Turku and Pori County
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Turku and Pori County (Finnish: Turun ja Porin lääni, Swedish: Åbo och Björneborgs län) was a county of Sweden from 1634 to 1809 (only known by its Swedish name) and after the Treaty of Fredrikshamn a county of Grand Duchy of Finland. Later on, it continued its existence in the independent Finland until 1997, when a reform introduced a new administrative entity, the Province of Western Finland. Åland was part of the county from 1634 until it gained autonomy in the 1920s, within independent Finland.
The county was named after the cities of Turku and Pori.
[edit] List of 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 (1806-1816)
- Otto Herman Lode (acting 1811-1813)
- Carl Erik Mannerheim (1816-1822)
- Lars Gabriel von Haartman (acting 1820-1822)
- Erik Wallenius (1822-1828)
- Adolf Broberg (1828-1831)
- Lars Gabriel von Haartman (1831-1840)
- Gabriel Anton Cronstedt (1840-1856, acting until 1842)
- Carl Fabian Langenskiöld (1856-1857)
- Samuel Werner von Troil (acting 1856)
- Selim Mohamed Ekbom (acting 1857)
- Johan Axel Cedercreutz (acting 1858-1863)
- Carl Magnus Creutz (1864-1889, acting 1866)
- Gustaf Axel Samuel von Troil (1889-1891)
- Wilhelm Theodor von Kraemer (1891-1903)
- Theodor Hjalmar Lang (1903-1905)
- Knut Gustaf Nikolai Borgenström (1905-1911)
- Eliel Ilmari Wuorinen (1911-1917)
- Albert Alexander von Hellens (acting 1917)
- 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)
See also: lääni
