Turku and Pori Province

Turun ja Porin lääni Åbo och Björneborgs län Turku and Pori Province Province of Finland 1634–1997 →   → Coat of arms Capital Turku Governor  - 1917-1922 Kaarlo Collan  - 1985-1997 Pirkko Työläjärvi History  - Established 1634  - Disestablished 1997 Area  - 1994 1,995 km2 (770 sq mi) Population  - 1994 699,190       Density 350.5 /km2  (907.7 /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 together with the northern part of the Häme Province, the provinces of Vaasa and Central Finland into the new Western Finland Province.

Governors

• Jacob Bure (1698-1706)
• Justus von Palmenberg (1706-1714)
• Johan Stiernstedt (1714-1722)
• Otto Reinhold Uexkull (1722-1746)
• Lars Johan Ehrenmalm (1747-1749)
• Johan Georg Lillienberg (1749-1757)
• Jeremias Wallén (1757-1769)
• Christoffer Johan Rappe (1769-1776)
• Fredrik Ulrik von Rosen (1776-1781)
• Magnus Wilhelm Armfelt (1781-1790)
• Ernst Gustaf von Willebrand (1790-1806)
• Knut von Troil (1806-1809)
• Kaarlo Collan (1917-1922)
• Ilmari Helenius (1922-1932)
• Frans Wilho Kyttä (1932-1949)
• Erkki Härmä (1949-1957)
• Esko Kulovaara (1957-1971)
• Sylvi Siltanen (1972-1976)
• Paavo Aitio (1977-1985)
• Pirkko Työläjärvi (1985-1997)