Turku and Pori Province

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Turku and Pori Province Turun ja Porin lääni Åbo och Björneborgs län Або-Бьёрнеборгская губерния
County of Sweden 1634–1809 Province of Grand Duchy of Finland 1809–1917 Province of independent Finland 1917–1997
1634–1997
Coat of arms
Capital	Turku
Area
• 1 January 1993	20,721 km2 (8,000 sq mi)
Population
• 1 January 1993	731786
History
• Established	1634
• Disestablished	1997
Succeeded by Åland Islands Western Finland

Turku and Pori Province (Finnish: Turun ja Porin lääni, Swedish: Åbo och Björneborgs län, Russian: Або-Бьёрнеборгская губерния) was a province of independent Finland from 1917 to 1997. The province was however founded as a county in 1634 when today's Finland was an integrated part of Sweden. It is named after the cities of Turku (Swedish: Åbo) and Pori (Swedish: Björneborg).

The Åland Islands were split into a separate province in 1918. In 1997 Turku and Pori Province was merged with the northern part of the Häme Province, the provinces of Vaasa and Central Finland into the new Western Finland Province.

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 1960: 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 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[]

• 1634–1637
• 1637–1641
• 1641–1642 (County of Åbo)
• 1642–1646 (County of Åbo)
• No governor 1641–1646 (County 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

Coordinates: 60°27′06″N 22°16′12″E / 60.4517°N 22.2700°E / 60.4517; 22.2700