Vaasa Province

Vaasa Province
Vaasan lääni
Vasa län

Province of Vaasa
Province of Finland
1776–1997
 

Coat of arms of Vaasa

Coat of arms

Location of Vaasa
Capital Vaasa
Governor
 - 1917-1920 Teodor Heikel
 - 1991-1997 Tom Westergård
History
 - Established December 6 1776
 - Central Finland est. January 1, 1960
 - Western Finland est. December 31 1997

The Province of Vaasa (Finnish: Vaasan lääni, Swedish: Vasa län) was a province of Finland , established in 1776 when Finland was an integrated part of Sweden and disbanded in 1997. The province was named after the city of Vaasa.

In 1960 the eastern part was separated as the Province of Central Finland. In 1997 it was reunited with Central Finland, togeather they merged with the northern part of the Province of Häme and the Province of Turku and Pori to establish the new Province of Western Finland.

The former province corresponds to the current regions of Ostrobothnia, Central Ostrobothnia and Southern Ostrobothnia.

Governors

  • Carl Constantin de Carnall (1808-1822)
  • Anders Fabian Orrhjelm (acting 1812-1816)
  • Herman Währnhjelm (1822-1830)
  • Gustaf Magnus Armfelt (1830-1832)
  • Carl Gustaf Mannerheim (1832-1834, acting until 1833)
  • Carl Olof Cronstedt (1834-1845, acting until 1837)
  • Jonas Ferdinand Bergenheim (1845-1847)
  • Berndt Federley (1847-1854)
  • Alexander von Rechenberg (1854-1858)
  • Otto Leonard von Blom (1858-1861)
  • Carl Gustaf Fabian Wrede(1862-1884, acting until 1863)
  • Victor Napoleon Procopé (1884-1888)
    • Torsten Costiander (1885-1886)
  • August Aleksander Järnefelt (1888-1894)
  • Fredrik Waldemar Schauman (1894-1898)
  • Gustaf Axel von Kothen (1898-1900)
  • Fredrik Geronimo Björnberg (1900-1903)
  • Teodor Knipovitsch (1903-1905)
    • Fredrik Geronimo Björnberg (acting 1905-1906)
  • Kasten de Pont (acting 1906-1910)
  • Otto Bernhard Widnäs (1910-1912)
  • Nikolai Sillman (1913-1916)
  • Leo Aristides Sirelius (1916-1917)
    • Juho Torppa (acting 1917)
  • Teodor Heikel (1917-1920)
  • Bruno Sarlin (1920-1930)
  • Kaarlo Martonen (1930-1938)
  • Jalo Lahdensuo (1938-1943)
  • Toivo Tarjanne (1943-1944)
  • Gunnar Ahlbäck (1944-1967)
  • Martti Viitanen (1967-1977)
  • Antti Pohjonen (1977-1978)
  • Mauno Kangasniemi (1978-1991)
  • Tom Westergård (1991-1997)


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