Ostrobothnia County

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1634–1775 → → Disestablished 1775		Capital Vaasa

Ostrobothnia County (Swedish: Österbottens län, Finnish: Pohjanmaan lääni) was a county of the Swedish Empire from 1634 to 1775.

The county was split in 1755 to County of Vasa (Swedish: Vasa län, Finnish: Vaasan lääni) and County of Uleåborg (Swedish: Uleåborg län, Finnish: Oulun lääni).

Governors

Melcher Wernstedt 1635–1642

Hans Kyle 1642–1648 (Vasa County)

Erik Soop 1644–1648 (Uleåborg County)

Hans Kyle 1648–1650

Ture Svensson Ribbing 1650–1654

Johan Graan 1654–1668

Jacob Duwall 1668–1669

Johan Graan 1669–1674

Didrik Wrangel af Adinal 1674–1685

Gustaf Grass 1685–1694

Johan Nilsson Ehrenskiöldh 1694–1706

Johan Stiernstedt 1706 (acting)

Lorentz Clerk 1706–1720

Reinhold Wilhelm von Essen 1720–1732

Carl Henrik Wrangel af Adinal 1732

Broor Rålamb 1733–1734

Carl Frölich 1734–1739

Gustaf Creutz 1739–1746

Gustaf Abraham Piper 1746–1761

Gustaf von Grooth 1761–1762

Carl Sparre 1763

Fredrik Henrik Sparre 1763

Lorentz Johan Göös 1763–1774

Fredrik Magnus von Numers 1774 (acting)

References

Ostrobothnia County Wikipedia

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