Rulers: Finland
Provinces
Note: Names of provinces are given in both official languages (Finnish/Swedish). The governor of a province (lääni/län) is called maaherra/landshövding (1837-1918: kuvernööri/guvernör).
Etelä-Suomi/Södra Finland
1 Sep 1997 created from the former provinces of Häme, Kymi, and Uusimaa
Governors
1 Sep 1997 - 1 Jan 2004 Tuula Linnainmaa (f) (b. 1942)
1 Jan 2004 - Anneli Taina (f) (b. 1951)
Uusimaa ja Häme/Nyland och Tavastehus
1831 divided into Häme/Tavastehus and Uusimaa/Nyland
Governors
26 Jul 1696 - 12 Nov 1703 Abraham Cronhjort (b. 1634 - d. 1703)
20 Apr 1703 - 9 May 1719 Johan Creutz (b. 1651 - d. 1726)
(acting [for Cronhjort to 12 Nov 1703] to 26 Dec 1703)
10 Sep 1719 - 30 Apr 1737 Per Stierncrantz (b. 1681 - d. 1737)
15 Jun 1737 - May 1746 Erik Axel Gyllenstierna af
Lundholm (b. 1678 - d. 1751)
2 Jun 1746 - 13 Sep 1756 Gustaf Samuel Gyllenborg (b. 1695 - d. 1756)
30 Nov 1756 - 24 Aug 1761 Anders Johan Nordenskjöld (b. 1696 - d. 1763)
24 Aug 1761 - 31 Dec 1772 Hans Henrik Boije af Gennäs (b. 1716 - d. 1781)
22 Apr 1773 - 2 Dec 1773 Carl Ribbing af Koberg (b. 1718 - d. 1773)
24 Mar 1774 - 18 Jun 1776 Anders Henrik Ramsay (b. 1707 - d. 1782)
30 Jan 1777 - 27 Jun 1787 Anders de Bruce (b. 1723 - d. 1787)
30 Jun 1787 - 13 Jul 1788 Carl Gustaf Armfelt (b. 1724 - d. 1792)
20 Oct 1790 - 21 Mar 1810 Johan Henrik Munck (b. 1748 - d. 1817)
2 Apr 1810 - 30 Jan 1815 Gustaf Fredrik Stjernvall (b. 1767 - d. 1815)
18 Feb 1816 - 28 Nov 1828 Gustaf Hjärne (b. 1768 - d. 1845)
28 Nov 1828 - 9 May 1831 Carl Klick (b. 1792 - d. 1837)
Häme/Tavastehus
Governors
9 May 1831 - 31 May 1831 Carl Klick (s.a.)
31 May 1831 - 24 Mar 1841 Johan Fredrik Stichaeus (b. 1778 - d. 1853)
4 May 1841 - 14 Jan 1863 Carl Otto Rehbinder (b. 1797 - d. 1873)
22 Jan 1863 - 27 Aug 1865 Samuel Werner von Troil (b. 1798 - d. 1865)
29 Sep 1865 - 27 Nov 1869 Carl Herman Molander (b. 1817 - d. 1897)
6 Feb 1870 - 29 Dec 1875 Hjalmar Sebastian Nordenstreng (b. 1826 - d. 1890)
(acting to 11 Sep 1872)
29 Dec 1875 - 28 Oct 1887 Edvard Reinhold von Ammondt (b. 1832 - d. 1887)
1 Dec 1887 - 30 Dec 1895 Torsten Costiander (b. 1831 - d. 1904)
30 Dec 1895 - 11 Nov 1899 Edvard von Boehm (b. 1841 - d. 1919)
10 Jan 1900 - 16 May 1901 Gustaf Axel von Kothen (b. 1843 - d. 1906)
16 May 1901 - 1 Feb 1904 Isidor Svertschkoff (b. 1837 - d. 1907)
1 Feb 1904 - 21 Jan 1906 Alexander Papkoff (b. 1855 - d. 1919)
3 Apr 1904 - 8 Aug 1904 Viktor Semenoff (b. 1858 - d. 1919)
(acting for Papkoff)
17 Dec 1905 - 18 Nov 1910 Ivar Sune Gordie (b. 1853 - d. 1921)
(acting [for Papkoff to 21 Jan 1906] to 22 Jun 1906)
18 Nov 1910 - 7 Nov 1911 Arthur Brofeldt (acting) (b. 1868 - d. 1927)
7 Nov 1911 - 19 Apr 1917 Rafael Knut Harald Spåre (b. 1864 - d. 1943)
6 Apr 1917 - 5 Apr 1918 Kustaa Adolf Saarinen (b. 1869 - d. 1932)
(acting [for Spåre to 19 Apr 1917])
14 Feb 1918 - Apr 1918 Väinö Kivisalo (b. 1882 - d. 1953)
(provincial commissar of Finnish Socialist Republic)
5 Apr 1918 - 17 May 1918 Theodor Lilius (acting) (b. 1864 - d. 1924)
17 May 1918 - 29 Aug 1919 Antti Tulenheimo (b. 1879 - d. 1952)
19 Sep 1919 - 16 Jan 1930 Albert Alexander von Hellens (b. 1879 - d. 1950)
14 Feb 1930 - 19 Jun 1959 Sigurd Mattsson (b. 1892 - d. 1970)
1 Aug 1959 - 1972 Jorma Tuominen (b. 1909 - d. 2002)
15 Jun 1972 - 1979 Valdemar Sandelin (b. 1917 - d. 1990)
1 Sep 1979 - 1994 Risto Tainio (b. 1927 - d. 2005)
1 May 1994 - 1 Aug 1997 Kaarina Suonio (f) (b. 1941)
1 Aug 1997 - 31 Aug 1997 Tuula Linnainmaa (s.a.)
Uusimaa/Nyland
Governors
15 May 1831 - 15 Aug 1831 Johan Ulrik Sebastian Gripenberg (b. 1795 - d. 1869)
(acting)
21 May 1832 - 2 Jun 1847 Gustaf Magnus Armfelt (b. 1792 - d. 1856)
6 Jun 1847 - 29 Apr 1858 Johan Mauritz Nordenstam (b. 1802 - d. 1882)
10 Apr 1854 - 6 Sep 1856 Carl Fabian Langenskiöld (b. 1810 - d. 1863)
(acting for Nordenstam)
29 Apr 1858 - 23 Apr 1862 Samuel Henrik Antell (b. 1810 - d. 1874)
29 Apr 1862 - 27 Jun 1869 Alfons Walleen (b. 1820 - d. 1870)
(acting to 28 Dec 1862)
27 Jun 1869 - 20 May 1873 Theodor Thilén (b. 1818 - d. 1887)
22 Jun 1873 - 1 Oct 1888 Georg von Alfthan (b. 1828 - d. 1896)
1 Oct 1888 - 1 Dec 1888 Victor Napoleon Procopé (b. 1839 - d. 1906)
1 Dec 1888 - 2 Jan 1897 Hjalmar Georg Palin (b. 1848 - d. 1907)
5 Feb 1897 - 27 Aug 1900 Kasten de Pont (b. 1849 - d. 1929)
1901 - 18 May 1905 Mikhail Nikiforovitsh Kaigorodoff (b. 1853 - d. 19...)
18 May 1905 - 24 Aug 1905 Anatol Anatolievitsch Rheinbott (b. 1868 - d. 19...)
(acting)
24 Aug 1905 - 1 Jun 1906 Alexander Lvovsky (b. 1858 - d. 19...)
17 Dec 1905 - 1910 Max Theodor Alfthan (b. 1863 - d. 1914)
(acting for Lvovsky to 1 Jun 1906)
28 Aug 1910 - 15 Nov 1913 Eugraf Nyman (b. 1862 - d. 1934)
1913 - 1917 Bernhard Otto Widnäs (b. 1869 - d. 1950)
20 Apr 1917 - 22 May 1917 Knut Birger Fogelholm (acting) (b. 1872 - d. 1964)
21 Aug 1917 - 8 Sep 1917 Karl Valter Boris Gyllenbögel (b. 1884 - d. 1948)
(acting)
Oct 1917 - 21 Jul 1932 Bruno Jalander (b. 1872 - d. 1966)
27 Jan 1918 - Feb 1918 Herman Hurmevaara (b. 1886 - d. 1938)
(provincial commissar of Finnish Socialist Republic)
Feb 1918 - Apr 1918 Juho Vatanen (b. 1875 - d. 1936)
(provincial commissar of Finnish Socialist Republic)
1 Sep 1932 - Nov 1944 Ilmari Helenius (b. 1879 - d. 1944)
11 Nov 1944 - 1946 Armas-Eino Martola (b. 1896 - d. 1986)
1946 - 3 May 1964 Väinö Meltti (b. 1898 - d. 1964)
18 Sep 1964 - 13 Jul 1966 Reino Ragnar Lehto (b. 1898 - d. 1966)
16 Sep 1966 - 1982 Kaarlo Pitsinki (b. 1923)
1 Jul 1982 - 1989 Jacob Söderman (b. 1938)
1 Jan 1990 - 1996 Eva-Riitta Siitonen (f) (b. 1940)
3 Jun 1996 - 2 Apr 1997 Pekka Silventoinen (acting) (b. 1934)
2 Apr 1997 - 31 Aug 1997 Tuula Linnainmaa (f) (acting) (s.a.)
Kymi/Kymmene
1712 Russian occupation of Viborgs, Nyslotts och Kymmenegårds län
1721 annexed to Russia, part of St. Petersburg governorate
1744 separate Russian governorate (Vyborg)
1812 included in Finland as Viipuri/Viborg province
1944 partially annexed to Soviet Union
1945 renamed Kymi/Kymmene
Governors
24 Jul 1689 - 14 Sep 1704 Anders Lindhielm (b. 1634 - d. 1704)
18 Dec 1705 - 7 May 1712 Georg Lybecker (b. 16... - d. 1718)
16 Jan 1744 - 14 Oct 1744 Jurij Nikitich Repnin (b. 1701 - d. 1744)
1745 - 1752 Afanasej Isakov (1st time)
(acting)
1752 - 1754 Johann Christoph von Keyser (b. ... - d. 1754)
1754 - 1766 Afanasej Isakov (2nd time)
1766 - 1778 Nikolaus Hendrik von Engelhardt (b. 1730 - d. 1778)
1779 - 1780 Evgenij Petrovich Kashkin (b. 1737 - d. 1796)
1780 - 1782 Petr Alekseevich Stupishin (b. 1716 - d. 1786)
Civil governors
1782 - 1785 Wilhelm Heinrich von Engelhardt (b. 1726 - d. 1797)
1785 Alexander Magnus von Peutling (b. ... - d. 1801)
1785 - 1793 Karl Johann von Günzel (b. 1741 - d. 1816)
(acting to 1787)
1793 - 1797 Fëdor Pavlovich Shcherbatov (b. 1748 - d. 1810)
1797 - 1799 Karl Magnus von Rüdinger (b. 1753 - d. 1821)
1799 Petr Vasiljevich Zheltuhin
1799 - 1804 Magnus Orraeus (b. 1744 - d. 1819)
1804 - 1808 Nikolaj Fëdorovich Emin (b. 17... - d. 1814)
1808 - 1811 Ivan Jakovlevich Buharin
1811 - 1812 Johan Winter
Governors
28 Jan 1812 - 6 Feb 1815 Carl Stjernvall (b. 1764 - d. 1815)
18 Feb 1816 - 15 Feb 1820 Carl Johan Walleen (b. 1781 - d. 1851)
6 May 1820 - 30 Aug 1825 Otto Vilhelm Klinckowström (b. 1778 - d. 1850)
(acting to 8 Aug 1821)
30 Aug 1825 - 14 May 1834 Carl August Ramsay (b. 1791 - d. 1855)
(acting to 15 Apr 1827)
14 May 1834 - 19 Jun 1839 Carl Gustaf Mannerheim (b. 1797 - d. 1854)
16 Jun 1839 - 13 Mar 1844 Fredric Stewen (b. 1798 - d. 1851)
20 Mar 1844 - 14 Apr 1853 Casimir von Kothen (b. 1807 - d. 1880)
(acting to 14 Jan 1846)
14 Dec 1853 - 1856 Alexander Thesleff (b. 1810 - d. 1856)
30 Dec 1856 - 9 Mar 1866 Bernhard Indrenius (b. 1812 - d. 1884)
21 Mar 1866 - 16 Jan 1882 Christian Theodor Oker-Blom (b. 1822 - d. 1900)
16 Jan 1882 - 20 Jun 1885 Woldemar Carl von Daehn (b. 1838 - d. 1900)
1 Oct 1885 - 22 Feb 1889 Sten Carl Tudeer (b. 1840 - d. 1905)
(acting to 29 Mar 1888)
22 Feb 1889 - 10 Dec 1899 Johan Axel Gripenberg (b. 1833 - d. 1918)
12 Jan 1900 - 22 Aug 1902 Nikolai von Rechenberg (1st time) (b. 1846 - d. 1908)
14 Aug 1902 - 15 Jun 1905 Nikolai Aleksandrovitj Mjäsojedoff (b. 1850 - d. 19...)
19 May 1905 - 15 Jul 1905 Konstantin Ivanovitj Kasanski (b. 1867 - d. 19...)
(acting [for Mjäsojedoff to 15 Jun 1905])
15 Jul 1905 - 14 Feb 1906 Mikael von Medem (acting)
20 Feb 1906 - 25 Mar 1907 Nikolai von Rechenberg (2nd time) (s.a.)
10 Jul 1907 - 18 Nov 1910 Birger Gustaf Samuel von Troil (b. 1868 - d. 1926)
1910 - 1917 Frans Carl Fredrik Josef von
Pfaler (b. 1865 - d. 1937)
Mar 1917 - May 1917 Vilho Sarkanen (acting) (b. 1884 - d. 1940)
8 May 1917 - 1918 Valfrid Suhonen (acting) (b. 1871 - d. 19...)
2 Feb 1918 - Apr 1918 Jalmari Kirjarinta (b. 1881 - d. 1938)
(provincial commissar of Finnish Socialist Republic)
2 Aug 1918 - 9 Apr 1920 Antti Verner Hackzell (b. 1881 - d. 1946)
9 Apr 1920 - 1925 Lauri Kristian Relander (b. 1883 - d. 1942)
17 Sep 1925 - 17 Aug 1955 Arvo Manner (b. 1887 - d. 1962)
17 Aug 1955 - 31 Dec 1964 Artturi Ranta (b. 1897 - d. 1975)
1 Jun 1965 - 1975 Esko Peltonen (b. 1908)
1 Jul 1975 - 1984 Erkki Huurtamo (b. 1917 - d. 1999)
12 Feb 1984 - 1993 Matti Jaatinen (b. 1928 - d. 2005)
1 May 1993 - 31 Aug 1997 Mauri Miettinen (b. 1941)
Itä-Suomi/Östra Finland
1 Sep 1997 created from the former provinces of Kuopio, Mikkeli, and
Pohjois-Karjala
Governor
1 Sep 1997 - Pirjo Ala-Kapee (f) (b. 1944)
Savolax och Kymmenegård
1774 Savolax och Kymmenegårds län divided into Savolax och
Karelens län and Kymmenegårds län
Governors
16 Sep 1721 - 12 Oct 1737 Johan Henrik Friesenheim (b. ... - d. 1737)
27 Jan 1738 - 9 May 1741 Joachim von Dittmer (b. 1681 - d. 1755)
30 Jun 1741 - 22 Dec 1746 Carl Johan Stiernstedt (b. 1686 - d. 1753)
2 Mar 1747 - 3 Jul 1753 Henrik Jacob Wrede af Elimä (b. 1696 - d. 1758)
26 Sep 1753 - 30 Nov 1756 Anders Johan Nordenskjöld (b. 1696 - d. 1763)
3 Feb 1757 - 11 Sep 1765 Otto Wilhelm De Geer (b. 1710 - d. 1769)
12 Nov 1765 - 24 Mar 1774 Anders Henrik Ramsay (b. 1707 - d. 1782)
Kuopio
1774 Savolax och Karelens län separated from Savolax och
Kymmenegårds län
1832 renamed Kuopio
Governors
1774 - 12 Jan 1781 Otto Ernst Boije af Gennäs (b. 1719 - d. 1781)
1 Jun 1781 - 13 Mar 1788 Georg Henrik von Wright (acting) (b. 1723 - d. 1797)
13 Mar 1788 - 14 Nov 1791 Simon Wilhelm Carpelan (1st time) (b. 1733 - d. 1814)
(acting)
5 May 1791 - 5 Jun 1803 Anders Johan Ramsay (b. 1744 - d. 1811)
1803 Erik Johan von Fieandt
1803 - 1809 Olof Wibelius
3 Jan 1809 - 2 Apr 1810 Simon Wilhelm Carpelan (2nd time) (s.a.)
2 Apr 1810 - 3 Jul 1827 Gustaf Aminoff (b. 1771 - d. 1836)
11 Jul 1827 - 28 Nov 1828 Carl Klick (b. 1792 - d. 1837)
10 Feb 1828 - 22 Mar 1837 Lars Sacklén (b. 1788 - d. 1870)
(acting [for Klick to 28 Nov 1828] to 7 Jul 1831)
16 Apr 1833 - 1 Mar 1854 Gustaf Adolf Ramsay (b. 1794 - d. 1859)
(acting for Sacklén to 22 Mar 1837)
1 Mar 1854 - 20 Dec 1855 Berndt Federley (b. 1799 - d. 1863)
27 Dec 1855 - 23 Apr 1862 Sten Knut Johan Furuhjelm (b. 1813 - d. 1892)
(acting to 28 Jan 1858)
23 Apr 1862 - 12 Dec 1866 Samuel Henrik Antell (b. 1810 - d. 1874)
26 Dec 1866 - 26 Aug 1873 Johan August von Essen (b. 1815 - d. 1873)
(acting to 22 Jul 1868)
12 Oct 1873 - 24 Jan 1884 Carl Gustaf Mortimer von Kraemer (b. 1817 - d. 1898)
24 Jan 1884 - 8 Nov 1888 August Alexander Järnefelt (b. 1833 - d. 1896)
1 Dec 1888 - 7 Jan 1899 Johan Fredrik Gustaf Aminoff (b. 1844 - d. 1899)
4 Apr 1899 - 27 Aug 1900 Henrik Villehad Åkerman (b. 1841 - d. 1919)
1900 - 1 Jan 1903 Edvard Gabriel Krogius (b. 1850 - d. 1933)
1 Jan 1903 - 17 Dec 1905 Martin Alexius Bergh (b. 1858 - d. 1934)
17 Dec 1905 - 1911 Emil Wilhelm Stenius (b. 1851 - d. 1918)
29 Nov 1911 - 26 May 1913 Werner Nikolai Tawaststjerna (b. 1848 - d. 1936)
26 May 1913 - 19 Apr 1917 Arthur Robert Gustaf Spåre (b. 1862 - d. 19...)
9 Apr 1917 - Aug 1918 Albert Alexander von Hellens (b. 1879 - d. 1950)
(acting [for Spåre to 19 Apr 1917])
12 Aug 1918 - 8 Jun 1940 Gustaf Ignatius (b. 1873 - d. 1949)
1 Oct 1940 - 1950 Pekka V. Heikkinen (b. 1883 - d. 1959)
1 Oct 1950 - 1 Mar 1960 Lauri Riikonen (b. 1900 - d. 1973)
1 Mar 1960 - 6 Apr 1966 Erkki O. Mantere (b. 1899 - d. 1977)
1 Nov 1966 - 31 Jul 1978 Risto Hölttä (b. 1911 - d. 1998)
1 Aug 1978 - 1993 Kauko Hjerppe (b. 1926 - d. 1996)
1 Jun 1993 - 31 Aug 1997 Olavi Martikainen (b. 1941)
Mikkeli/Sankt Michel
1774 Kymmenegårds län separated from Savolax och Kymmenegårds län
1843 renamed Mikkeli
Governors
20 Jul 1774 - 10 May 1783 Gustaf Riddercreutz (b. 1724 - d. 1783)
28 May 1783 - 10 May 1789 Robert Wilhelm de Geer af Tervik (b. 1750 - d. 1820)
(acting to 18 Jul 1785)
18 May 1789 - 1792 Otto Wilhelm Ramsay (1st time) (b. 1743 - d. 1806)
(acting)
29 Aug 1793 - 13 Jun 1793 Herman af Låstbom (b. 1742 - d. 1811)
4 Oct 1793 - 30 Dec 1793 Otto Wilhelm Ramsay (2nd time) (s.a.)
30 Dec 1793 - 2 Apr 1810 Johan Herman Lode (b. 1739 - d. 1817)
21 Mar 1810 - 5 Nov 1812 Fredrik Adolf Jägerhorn (b. 1760 - d. 1817)
7 Nov 1812 - 21 Oct 1827 Anders Gustaf Langenskiöld (b. 1771 - d. 1853)
21 Oct 1827 - 4 Apr 1828 Adolf Broberg (b. 1771 - d. 1849)
4 Apr 1828 - 23 Jul 1828 Erik Wallenius (b. 1779 - d. 1846)
20 Sep 1828 - 12 Jan 1837 Abraham Joakim Molander (from
1833, Abraham Joakim Nordenheim) (b. 1771 - d. 1847)
(acting to 3 May 1830)
6 Jan 1837 - 16 Nov 1840 Gabriel Anton Cronstedt (b. 1798 - d. 1893)
(acting [for Nordenheim to 12 Jan 1837])
25 Nov 1840 - 25 Nov 1847 Otto Abraham Boije (b. 1797 - d. 1865)
(acting to 30 Apr 1842)
25 Nov 1847 - 14 Dec 1853 Alexander Thesleff (b. 1810 - d. 1856)
(acting to 23 Apr 1851)
14 Dec 1853 - 10 Apr 1854 Carl Fabian Langenskiöld (b. 1810 - d. 1863)
5 Apr 1854 - 7 May 1856 Carl Emil Cedercreutz (b. 1806 - d. 1869)
(acting [for Langenskiöld to 10 Apr 1854])
22 Nov 1856 - 30 Dec 1856 Bernhard Indrenius (b. 1812 - d. 1884)
10 Nov 1856 - 22 Jan 1863 Samuel Werner von Troil (b. 1798 - d. 1865)
(acting [for Indrenius 22 Nov - 30 Dec 1856] to ...)
6 Feb 1863 - 27 Jun 1869 Theodor Thilén (b. 1818 - d. 1887)
(acting to 31 Jul 1863)
27 Jun 1869 - 12 Oct 1873 Carl Gustaf Mortimer von Kraemer (b. 1817 - d. 1898)
(acting to 9 Apr 1871)
17 Jan 1874 - 29 Dec 1875 Edvard Reinhold von Ammondt (b. 1832 - d. 1887)
(acting to 11 Sep 1875)
29 Dec 1875 - 27 Oct 1883 Hjalmar Sebastian Nordenstreng (b. 1826 - d. 1890)
27 Oct 1883 - 24 Jan 1884 August Alexander Järnefelt (b. 1833 - d. 1896)
24 Jan 1884 - 20 Jul 1889 Gustaf Axel Samuel von Troil (b. 1837 - d. 1909)
20 Jul 1889 - 23 May 1891 Johannes Gripenberg (b. 1842 - d. 1893)
9 Jun 1891 - 21 Dec 1899 Knut Walfrid Spåre (b. 1831 - d. 1903)
21 Feb 1900 - 12 Mar 1903 Lennart Munck (b. 1852 - d. 1941)
19 Feb 1903 - 23 Oct 1905 Alexander Vatatzi (b. 1852 - d. 19...)
Oct 1905 - Dec 1905 Eliel Ilmari Wuorinen (1st time) (b. 1875 - d. 1961)
(acting)
18 Dec 1905 - 25 Feb 1909 Anton von Knorring (b. 1853 - d. 1926)
1909 - 1911 Eliel Ilmari Wuorinen (2nd time) (s.a.)
1911 - 1915 Leo Aristides Sirelius (b. 1863 - d. 19...)
1915 - 1917 Nikolai Sillman (b. 1858 - d. 1929)
1917 - 1918 Aukusti Aleksanteri Aho (acting) (b. 1867 - d. 1934)
17 May 1918 - Jan 1927 Ernst Rosenqvist (b. 1869 - d. 1932)
11 Feb 1927 - 13 Sep 1933 Albin Pulkkinen (b. 1875 - d. 1944)
14 Sep 1933 - 31 Dec 1948 Emil Jatkola (b. 1879 - d. 1948)
1 Apr 1949 - 1957 Alpo Lumme (b. 1890 - d. 1973)
17 Jul 1957 - 19 Nov 1969 Urho Kiukas (b. 1902 - d. 1995)
1 Jan 1970 - 1978 Viljo Virtanen (b. 1912 - d. 1989)
1979 - 1989 Uuno Voutilainen (b. 1922 - d. 2002)
1989 - 31 Aug 1997 J. Juhani Kortesalmi (b. 1933)
Pohjois-Karjala/Norra Karelen
1960 separated from Kuopio
Governors
1 Mar 1960 - 1967 Lauri Riikonen (s.a.)
28 Jun 1967 - 1992 Esa Timonen (b. 1925)
1992 - 31 Aug 1997 Hannu Tenhiälä (b. 1941)
Länsi-Suomi/Västra Finland
1 Sep 1997 created from the former provinces of Keski-Suomi, Turku
ja Pori, and Vaasa
Governors
1 Sep 1997 - 1 Jul 2003 Heikki Koski (b. 1940)
1 Jul 2003 - Rauno Saari (b. 1946)
Turku ja Pori/Åbo och Björneborg
Governors
8 Feb 1698 - 29 May 1706 Jacob Bure (b. 16... - d. 1709)
10 Nov 1706 - 20 Mar 1714 Justus von Palmenberg (b. 16... - d. 1714)
2 Apr 1714 - 7 Feb 1722 Johan Stiernstedt (b. 1653 - d. 1722)
12 Jan 1722 - 10 Dec 1746 Otto Reinhold Uexkull (b. 1670 - d. 1746)
22 Jan 1747 - 20 Apr 1749 Lars Johan Ehrenmalm (b. 1688 - d. 1774)
7 Jun 1749 - 12 May 1757 Johan Georg Lillienberg (b. 1713 - d. 1798)
21 Jul 1757 - 28 Jun 1769 Jeremias Wallén (b. 1693 - d. 1772)
10 Aug 1769 - 20 Sep 1776 Christoffer Johan Rappe (b. 1719 - d. 1776)
27 Nov 1776 - 12 Dec 1781 Fredrik Ulrik von Rosen (b. 1731 - d. 1793)
22 Dec 1781 - 11 Oct 1790 Magnus Wilhelm Armfelt (b. 1725 - d. 1795)
11 Oct 1790 - 8 Aug 1806 Ernst Gustaf von Willebrand (b. 1751 - d. 1809)
8 Aug 1806 - 31 Jan 1816 Knut von Troil (b. 1760 - d. 1825)
25 Jun 1811 - Jul 1813 Otto Herman Lode (b. 1771 - d. 1852)
(acting for Troil)
18 Feb 1816 - 15 Jun 1822 Carl Erik Mannerheim (b. 1759 - d. 1837)
15 Feb 1820 - 21 Jun 1822 Lars Gabriel von Haartman
(1st time) (b. 1789 - d. 1859)
(acting [for Mannerheim to 15 Jun 1822])
29 Jul 1822 - 4 Apr 1828 Erik Wallenius (b. 1779 - d. 1846)
(acting to 3 Sep 1826)
4 Apr 1828 - 9 May 1831 Adolf Broberg (b. 1771 - d. 1849)
9 May 1831 - 1 May 1840 Lars Gabriel von Haartman
(2nd time) (s.a.)
16 Nov 1840 - 5 Aug 1856 Gabriel Anton Cronstedt (b. 1798 - d. 1893)
(acting to 16 Nov 1842)
6 Sep 1856 - 10 Dec 1857 Carl Fabian Langenskiöld (b. 1810 - d. 1863)
6 Sep 1856 - 10 Nov 1856 Samuel Werner von Troil (b. 1798 - d. 1865)
(acting for Langenskiöld)
29 Oct 1857 - 29 Apr 1858 Selim Mohamed Ekbom (b. 1807 - d. 1886)
(acting [for Langenskiöld to 10 Dec 1857])
29 Apr 1858 - 7 Dec 1863 Johan Axel Cedercreutz (b. 1801 - d. 1863)
(acting to 11 Mar 1863)
28 May 1864 - 13 Sep 1889 Carl Magnus Creutz (b. 1821 - d. 1893)
(acting to 27 Mar 1866)
20 Jul 1889 - 19 Dec 1891 Gustaf Axel Samuel von Troil (b. 1837 - d. 1909)
19 Dec 1891 - 12 Feb 1903 Wilhelm Theodor von Kraemer (b. 1836 - d. 1926)
30 Jan 1903 - 15 Jul 1905 Theodor Hjalmar Lang (b. 1856 - d. 1921)
(acting [for Kraemer to 12 Feb 1903] to 9 Jul 1903)
15 Jul 1905 - 1911 Knut Gustaf Nikolai Borgenström (b. 1851 - d. 1918)
27 Sep 1911 - 27 Apr 1917 Eliel Ilmari Wuorinen (b. 1875 - d. 1961)
25 Mar 1917 - 9 Apr 1917 Albert Alexander von Hellens (b. 1879 - d. 1950)
(acting for Wuorinen)
Apr 1917 - 18 Jan 1922 Kaarlo Collan (b. 1881 - d. 1964)
8 Feb 1918 - Apr 1918 Rudolf Wilhelm Österman (b. 1890 - d. 1918)
(provincial commissar of Finnish Socialist Republic)
11 Aug 1922 - 31 Aug 1932 Ilmari Helenius (b. 1879 - d. 1944)
1 Sep 1932 - 30 Jun 1949 Frans Wilho Kyttä (b. 1881 - d. 1960)
(acting from 21 Aug 1848)
1 Jul 1949 - 10 Jul 1957 Erkki Härmä (b. 1890 - d. 1957)
17 Jul 1957 - 1971 Esko Kulovaara (b. 1915)
1 Apr 1972 - 21 Nov 1976 Sylvi Siltanen (f) (b. 1909 - d. 1986)
1 Feb 1977 - 1985 Paavo Aitio (b. 1918 - d. 1989)
1 Sep 1985 - 31 Aug 1997 Pirkko Työläjärvi (f) (b. 1938)
Vaasa/Vasa
1774 Österbottens län renamed Vaasa
Governors
23 May 1694 - 15 Apr 1706 Johan Ehrenskiöld (b. 1631 - d. 1706)
25 Jun 1706 - 16 Mar 1720 Lorenz Clerck (b. 1653 - d. 1720)
23 Mar 1720 - 3 May 1732 Reinhold Wilhelm von Essen (b. 1669 - d. 1732)
4 Sep 1733 - 27 Mar 1734 Bror Rålamb (b. 1668 - d. 1734)
14 Nov 1734 - 20 Jun 1739 Carl Frölich (b. 1680 - d. 1754)
16 Aug 1739 - 13 Aug 1746 Gustaf Creutz (b. 1700 - d. 1746)
3 Nov 1746 - 10 Mar 1761 Gustaf Abraham Piper (b. 1692 - d. 1761)
Jul 1761 - 1762 Gustaf von Grooth (b. 1685 - d. 1764)
17 Jan 1763 - 20 Jan 1763 Carl Fredriksson Sparre (b. 1723 - d. 1791)
20 Jan 1763 - 24 Jan 1763 Fredrik Henrik Sparre (b. 1691 - d. 1764)
23 Mar 1763 - 5 Jun 1774 Lorenz Johan Giös (b. 1710 - d. 1774)
5 Jul 1774 - 5 Oct 1774 Fredrik Magnus von Numers (acting) (b. 1726 - d. 1796)
30 Jan 1775 - 26 Jul 1785 Bror Cederström (b. 1720 - d. 1787)
26 Jul 1785 - 7 Aug 1794 Adolf Tandefelt (b. 1747 - d. 1822)
7 Aug 1794 - 7 May 1805 Carl Fredrik Krabbe (b. 1738 - d. 1811)
1805 - 1808 Magnus Wanberg
1808 - 9 Mar 1822 Carl Constantin de Carnall (b. 1757 - d. 1832)
1 Dec 1812 - 15 Feb 1816 Anders Fabian Orrhjelm (b. 1762 - d. 1816)
(acting for Carnall)
9 Mar 1822 - 14 Jul 1830 Herman Währnhjelm (b. 1775 - d. 1830)
15 Aug 1830 - 21 May 1832 Gustaf Magnus Armfelt (b. 1792 - d. 1856)
11 Aug 1832 - 14 May 1834 Carl Gustaf Mannerheim (b. 1797 - d. 1854)
(acting to 13 Nov 1833)
11 Jul 1834 - 16 Apr 1845 Carl Olof Cronstedt (b. 1800 - d. 1883)
(acting to 22 Mar 1837)
16 Apr 1845 - 6 Nov 1847 Jonas Ferdinand Bergenheim (b. 1813 - d. 1847)
15 Dec 1847 - 1 Mar 1854 Berndt Federley (b. 1799 - d. 1863)
1 Mar 1854 - 5 Mar 1858 Alexander von Rechenberg (b. 1812 - d. 1858)
29 Apr 1858 - 18 Nov 1861 Otto Leonard von Blom (b. 1798 - d. 1877)
6 Jan 1862 - 2 Oct 1884 Carl Gustaf Fabian Wrede (b. 1819 - d. 1892)
(acting to 31 Jul 1863)
15 Nov 1884 - 1 Oct 1888 Victor Napoleon Procopé (b. 1839 - d. 1906)
1885 - 1886 Torsten Costiander (b. 1831 - d. 1904)
(acting for Procopé)
8 Nov 1888 - 26 Oct 1894 August Alexander Järnefelt (b. 1833 - d. 1896)
26 Oct 1894 - 12 Sep 1898 Fredrik Waldemar Schauman (b. 1844 - d. 1911)
25 Dec 1898 - 10 Jan 1900 Gustaf Axel von Kothen (b. 1843 - d. 1906)
19 Mar 1900 - 13 Feb 1903 Fredrik Geronimo Björnberg
(1st time) (b. 1857 - d. 1924)
19 Feb 1903 - 17 Dec 1905 Teodor Knipovitsch (b. 1858 - d. 19...)
17 Dec 1905 - 22 Feb 1906 Fredrik Geronimo Björnberg
(2nd time) (acting) (s.a.)
20 Jul 1906 - 9 Aug 1910 Kasten de Pont (acting) (b. 1849 - d. 1929)
1910 - 1912 Otto Bernhard Widnäs (b. 1869 - d. 1950)
23 Dec 1913 - 1916 Nikolai Sillman (b. 1858 - d. 1929)
1916 - 1917 Leo Aristides Sirelius (b. 1863 - d. 19...)
Apr 1917 - 1917 Juho Torppa (acting) (b. 1859 - d. 1941)
Dec 1917 - 1 Apr 1920 Teodor Heikel (b. 1863 - d. 1936)
1920 - 14 Jun 1930 Bruno Sarlin (b. 1878 - d. 1952)
11 Aug 1930 - 4 Feb 1938 Kaarlo Martonen (b. 1881 - d. 1949)
4 Feb 1938 - 29 Oct 1943 Jalo Lahdensuo (b. 1882 - d. 1973)
29 Oct 1943 - 1 Dec 1944 Toivo Tarjanne (b. 1893 - d. 1988)
1 Dec 1944 - 19 Feb 1967 Gunnar Ahlbäck (b. 1900 - d. 1970)
1 Sep 1967 - 1977 Martti Viitanen (b. 1913 - d. 1980)
1 Oct 1977 - 3 Oct 1978 Antti Pohjonen (b. 1926 - d. 1978)
1978 - 1991 Mauno Kangasniemi (b. 1924)
1 May 1991 - 31 Aug 1997 Tom Westergård (b. 1935)
Keski-Suomi/Mellersta Finland
1960 separated from Vaasa
Governors
4 Feb 1960 - 1971 Eino Palovesi (b. 1904 - d. 1980)
1 Jun 1971 - 11 Aug 1976 Artturi Jämsén (b. 1925 - d. 1976)
4 Nov 1976 - 1984 Kauko Sipponen (b. 1927)
1 Jan 1985 - 31 Aug 1997 Kalevi Kivistö (b. 1941)
Lappi/Lappland
1 Jan 1938 separated from Oulu
Governors
1 Jan 1938 - 1946 Kaarlo Hillilä (b. 1902 - d. 1965)
1944 - 1958 Uuno Hannula (b. 1891 - d. 1963)
(acting for Hillilä to 1946)
14 Nov 1958 - 1973 Martti Miettunen (b. 1907 - d. 2002)
1974 - 1994 Asko Oinas (b. 1929)
1 May 1994 - Hannele Pokka (f) (b. 1952)
Petsamo
1921 province established from former Russian territory
1922 included in Oulu
1938 included in Lappi
1944 annexed to Soviet Union
Governor
14 Feb 1921 - 31 Dec 1921 Ilmari Helenius (b. 1879 - d. 1944)
Oulu/Uleåborg
1775 separated from Vaasa
Governors
20 Jun 1775 - 28 Apr 1782 Carl Magnus Jägerhorn af Spurila (b. 1730 - d. 1782)
7 Jun 1782 - 26 Jul 1785 Adolf Tandefelt (b. 1747 - d. 1822)
26 Jul 1785 - 8 May 1800 Johan Fredrik Carpelan (b. 1745 - d. 1808)
11 Jun 1800 - 13 Apr 1802 Samuel af Forselles (b. 1757 - d. 1814)
13 Apr 1802 - 4 Mar 1804 Adolf Meinander (from 9 Dec 1802,
Adolf Edelswärd) (b. 1762 - d. 1804)
1804 - 1805 Gustaf Fahlander (acting)
1805 - 1808 Jacob Daniel Lange (b. 1758 - d. 1808)
1808 Nils Fredrik von Schoultz (acting) (b. 1767 - d. 1816)
21 Jan 1809 - 3 Feb 1820 Carl Henrik Ehrenstolpe (b. 1753 - d. 1825)
3 Apr 1819 - 25 Jan 1826 Samuel Fredrik von Born (b. 1782 - d. 1850)
(acting [for Ehrenstolpe to 3 Feb 1820] to 22 Feb 1820)
17 Mar 1826 - 11 Sep 1834 Abraham Stjernschantz (b. 1787 - d. 1864)
(acting to 10 Jan 1829)
22 Mar 1833 - 28 Mar 1849 Robert Wilhelm Lagerborg (b. 1796 - d. 1849)
(acting [for Stjernschantz to 11 Sep 1834] to 10 Dec 1834)
16 Jul 1849 - 17 May 1862 Alexander Lavonius (b. 1802 - d. 1875)
24 May 1862 - 22 Jun 1873 Georg von Alfthan (b. 1828 - d. 1896)
(acting to 31 Jul 1863)
19 Aug 1873 - 3 Sep 1879 Otto Gustaf Nyberg (b. 1825 - d. 1879)
(acting to 29 Apr 1875)
Nov 1878 - 15 Jun 1879 Carl Johan Jägerhorn (1st time) (b. 1819 - d. 1890)
(acting for Nyberg)
18 Oct 1879 - 1 Feb 1883 Carl Johan Jägerhorn (2nd time) (s.a.)
15 Oct 1882 - 28 Oct 1884 Carl Adolf Tamelander (b. 1832 - d. 1884)
(acting for Jägerhorn to 1 Feb 1883)
15 Nov 1884 - 1 Mar 1886 Gabriel Johan Masalin (b. 1823 - d. 1886)
22 May 1886 - 22 Feb 1889 Johan Axel Gripenberg (b. 1833 - d. 1918)
22 Feb 1889 - 12 Apr 1897 Anders Johan Malmgren (b. 1834 - d. 1897)
3 May 1897 - 5 Jul 1900 Gustaf Esaias Fellman (b. 1843 - d. 1916)
27 Aug 1900 - 25 Mar 1903 Edvard Furuhjelm (acting) (b. 1845 - d. 1921)
25 Mar 1903 - 22 Feb 1906 Otto Savander (b. 1864 - d. 1917)
(acting to 10 Nov 1903)
1 Apr 1905 - 17 Dec 1905 Richard Rothström (b. 1864 - d. 1929)
(acting for Savander)
17 Dec 1905 - 1911 Guido Gadolin (b. 1851 - d. 1932)
(acting [for Savander to 22 Feb 1906] to 15 Feb 1907)
24 Mar 1911 - 21 Jun 1915 Theodor Hjalmar Langinkoski (b. 1856 - d. 1921)
(acting)
21 Jun 1915 - 3 Apr 1917 Axel Fabian af Enehjelm (b. 1861 - d. 1921)
3 Apr 1917 - 19 Oct 1925 Matts von Nandelstadh (b. 1862 - d. 1931)
1925 - 1948 Eero Pehkonen (b. 1882 - d. 1949)
1 Apr 1949 - 31 Jul 1967 Kaarle Määttä (b. 1900 - d. 1985)
1 Aug 1967 - 1973 Niilo Ryhtä (b. 1906 - d. 1995)
15 Jun 1973 - 1986 Erkki Haukipuro (b. 1921 - d. 2001)
1 Feb 1986 - 1991 Ahti Pekkala (b. 1924)
Nov 1991 - Eino Siuruainen (b. 1943)