Mikkeli Province

Mikkeli Province Mikkelin lääni S:t Michels län
Province of Finland
1831–1997
Coat of arms
Capital	Mikkeli
Area
• 1.1.1993	21,628 km2 (8,351 sq mi)
Population
• 1.1.1993	207967
History
• Established	1831
• Disestablished	1997
Preceded by Succeeded by County of Kymmenegård Eastern Finland Province

The Mikkeli Province (Finnish: Mikkelin lääni, Swedish: S:t Michels län) was a province of Finland from 1831 to 1997. The province was named after the city of Mikkeli.

Parts of the province were transferred to the Central Finland Province in 1960. In 1997 it was merged with Kuopio Province and Northern Karelia Province into the new Eastern Finland Province.

Maps[]

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)[]

Former municipalities (disestablished before 1997)[]

Governors[]

• 1831–1837
• 1837–1840
• 1840–1847
• 1847–1853
• Carl Fabian Langenskiöld 1853–1854
• 1854–1856
• 1856
• 1856–1863
• 1863–1869
• 1869–1873
• 1874–1875
• 1876–1883
• August Alexander Järnefelt 1883–1884
• 1884–1889
• 1889–1891
• 1891–1899
• 1900–1903
• 1903–1905
• 1905–1910
• 1910–1911
• 1911–1916
• 1916–1917
• 1917
• 1918–1927
• Albin Pulkkinen 1927–1933
• 1933–1948
• 1949–1957
• 1957–1970
• 1970–1979
• 1979–1989
• 1989–1997

Coordinates: 61°41′15″N 27°16′25″E / 61.6875°N 27.2736°E / 61.6875; 27.2736

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