Mikkeli Province

Mikkeli Province Mikkelin lääni S:t Michels län
Province of Finland
← 1831–1997 →
Coat of arms
Capital		Mikkeli
History
•	Established	1831
•	Disestablished	1997
Area
•	1.1.1993	21,628 km2 (8,351 sq mi)
Population
•	1.1.1993	207,967
	Density	9.6 /km2  (24.9 /sq mi)

The Mikkeli Province (Finnish: Mikkelin lääni, Swedish: S:t 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 with Kuopio Province and Northern Karelia Province into the new Eastern Finland Province.

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

• Abraham Joakim Molander-Nordenheim 1831–1837
• Gabriel Anton Cronstedt 1837–1840
• Otto Abraham Boije 1840–1847
• Alexander Thesleff 1847–1853
• Carl Fabian Langenskiöld 1853–1854
• Carl Emil Cedercreutz 1854–1856
• Bernhard Indrenius 1856
• Samuel Werner von Troil 1856–1863
• Theodor Sebastian Gustaf Thilén 1863–1869
• Carl Gustav Mortimer von Kraemer 1869–1873
• Edvard Reinhold von Ammondt 1874–1875
• Hjalmar Sebastian Nordenstreng 1876–1883
• August Alexander Järnefelt 1883–1884
• Gustav Axel Samuel von Troil 1884–1889
• Johannes Gripenberg 1889–1891
• Knut Robert Carl Walfrid Spåre 1891–1899
• Lennart Fritiof Munck 1900–1903
• Aleksander Watatzi 1903–1905
• Anton Leonard von Knorring 1905–1910
• Eliel Ilmari Vuorinen 1910–1911
• Leo Aristides Sirelius 1911–1916
• Nikolai Sillman 1916–1917
• Aleksanteri August Aho 1917
• Ernst Edvard Rosenqvist 1918–1927
• Albin Pulkkinen 1927–1933
• Emil Jatkola 1933–1948
• Alpo Lumme 1949–1957
• Urho Kiukas 1957–1970
• Viljo Virtanen 1970–1979
• Uuno Voutilainen 1979–1989
• Juhani Kortesalmi 1989–1997

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: 61°41′15″N 27°16′25″E / 61.6875°N 27.2736°E / 61.6875; 27.2736