997
- Provinces of Finland (1917–97)