Mikkeli Province

Mikkelin lääni
St. Michels län
Mikkeli Province
Province of Finland
1831–1997 →
 
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Coat of arms
The Mikkeli Province in 1997.
Capital Mikkeli
History
 - Established December 6 1831
 - Disestablished 1997

The Mikkeli Province (Finnish: Mikkelin lääni, Swedish: St. Michels län) was a province of Finland from 1831 to 1997. The province was named after the city of Mikkeli.

Parts of the province were transferred to the Central Finland Province in 1960. In 1997 it was merged togeather with Kuopio Province and Northern Karelia Province into the new Eastern Finland Province.

Former provinces of Finland
1997–2009
1917–1997
Central Finland (1960–1997) • Häme • Kuopio • Kymi (1947–1997) • Lapland • Mikkeli • Northern Karelia (1960–1997) • Oulu • Petsamo (1921) • Turku and Pori • Uusimaa • Vaasa • Viipuri (1917–1947) • Åland