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Häme Province

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1831–1997
  
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Established
  
1831

1 January 1993
  
688,200

Capital
  
Disestablished
  
1997

Häme Province

1 January 1993
  
22,246 km (8,589 sq mi)

Points of interest
  
Häme Castle, The Artillery Museum, Vankilamuseo, Aulangon näkötorni, Hämeenlinnan taidemuseo

The Province of Häme (Finnish: Hämeen lääni, Swedish: Tavastehus län) was a province of Finland from 1831 to 1997.

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In 1997 the southern parts with Kanta-Häme, Päijät-Häme was merged with the province of Uusimaa and Kymi into the new Province of Southern Finland. The northern part with Pirkanmaa was merged with the provinces of Vaasa, Central Finland, Turku and Pori into the new Province of Western Finland.

The province corresponds roughly to the current regions of Kanta-Häme, Päijät-Häme and Pirkanmaa.

Former municipalities (disestablished before 1997)

  • Aitolahti
  • Akaa (re-established 2007)
  • Eräjärvi
  • Hämeenlinnan mlk
  • Koijärvi
  • Messukylä
  • Pohjaslahti
  • Somerniemi
  • Sääksmäki
  • Teisko
  • Tottijärvi
  • Tyrväntö
  • Vanaja
  • Governors

  • Carl Klick 1831
  • Johan Fredrik Stichaeus 1831–1841
  • J. V. Snellman 1831 (acting)
  • Carl Otto Rehbinder 1841–1863
  • Samuel Werner von Troil 1863–1865
  • Clas Herman Molander 1865–1869
  • Hjalmar (Sebastian) Nordenstreng 1870–1875
  • Edvard (Reinhold) von Ammondt 1875–1887
  • Torsten Costiander 1887–1895
  • Edvard Boehm 1895–1899
  • Gustaf Axel von Kothen 1900–1901
  • Isidor Svertschkoff 1901–1904
  • Alexander Pappkoff 1904–1906
  • Ivar (Sune) Gordie 1906–1910
  • Arthur Brofeldt 1910–1911 (acting)
  • Rafael Knut Harald Spåre 1911–1917
  • Kustaa Adolf Saarinen 1917–1918 (acting)
  • Antti Tulenheimo 1918–1919
  • Albert von Hellens 1919–1930
  • Sigurd Mattsson 1930–1959
  • Jorma Tuominen 1959–1972
  • Valdemar Sandelin 1973–1979
  • Risto Tainio 1979–1994
  • Kaarina Suonio 1994–1997
  • References

    Häme Province Wikipedia


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