Swedish Ingria

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Swedish Ingria
Svenska Ingermanland
1583–1595
1617–1721
Coat of arms of Ingria
Coat of arms
Baltic provinces of Swedish Empire in the 17th century.
Baltic provinces of Swedish Empire in the 17th century.
StatusDominion of the Swedish Empire
CapitalNarva
Common languagesSwedish, Finnish, Ingrian, Votian
GovernmentDominion
King of Sweden 
• 1568–92
John III
• 1592–99
Sigismund
• 1611–32
Gustav II Adolf
• 1720–51
Frederick I
Governor-General 
• 1617–
Carl Carlsson Gyllenhielm
• 1659–1673
Simon Grundel-Helmfelt
History 
1583
18 May 1595
• Treaty of Stolbovo
17 February 1617
• Great Northern War
1700–21
• Conquered by Russia
1708
• Treaty of Nystad
30 August 1721
Population
• 1644
15,000
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Tsardom of Russia
Ingermanland Governorate

Swedish Ingria (Swedish: Svenska Ingermanland, ‘land of Ingrians’) was a dominion of the Swedish Empire from 1583 to 1595 and then again from 1617 to 1721, when it was ceded to the Russian Empire in the Treaty of Nystad.

History[]

Ingria was ceded to Sweden by Russia together with the County of Kexholm by the Treaty of Stolbovo in 1617. It consisted of the area along the basin of the river Neva, between the Gulf of Finland, the Narva River, Lake Peipsi in South-West, and Lake Ladoga in North-East. Bordering to Kexholm and Swedish Karelia by the Sestra (Rajajoki /Systerbäck) river in North-West.

Ingria fell to Sweden in the 1580s, was returned to Russia by the Treaty of Teusina (1595), and again ceded to Sweden in the Treaty of Stolbovo (1617). Sweden's interest of the territory was strategic: as a buffer zone against Russian attacks on the Karelian Isthmus and present-day Finland; and Russian trade was to pass through Swedish territory. In addition, Ingria became the destination for Swedish deportees.

Ingria remained sparsely populated. In 1664 the population was counted to 15,000. Swedish attempts to introduce Lutheranism were met with repugnance by the Orthodox peasantry obliged to attend Lutheran services; converts were promised grants and tax reductions, but Lutheran gains were most of all due to voluntary resettlements from Savonia and Karelia. Ingria was enfeoffed to noble military and state officials, bringing their own Lutheran servants and workmen.

Nyen became the trading centre of Ingria, and in 1642 was made its administrative centre. In 1656 a Russian attack badly damaged the town, and the administrative centre was moved to Narva in neighbouring Swedish Estonia.[1]

In the early 18th century the area was reconquered by Russia in the Great Northern War after a century in Swedish possession. The new Russian capital, Saint Petersburg, was founded on the site of the Swedish town Nyen (Finnish Nevanlinna, meaning Castle of Neva) in 1703. This territory, close to the Neva river's estuary at the Gulf of Finland, is now part of Leningrad Oblast, Russia.

Governors-General[]

Stadtholder
Ingrian Governors (Narva, Ivangorod, Jaama, Koporje and Nöteborg)
Ingrian and Livonian Governors-General
  • Johan Skytte (1629–1634)
  • Bengt Bengtsson Oxenstierna (1634–1643)
Ingrian and county of Kexholm Governors-General
  • (1642–1645)
  • (1645–1651)
  • (1651–1654)
  • Gustaf Evertsson Horn (1654–1657)
  • (1657–1659)
  • Simon Grundel-Helmfelt (1659–1664)
  • () (1664–1668)
  • Simon Grundel-Helmfelt (1668–1673)
  • Jacob Johan Taube (1673–1678)
  • (1678)
  • Jacob Johan Taube (1678–1681)
Ingrian Governors
Ingrian Governors-General

See also[]

References[]

Coordinates: 59°22′33″N 28°11′46″E / 59.3758°N 28.1961°E / 59.3758; 28.1961

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