Ostrobothnia County

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Ostrobothnia County Österbottens län Pohjanmaan lääni
County of the Swedish Empire
1634–1775
Capital	Vaasa
History
History
• Established	1634
• Disestablished	1775
Succeeded by Vaasa Province Oulu Province

Ostrobothnia County (Swedish: Österbottens län, Finnish: Pohjanmaan lääni) was a county of the Swedish Empire from 1634 to 1775.

The county was split in 1755 to County of Vasa (Swedish: Vasa län, Finnish: Vaasan lääni) and County of Uleåborg (Swedish: Uleåborg län, Finnish: Oulun lääni).

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

Governors[]

• 1635–1642
• 1642–1648 (Vasa County)
• 1644–1648 (Uleåborg County)
• 1648–1650
• 1650–1654
• 1654–1668
• 1668–1669
• 1669–1674
• 1674–1685
• 1685–1694
• 1694–1706
• 1706 (acting)
• 1706–1720
• 1720–1732
• 1732
• 1733–1734
• 1734–1739
• 1739–1746
• 1746–1761
• 1761–1762
• Carl Sparre 1763
• 1763
• 1763–1774
• 1774 (acting)