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The Province of Häme (Finnish: Hämeen lääni, Swedish: Tavastehus län) was a province of Finland from 1831 to 1997.

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Province of Häme

Hämeen lääni
Tavastehus län

Province of Finland

1831–1997

Coat of arms of Häme

Coat of arms

Capital

Area

• Coordinates

61.0000°N 24.4414°E

• 1 January 1993

22,246 km² (8,589 sq mi)

Population

• 1 January 1993

688,200

History

• Established

1831

• Disestablished

1997

Preceded by

Succeeded by

County of Nyland and Tavastehus

Western Finland
Southern Finland

Close

In 1997 the southern parts with Kanta-Häme, Päijät-Häme was merged with the province of Uusimaa and Kymi into the new province of Southern Finland. The northern part with Pirkanmaa was merged with the provinces of Vaasa, Central Finland, Turku and Pori into the new province of Western Finland.

The province corresponds roughly to the current regions of Kanta-Häme, Päijät-Häme and Pirkanmaa.

Maps

Thumb — Provinces of Finland 1634: 1: Turku and Pori, 14: Nyland and Tavastehus, 18: Ostrobothnia, 20: Viborg and Nyslott, 21: Kexholm

Thumb — Provinces of Finland 1776: 1: Turku and Pori, 4: Vaasa, 10: Oulu, 14: Nyland and Tavastehus, 15: Kymmenegård, 16: Savolax and Karelia

Thumb — Provinces of Finland 1831: 1: Turku and Pori, 2: Uusimaa, 3: Häme, 4: Vaasa, 6: Mikkeli, 8: Kuopio, 10: Oulu, 13: Viipuri

Thumb — 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

Thumb — Provinces of Finland 1997: 10: Oulu, 11: Lapland, 12: Åland, 22: Southern Finland, 23: Western Finland, 24: Eastern Finland

Municipalities in 1997 (cities in bold)

Former municipalities (disestablished before 1997)

Governors

Carl Klick [fi] 1831
Johan Fredrik Stichaeus [fi] 1831–1841
J. V. Snellman 1831 (acting)
Carl Otto Rehbinder [fi] 1841–1863
Samuel Werner von Troil [fi] 1863–1865
Clas Herman Molander [fi] 1865–1869
Hjalmar (Sebastian) Nordenstreng [fi] 1870–1875
Edvard (Reinhold) von Ammondt [fi] 1875–1887
Torsten Costiander [fi] 1887–1895
Edvard Boehm [fi] 1895–1899
Gustaf Axel von Kothen [fi] 1900–1901
Isidor Svertschkoff [fi] 1901–1904
Alexander Pappkoff [fi] 1904–1906
Ivar (Sune) Gordie [fi] 1906–1910
Arthur Brofeldt 1910–1911 (acting)
Rafael Knut Harald Spåre [fi] 1911–1917
Kustaa Adolf Saarinen [fi] 1917–1918 (acting)
Antti Tulenheimo 1918–1919
Albert von Hellens 1919–1930
Sigurd Mattsson [fi] 1930–1959
Jorma Tuominen [fi] 1959–1972
Valdemar Sandelin 1973–1979
Risto Tainio [fi] 1979–1994
Kaarina Suonio 1994–1997

External links

Media related to Tavastgus Governorate at Wikimedia Commons

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