Uusimaa Province

Province of Uusimaa Uudenmaan lääni Nylands län
Province of Finland
← 1831–1997 →
Coat of arms
Capital		Helsinki
History
•	Established	1831
•	Disestablished	1997
Area
•	1 January 1993	10,404 km2 (4,017 sq mi)
Population
•	1 January 1993	1,277,932
	Density	122.8 /km2  (318.1 /sq mi)

The Province of Uusimaa (Finnish: Uudenmaan lääni, Swedish: Nylands län) was a province of Finland from 1831 to 1997.

It was established in 1831, when the County of Nyland and Tavastehus was divided into the Häme Province and Uusimaa Province.

In 1997 it was merged with the Kymi Province and the southern parts of the Häme Province into the new Southern Finland Province.

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

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

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

Municipalities in 1997 (cities in bold)

Former municipalities (disestablished before 1997)

Governors

• Johan Ulrik Sebastian Gripenberg 1831
• Gustaf Magnus Armfelt 1832–1847
• Johan Mauritz Nordenstam 1847–1858
• Samuel Henrik Antell 1858–1862
• Vladimir Alfons Walleen 1862–1869
• Theodor Thilén 1869–1873
• Georg von Alfthan 1873–1888
• Victor Napoleon Procopé 1888
• Hjalmar Georg Palin 1888–1897
• Kasten de Pont 1897–1900
• Mikhail Nikiforovitsh Kaigorodoff 1901–1905
• Anatol Anatolievitsch Rheinbott 1905
• Alexander Lvovsky 1905–1906
• Max Theodor Alfthan 1906–1910
• Eugraf Nyman 1910–1917
• Bernhard Otto Widnäs 1913–1917
• Bruno Jalander 1917–1932
• Ilmari Helenius 1932–1944
• Armas-Eino Martola 1944–1946
• Väinö Meltti 1946–1964
• Reino Lehto 1964–1966
• Kaarlo Pitsinki 1966–1982
• Jacob Söderman 1982–1989
• Eva-Riitta Siitonen 1990–1996
• Pekka Silventoinen 1996–1997

Former provinces of Finland
In parentheses are years when provinces were established and disestablished.
1634–1775	Turku and Pori (1634) Nyland and Tavastehus (1634) Ostrobothnia (1634–1775) Viborg and Nyslott (1634–1721) Kexholm (1634–1721) Kymmenegård and Nyslott (1721–1747) Savolax and Kymmenegård (1747–1775)
1775–1831	Turku and Pori (1634) Nyland and Tavastehus (1634–1831) Vaasa (1775) Oulu (1775) Kymmenegård (1775–1831) Savolax and Karelia (1775–1831) Viipuri (1812)
1831–1918	Turku and Pori (1634) Vaasa (1775) Oulu (1775) Viipuri (1812) Häme (1831) Uusimaa (1831) Mikkeli (1831) Kuopio (1831)
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	Oulu (1775–2009) Åland (1918–2009) Lapland (1938–2009) Southern Finland (1997–2009) Western Finland (1997–2009) Eastern Finland (1997–2009)

Coordinates: 60°10′24″N 24°56′55″E / 60.1733°N 24.9486°E / 60.1733; 24.9486