Turku and Pori Province

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1634–1997 → → Established 1634 1 January 1993 731,786		Capital Turku Disestablished 1997

1 January 1993 20,721 km (8,000 sq mi)

Turku and Pori Province (Finnish: Turun ja Porin lääni, Swedish: Åbo och Björneborgs län) 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.

Governors

Bror Rålamb 1634–1637

Melkior von Falkenberg 1637–1641

Melkior von Falkenberg 1641–1642 (County of Åbo)

Knut Lillienhöök 1642–1646 (County of Åbo)

No governor 1641–1646 (County of Björneborg)

Knut Lillienhöök 1647–1648

Lorentz Creutz (elder) 1649–1655

Erik von der Linde 1655–1666

Ernst Johan Creutz (elder) 1666

Harald Oxe 1666–1682

Lorenz Creutz (younger) 1682–1698

Jakob Bure 1698–1706

Justus von Palmberg 1706–1714

Johan Stiernstedt 1711–1713 (acting) and 1714–1722

Otto Reinhold Yxkull 1722–1746

Lars Johan Ehrenmalm 1744–1747 (acting) and 1747–1749

Johan Georg Lillienberg 1749–1757

Jeremias Wallén 1757–1768

Kristoffer Johan Rappe 1769–1776

Fredrik Ulrik von Rosen 1776–1781

Nils Fredenskiöld 1780 (acting)

Magnus Wilhelm Armfelt 1782–1790

Joakim von Glan 1790–1791 (acting)

Ernst Gustaf von Willebrand 1790–1806

Olof Wibelius 1801–1802 (acting)

Knut von Troil 1806–1816

Otto Herman Lode 1811–1813 (acting)

Carl Erik Mannerheim 1816–1826

Lars Gabriel von Haartman 1820–1822 (acting)

Eric Wallenius 1822–1826 (acting) and 1826–1828

Adolf Broberg 1828–1831

Lars Gabriel von Haartman 1831–1842

Gabriel Anton Cronstedt 1840–1842 (acting) and 1842–1856

Samuel Werner von Troil 1856 (acting)

Carl Fabian Langenskiöld 1856–1858

Selim Mohamed Ekbom 1857–1858 (acting)

Johan Axel Cedercreutz 1858–1863 (acting) and 1863

Carl Magnus Creutz 1864–1866 (acting) and 1866–1889

Axel Gustaf Samuel von Troil 1889–1891

Wilhelm Theodor von Kraemer 1891–1903

Theodor Hjalmar Lang 1903–1905

Knut Gustaf Nikolai Borgenström 1905–1911

Eliel Ilmari Wuorinen 1911–1917

Albert Alexander von Hellens 1917 (acting)

Kaarlo Collan 1917–1922

Ilmari Helenius 1922–1932

Wilho Kyttä 1932–1949

Erkki Härmä 1949–1957

Esko Kulovaara 1957–1971

Sylvi Siltanen 1972–1977

Paavo Aitio 1977–1985

Pirkko Työläjärvi 1985–1997

References

Turku and Pori Province Wikipedia

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