Province of Finland (1938–2009)
"Lapland province" redirects here. For the historical province of Sweden, see
Lapland (Sweden) .
The Province of Lapland (Finnish : Lapin lääni , Swedish : Lapplands län ) was a province of Finland from 1938 to 2009.
It was established in 1938, when it was separated from the Province of Oulu . After the Second World War, the Petsamo municipality (former province) and part of the Salla municipality were ceded to the Soviet Union .
It had the same territory as today's region Lapland (Finland) .
Maps
Provinces of Finland 1921: 1: Turku and Pori, 2: Uusimaa, 3: Häme, 4: Vaasa, 6: Mikkeli, 8: Kuopio, 10: Oulu , 12: Åland, 13: Viipuri, 25: Petsamo
Provinces of Finland 1938: 1: Turku and Pori, 2: Uusimaa, 3: Häme, 4: Vaasa, 6: Mikkeli, 8: Kuopio, 10: Oulu, 11: Lapland , 12: Åland, 13: Viipuri
Provinces of Finland 1996: 1: Turku and Pori, 2: Uusimaa, 3: Häme, 4: Vaasa, 5: Kymi, 6: Mikkeli, 7: Central Finland, 8: Kuopio, 9: Northern Karelia, 10: Oulu, 11: Lapland , 12: Åland
Provinces of Finland 1997: 10: Oulu, 11: Lapland , 12: Åland, 22: Southern Finland, 23: Western Finland, 24: Eastern Finland
Administration
The State Provincial Office was a joint regional authority of seven different ministries. It promoted national and regional objectives of the State central administration.
Regions
The province of Lapland was reorganized into one region:
Municipalities in 2009 (cities in bold)
Former municipalities (disestablished before 2009)
Governors
In parentheses are years when provinces were established and disestablished.
1634–1775 1775–1831 1831–1918 1918–1997
Turku and Pori (1634–1997)
Vaasa (1775–1997)
Oulu (1775)
Viipuri (1812–1945)
Häme (1831–1997)
Uusimaa (1831–1997)
Mikkeli (1831–1997)
Kuopio (1831–1997)
Åland (1918)
Petsamo (1921–1921)
Lapland (1938)
Kymi (1945–1997)
Central Finland (1960–1997)
Northern Karelia (1960–1997)
1997–2009 Related
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