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). The provinces were abolished 1 Jan 2010.
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 - 31 Dec 2009 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 (from 24 Oct 1696,
friherre) 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 (from 13 Jan 1720, friherre)
Stierncrantz (b. 1681 - d. 1737)
15 Jun 1737 - May 1746 Erik Axel friherre Gyllenstierna
af Lundholm (b. 1678 - d. 1751)
2 Jun 1746 - 13 Sep 1756 Gustaf Samuel greve Gyllenborg (b. 1695 - d. 1756)
30 Nov 1756 - 24 Aug 1761 Anders Johan Nordenskiöld (b. 1696 - d. 1763)
24 Aug 1761 - 31 Dec 1772 Hans Henrik (from 15 Oct 1771,
friherre) Boije af Gennäs (b. 1716 - d. 1781)
22 Apr 1773 - 2 Dec 1773 Carl friherre 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 friherre Armfelt (b. 1724 - d. 1792)
20 Oct 1790 - 21 Mar 1810 Johan Henrik friherre Munck af
Fulkila (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 friherre 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 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 greve 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 Lehto (b. 1898 - d. 1966)
16 Sep 1966 - 1982 Kaarlo Pitsinki (b. 1923 - d. 2015)
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 och Nyslotts 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 Grelsson (from 12 Feb 1692,
friherre) Lindhielm (b. 1634 - d. 1704)
18 Dec 1705 - 7 May 1712 Georg (from 13 Apr 1707, friherre)
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 friherre 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 Anders 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 - d. 2005)
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 - 31 Dec 2009 Pirjo Ala-Kapee (f) (b. 1944)
Savolax och Kymmenegård
1721 Nyslotts och Kymmenegårds län
1747 Savolax och Kymmenegårds län
1774 divided into Savolax och Karelens län and Kymmenegårds län
Governors
16 Sep 1721 - 12 Oct 1737 Johan Henrik (from 4 Aug 1727,
friherre) Frisenheim (b. ... - d. 1737)
27 Jan 1738 - 9 May 1741 Joachim von Dittmer (b. 1681 - d. 1755)
30 Jun 1741 - 22 Dec 1746 Carl Johan friherre Stiernstedt (b. 1686 - d. 1753)
2 Mar 1747 - 3 Jul 1753 Henrik Jacob friherre 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 (from 15 May 1790,
friherre) 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 (acting) (b. 1762 - d. 1810)
1803 - 1809 Olof Wibelius (from 1808, Olof af
Wibeli) (b. 1752 - d. 1823)
3 Jan 1809 - 2 Apr 1810 Simon Wilhelm friherre 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. 1937)
9 Apr 1917 - Aug 1918 Albert 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 friherre 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 1792 - 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 friherre 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 friherre 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. 1933)
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. 1937)
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 - d. 2019)
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 - d. 2015)
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 - 31 Dec 2009 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 friherre von Palmenberg (b. 16... - d. 1714)
2 Apr 1714 - 7 Feb 1722 Johan (from 23 May 1719, friherre)
Stiernstedt (b. 1653 - d. 1722)
12 Jan 1722 - 10 Dec 1746 Otto Reinhold Uexküll (from 30 Jan
1730, Otto Reinhold friherre
Yxkull) (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 (from 15 Oct
1771, friherre) Rappe (b. 1719 - d. 1776)
27 Nov 1776 - 12 Dec 1781 Fredrik Ulrik greve von Rosen (b. 1731 - d. 1793)
22 Dec 1781 - 11 Oct 1790 Magnus Wilhelm friherre 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 (from 18 Jul 1809, friherre)
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 friherre 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 friherre 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 von Hellens (b. 1879 - d. 1950)
(acting for Wuorinen)
Apr 1917 - 18 Jan 1922 Mikko 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 - d. 2009)
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 Nilsson Ehrenskiöld (b. 1631 - d. 1706)
10 May 1706 - 25 Jun 1706 Johan Stiernstedt (acting) (b. 1653 - d. 1722)
25 Jun 1706 - 16 Mar 1720 Lorentz (from 16 Sep 1707,
friherre) Clerck (b. 1653 - d. 1720)
23 Mar 1720 - 3 May 1732 Reinhold Wilhelm friherre von
Essen (b. 1669 - d. 1732)
4 Sep 1733 - 27 Mar 1734 Bror friherre Rålamb (b. 1668 - d. 1734)
14 Nov 1734 - 20 Jun 1739 Carl greve Frölich (b. 1680 - d. 1754)
16 Aug 1739 - 13 Aug 1746 Gustaf greve Creutz (b. 1683 - 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 friherre Sparre (b. 1723 - d. 1791)
20 Jan 1763 - 24 Jan 1763 Fredrik Henrik friherre Sparre (b. 1691 - d. 1764)
23 Mar 1763 - 5 Jun 1774 Lorentz Johan Göös (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 (b. 1748 - d. 1817)
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 greve 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 - d. 2017)
1 May 1991 - 31 Aug 1997 Tom Westergård (b. 1935 - d. 2009)
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 - d. 2019)
1 Jan 1985 - 31 Aug 1997 Kalevi Kivistö (b. 1941)
Lappi/Lappland
1 Jan 1938 separated from Oulu
Governors
1 Jan 1938 - Sep 1947 Kaarlo Hillilä (b. 1902 - d. 1965)
Dec 1944 - Nov 1958 Uuno Hannula (b. 1891 - d. 1963)
(acting for Hillilä to Sep 1947)
14 Nov 1958 - 31 Dec 1973 Martti Miettunen (b. 1907 - d. 2002)
1 Jan 1974 - 30 Apr 1994 Asko Oinas (b. 1929 - d. 2020)
1 May 1994 - 31 Aug 2008 Hannele Pokka (f) (b. 1952)
1 Sep 2008 - 31 Dec 2009 Timo E. Korva (b. 1948)
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 (from 15 May 1790,
friherre) 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 Edelsvärd) (b. 1762 - d. 1804)
1804 - 1805 Gustaf Fahlander (acting) (b. 1764 - d. 1825)
1805 - 14 Sep 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 - d. 2014)
Nov 1991 - 31 Dec 2009 Eino Siuruainen (b. 1943)