Provincial Governors of Finland

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Gustaf Ignatius, governor of Kuopio province

The Governor, Maaherra, or Landshövding, of a province of Finland headed the activities of the , Lääninhallitus, or Länsstyrelse until the end of 2009, when the provinces were abolished.[1] The governors were appointed by the President. Many former ministers including but not limited to Kaarlo Hillilä, Martti Miettunen, Hannele Pokka and Anneli Taina served as governors, since the post was regarded as prestigious enough for a retiring minister, but still politically neutral. The title of maaherra was also considered a personal title, such that once appointed, the title maaherra remained for life.

During the Swedish period (1634–1809) and the Russian period (1809–1917) the governor was a royal plenipotentiary, representing the sovereign, but with independence, the function was reversed: the governor represented his territory to the central government.

List of Provincial Governors[]

Province of Turku and Pori 1634–1997[]

  • 1634–1637
  • 1637–1641
  • 1641–1642 (Province of Åbo)
  • 1642–1646 (Province of Åbo)
  • No governor 1641–1646 (Province of Björneborg)
  • 1647–1648
  • 1649–1655
  • 1655–1666
  • 1666
  • 1666–1682
  • 1682–1698
  • 1698–1706
  • 1706–1714
  • 1711–1713 (acting) and 1714–1722
  • 1722–1746
  • 1744–1747 (acting) and 1747–1749
  • Johan Georg Lillienberg 1749–1757
  • 1757–1768
  • 1769–1776
  • 1776–1781
  • 1780 (acting)
  • 1782–1790
  • 1790–1791 (acting)
  • 1790–1806
  • 1801–1802 (acting)
  • 1806–1816
  • 1811–1813 (acting)
  • Carl Erik Mannerheim 1816–1826
  • Lars Gabriel von Haartman 1820–1822 (acting)
  • 1822–1826 (acting) and 1826–1828
  • 1828–1831
  • Lars Gabriel von Haartman 1831–1842
  • 1840–1842 (acting) and 1842–1856
  • 1856 (acting)
  • Carl Fabian Langenskiöld 1856–1858
  • 1857–1858 (acting)
  • 1858–1863 (acting) and 1863
  • 1864–1866 (acting) and 1866–1889
  • 1889–1891
  • 1891–1903
  • 1903–1905
  • 1905–1911
  • 1911–1917
  • 1917 (acting)
  • 1917–1922
  • 1922–1932
  • 1932–1949
  • 1949–1957
  • 1957–1971
  • Sylvi Siltanen 1972–1977
  • Paavo Aitio 1977–1985
  • Pirkko Työläjärvi 1985–1997

Province of Nyland and Tavastehus 1634–1831[]

  • 1634–1640
  • 1640–1648 (Province of Tavastehus)
  • 1640–1642 (Province of Nyland)
  • 1642–1648 (Province of Nyland)
  • 1648–1652
  • 1652–1666
  • 1666–1668
  • 1668–1678
  • 1678–1685
  • 1685–1687
  • 1687–1695
  • 1695–1696
  • 1696–1703
  • 1703–1719
  • 1719–1737
  • 1737–1746
  • 1746–1756
  • 1756–1761
  • 1761–1772
  • 1773
  • 1774–1776
  • 1777–1786
  • 1787–1788
  • 1790–1809
  • 1810–1815
  • 1816–1828
  • 1828–1831

Province of Ostrobothnia 1634–1775[]

  • 1635–1642
  • 1642–1648 (Province of Vasa)
  • 1644–1648 (Province of Uleåborg)
  • 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)

Province of Viborg and Nyslott 1634–1721[]

  • 1634–1637
  • 1637–1641
  • 1641–1644 (Province of Viborg)
  • 1644–1650 (Province of Viborg)
  • 1641–1645 (Province of Nyslott)
  • 1645–1650 (Province of Nyslott)
  • 1650–1655
  • 1655–1656
  • 1656–1657
  • 1657–1658
  • 1658–1667
  • 1667–1674
  • 1675–1681
  • 1681–1686
  • 1689–1704
  • Georg Lybecker 1705–1712

Province of Kexholm 1634–1721[]

  • 1634–1636
  • 1636–1641
  • 1641–1642 (acting)
  • 1642–1652
  • 1652–1656
  • 1657–1660
  • 1660–1674
  • 1674–1690

Province of Kymmenegård and Nyslott 1721–1747[]

  • 1721–1737
  • 1738–1741
  • 1741–1746

Province of Savolax and Kymmenegård 1747–1775[]

  • 1747–1753
  • 1753–1756
  • 1757–1765
  • 1765–1774

Province of Vaasa 1775–1997[]

  • Bror Cederström 1775–1785
  • 1785–1794
  • 1794–1805
  • 1805–1808
  • 1808
  • 1808–1822
  • 1822–1830
  • 1830–1832
  • Carl Gustaf von Mannerheim 1832–1833 (acting) and 1833–1834
  • 1834–1837 (acting) and 1837–1845
  • 1845–1847
  • 1847–1854
  • 1854–1858
  • 1858–1861
  • Carl Gustaf Fabian Wrede 1862–1863 (acting) and 1863–1884
  • 1884–1888
  • August Alexander Järnefelt 1888–1894
  • 1894–1898
  • 1898–1900
  • 1900–1903
  • 1903–1906
  • 1906–1910
  • 1910–1913
  • 1913–1916
  • 1916–1917
  • Juho Torppa 1917 (acting)
  • 1917–1920
  • 1920–1930
  • Erik Heinrichs 1930
  • 1930–1938
  • 1938–1943
  • 1943–1944
  • 1944–1967
  • 1967–1977
  • 1977–1978
  • 1978–1991
  • 1991–1997

Province of Oulu 1775–2009[]

  • 1775–1782
  • 1782–1785
  • 1785–1800
  • 1800–1802
  • 1802–1804
  • 1805–1808
  • 1809–1820
  • 1820–1826
  • 1826–1834
  • Robert Wilhelm Lagerborg 1834–1849
  • 1849–1862
  • 1862–1873
  • 1873–1879
  • 1878–1883
  • 1883–1884
  • 1884–1886
  • 1886–1889
  • 1889–1897
  • 1897–1901
  • 1901–1903
  • 1903–1905
  • 1905–1911
  • 1911–1915
  • 1915–1917
  • 1917–1925
  • Eero Pehkonen 1925–1948
  • 1949–1967
  • Niilo Ryhtä 1967–1973
  • Erkki Haukipuro 1973–1986
  • Ahti Pekkala 1986–1991
  • 1991–2009

Province of Kymmenegård 1775–1831[]

  • 1774–1783
  • 1783–1789
  • 1789–1792
  • 1793
  • 1793
  • 1793–1810
  • 1810–1812
  • 1812–1827
  • 1827–1828
  • 1828
  • 1828–1831

Province of Savolax and Karelia 1775–1831[]

  • 1775–1781
  • 1781–1786
  • 1786–1791
  • 1791–1803
  • 1803
  • 1803–1809
  • 1809–1810
  • 1810–1827
  • 1828–1829
  • 1829–1831

Province of Viipuri 1812–1945[]

  • 1812–1815
  • 1816–1820
  • 1820–1821 (acting) and 1821–1825
  • 1825–1827 (acting) and 1827–1834
  • Carl Gustaf von Mannerheim 1834–1839
  • 1839–1844
  • 1844–1846 (acting) and 1846–1853
  • 1853–1856
  • 1856–1866
  • 1866–1882
  • Woldemar von Daehn 1882–1885
  • 1885–1888 (acting) and 1888–1889
  • 1889–1899
  • Nikolai von Rechenberg 1900–1902
  • 1902–1905
  • 1905 (acting) and 1905
  • 1905–1906 (acting)
  • Nikolai von Rechenberg 1906-1907
  • 1907–1910
  • 1910–1917
  • Antti Hackzell 1918–1920
  • Lauri Kristian Relander 1920–1925
  • 1925–1945

Province of Uusimaa 1831–1997[]

Province of Häme 1831–1997[]

  • 1831
  • 1831 (acting)
  • 1831–1841
  • 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

Province of Mikkeli 1831–1997[]

  • 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

Province of Kuopio 1831–1997[]

  • 1831–1833
  • 1833–1854
  • 1854–1855
  • 1855–1862
  • 1862–1866
  • 1866–1873
  • 1873–1884
  • August Alexander Järnefelt 1884–1888
  • 1888–1899
  • 1899–1900
  • 1900–1903
  • (Martti Vuori) 1903–1905
  • 1905–1911
  • 1911–1913
  • 1913–1917
  • 1917–1918
  • 1918–1940
  • Pekka Heikkinen 1940–1950
  • 1950–1960
  • 1960–1966
  • 1966–1978
  • 1978–1993
  • Olavi Martikainen 1993–1997

Province of Åland 1918–2009[]

Province of Petsamo 1921–1921[]

  • 1921

Province of Lapland 1938–2009[]

Province of Kymi 1945–1997[]

  • 1945–1955
  • 1955–1964
  • 1965–1975
  • 1975–1984
  • Matti Jaatinen 1984–1993
  • 1993–1997

Province of Central Finland 1960–1997[]

  • 1960–1972
  • 1972–1976
  • 1976–1985
  • 1985–1997

Province of Northern Karelia 1960–1997[]

Province of Southern Finland 1997–2009[]

Province of Western Finland 1997–2009[]

  • 1997–2003
  • 2003–2009

Province of Eastern Finland 1997–2009[]

  • Pirjo Ala-Kapee 1997–2009

Governors of Västernorrland County, Västerbotten County, Saint Petersburg Governorate and Vyborg Governorate[]

Governors of Västernorrland County and Västerbotten County ruled in 1634–1809 also northern part of Finnish Lapland and eastern part of Torne Valley. Governors of Saint Petersburg Governorate and Vyborg Governorate ruled Old Finland (predecessor of Province of Viipuri) in 1721–1812.

Västernorrland County 1634–1638[]

  • 1634–1638

Västerbotten County 1638–1809[]

  • 1638–1641
  • 1641–1653
  • 1653–1679
  • 1679
  • 1680–1683
  • 1683–1688
  • Reinhold Johan von Fersen 1688
  • 1688–1692
  • Arvid Horn 1692
  • Gustaf Douglas 1692–1705
  • 1705–1712
  • 1713–1717
  • Fredrik Magnus Cronberg 1717–1719
  • 1719
  • 1719
  • 1719–1733
  • 1733–1753
  • 1755–1759
  • 1759–1762
  • 1762–1765
  • 1765–1769
  • 1769
  • 1769–1775
  • 1775–1781
  • 1781–1782
  • 1782–1789
  • 1789–1795
  • 1795–1809

Saint Petersburg Governorate 1721–1744[]

Vyborg Governorate 1744–1812[]

  • 1744
  • 1745–1752 (acting)
  • 1752–1754
  • 1754–1766
  • 1766–1778
  • 1779–1780
  • 1780–1782
  • 1782–1785
  • 1785–1785
  • 1785–1793
  • 1793–1797
  • 1797–1799
  • 1799–1799
  • 1799–1804
  • 1804–1808
  • 1808–1811
  • 1811–1812

See also[]

  • Governor General of Finland
  • Governor-General in the Swedish Realm
  • County Governors of Sweden

References[]

  1. ^ "New regional administration model abolishes provinces in 2010". Helsingin Sanomat International Edition. Sanoma Corporation. 31 December 2009. Retrieved 1 January 2010.
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