Mikkeli Province

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1831–1997 → Established 1831 1.1.1993 207,967		Capital Mikkeli Disestablished 1997

1.1.1993 21,628 km (8,351 sq mi)

The Mikkeli Province (Finnish: Mikkelin lääni, Swedish: S:t Michels län) was a province of Finland from 1831 to 1997. The province was named after the city of Mikkeli.

Map of Mikkeli Province, Finland

Parts of the province were transferred to the Central Finland Province in 1960. In 1997 it was merged with Kuopio Province and Northern Karelia Province into the new Eastern Finland Province.

Governors

Abraham Joakim Molander-Nordenheim 1831–1837

Gabriel Anton Cronstedt 1837–1840

Otto Abraham Boije 1840–1847

Alexander Thesleff 1847–1853

Carl Fabian Langenskiöld 1853–1854

Carl Emil Cedercreutz 1854–1856

Bernhard Indrenius 1856

Samuel Werner von Troil 1856–1863

Theodor Sebastian Gustaf Thilén 1863–1869

Carl Gustav Mortimer von Kraemer 1869–1873

Edvard Reinhold von Ammondt 1874–1875

Hjalmar Sebastian Nordenstreng 1876–1883

August Alexander Järnefelt 1883–1884

Gustav Axel Samuel von Troil 1884–1889

Johannes Gripenberg 1889–1891

Knut Robert Carl Walfrid Spåre 1891–1899

Lennart Fritiof Munck 1900–1903

Aleksander Watatzi 1903–1905

Anton Leonard von Knorring 1905–1910

Eliel Ilmari Vuorinen 1910–1911

Leo Aristides Sirelius 1911–1916

Nikolai Sillman 1916–1917

Aleksanteri August Aho 1917

Ernst Edvard Rosenqvist 1918–1927

Albin Pulkkinen 1927–1933

Emil Jatkola 1933–1948

Alpo Lumme 1949–1957

Urho Kiukas 1957–1970

Viljo Virtanen 1970–1979

Uuno Voutilainen 1979–1989

Juhani Kortesalmi 1989–1997

References

Mikkeli Province Wikipedia

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Contents

Map of Mikkeli Province, Finland

Governors

References