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Historical Provinces Of Finland
The historical provinces (, ) are former administrative or cultural areas of Finland, with origins from the slottslän ('')'' of the Middle Ages. The historical provinces ceased to be administrative entities in 1634 when they were superseded by the counties (), a reform which remained in force in Finland until 1997. The historical provinces play a relatively minor role in popular consciousness, while the modern regions (''maakunta'', ) tend to hold greater significance for regional identitythough this varies across the country. The first name in the parentheses is the Finnish name and the second is the Swedish one. : Finland Proper (''Varsinais-Suomi, Egentliga Finland'') : Karelia (''Karjala, Karelen'') : Lapland (''Lappi, Lappland'') : Ostrobothnia (''Pohjanmaa, Österbotten'') : Satakunta (''Satakunta, Satakunda'') : Savonia (''Savo, Savolax'') : Tavastia (''Häme, Tavastland'') : Uusimaa (''Uusimaa, Nyland'') : Åland (''Ahvenanmaa, Åland'') History Mos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Administrative Area
Administrative divisions (also administrative units, administrative regions, subnational entities, or constituent states, as well as many similar generic terms) are geographical areas into which a particular independent sovereign state is divided. Such a unit usually has an administrative authority with the power to take administrative or policy decisions for its area. Administrative divisions are often used as polygons in geospatial analysis. Description Usually, sovereign states have several levels of administrative division. Common names for the principal (largest) administrative divisions include: Federated state, states (subnational states, rather than sovereign states), provinces, States of Germany#States, lands, oblasts and Region#Administrative regions, regions. These in turn are often subdivided into smaller administrative units known by names such as comarcas, raions or districts, which are further subdivided into municipality, municipalities, Commune (administrativ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satakunta (historical Province)
Satakunta () is a historical provinces of Finland, historical province of Finland consisting of the regions of Satakunta and a majority of Pirkanmaa,The municipalities of Pirkanmaa not included are: Akaa, Pälkäne, Urjala and Valkeakoski. as well as consisting of the municipalities of Soini, Finland, Soini and Ähtäri of South Ostrobothnia, Keuruu and Multia, Finland, Multia of Central Finland, as well as Loimaa and Oripää of Southwest Finland. The historical province is bordered by the historical provinces of Tavastia (historical province), Tavastia, Ostrobothnia (historical province), Ostrobothnia and Finland Proper (historical province), Finland Proper. The total area of the historical province is about 24,300 km2 (9,388/sq mi). Heraldry The coat of arms of Satakunta is one of the oldest coat of arms of a historical region of Finland. The coat of arms originates from the coat of arms being granted by King Gustav Vasa to his son John III of Sweden, John III in 1557, followin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laponia (historical Province Of Finland)
Lapland (, ) is a historical Finnish province in the north of Finland. The present-day Finnish region, modern province of Lapland contains also an Ostrobothnian area called Peräpohjola and the eastern part of historical Västerbotten, which lie outside of the historical Lapland. Municipalities of historical Lapland are Enontekiö, Inari, Kittilä, Muonio, Pelkosenniemi, Savukoski, Sodankylä and Utsjoki, none of which is a city. Lapland is not always counted among the historical provinces of Finland. Unlike the other provinces, it was not based on a medieval '' slottslän'' (castle fief), and before the 19th century, it was not usually considered part of Finland. For instance, a Swedish textbook from 1794 describes Finland as ending at Lapland's southern border. Culturally, Lapland was distinct from the rest of the country, having been inhabited primarily by the Sámi until the mid-17th century. The southern border of Lapland is based on the Lappmark border from 1795. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fief Of Viborg
The Fief of Viborg (1320–1534) was for two centuries a late medieval fief (a slottslän) in the southeastern border of Finland and the entire Swedish realm. It was held by its chatelain, a fief-appointed feudal lord. History Context For extended periods, the medieval commanders of Viborg Castle (chatelains, castellans), on the border with the Republic of Novgorod, in practice functioned as margraves by collecting the crown's incomes from the fief in their own name and being entitled to keep them to defend the realm's eastern border. They enjoyed more independence than the kingdom's other castellans, "burgraves". However the fief of the castle and its county was not formally hereditary though almost all appointees were from certain families, related to the Bonde- Bååt- Haak family, which between the 1350s and the 1390s also held the Swedish titular version of the earldom of Orkney. Founding, independence and duties The organization of that new territory for the Swedish real ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magnus Ladulås
Magnus Ladulås (, ) or Magnus Birgersson ( 1240 – 18 December 1290) was King of Sweden from 1275 until his death in 1290. He was a son of Birger Jarl, and became a king after a rebellion against his brother Valdemar, King of Sweden, Valdemar. He was succeeded by his ten-year-old son Birger Magnusson with Torkel Knutsson acting as his guardian. Medieval Swedish kings did not use Regnal number, regnal numbers as part of their title. In modern literature he may be referred to as either Magnus I or Magnus III. Epithet The origin of the epithet ''Ladulås'' () is not known for certain, due to the lack of source material from the latter half of the 14th century. It appears widely in written documents from the beginning of the 15th century, with the Visby Chronicle from 1412 being the oldest datable document. ''Lilla rimkrönikan'' from gives the traditional explanation, ascribing the epithet to the Ordinance of Alsnö. This act by Magnus freed the Yeoman, yeomanry fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birger Jarl
Birger Jarl or Birger Magnusson (21 October 1266) was a Swedish statesman and regent, ''Swedish jarls, jarl'', and a member of the House of Bjälbo, who played a pivotal role in consolidating Sweden after the civil wars between the House of Erik and the House of Sverker. His first marriage was to Princess Ingeborg Eriksdotter of Sweden, Ingeborg of Sweden, which created his base of power. Birger led the Second Swedish Crusade, which established Finland under Swedish rule, Swedish rule in Finland. Additionally, he is traditionally attributed with the foundation of the Swedish capital, Stockholm, around 1250. Birger used the Latin title of ("duke of Swedes (tribe), Swedes and Geats"). Biography Early life Birger, likely born around the time of the Battle of Gestilren in 1210, spent his childhood and adolescence in Bjälbo, Bjälbo, Östergötland. The exact date of his birth is uncertain and historical sources are contradictory, but examinations of his remains suggest he wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ã…land
Åland ( , ; ) is an Federacy, autonomous and Demilitarized zone, demilitarised region of Finland. Receiving its autonomy by a 1920 decision of the League of Nations, it is the smallest region of Finland by both area () and population (30,541), constituting 0.51% of Finland's land area and 0.54% of its population. Its only official language is Swedish language, Swedish and the capital city is Mariehamn. Åland is situated in an archipelago, called the Åland Islands, at the entrance to the Gulf of Bothnia in the Baltic Sea. It comprises Fasta Åland, on which 90% of the population resides, and about 6,500 Skerry, skerries and islands to its east, of which about 60–80 are inhabited. Fasta Åland is separated from the coast of Roslagen in Sweden by of open water to the west. In the east, the Åland archipelago is Geographic contiguity, contiguous with the Archipelago Sea, Finnish archipelago. Åland's only land border is located on the uninhabited skerry of Märket, which it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coat Of Arms Of Ã…land
The coat of arms of Åland features a golden red deer on a blue field. This is traditionally surmounted by a comital coronet of the elder Swedish style. History First known symbol of the Åland islands is a seal from 1326 depicting Saint Olaf, the patron saint of the islands. The saint is seated on a throne, holding in his hands a globus cruciger and an axe. The medieval seal was later used as an inspiration for the arms of Jomala municipality, granted in 1952. The arms borne today by the Åland islands were originally granted to the similar-sounding island province of Öland in 1560, displaying a golden red deer on a blue field. In 1569, Åland had been given to the Swedish queen dowager Katarina Stenbock as a fief and was awarded a provincial coat of arms displaying two roe deer on a field strewn with nine roses. The arms of these two similar-sounding Swedish provinces became confused early on, and in the 1880s Öland's arms were recorded as two roe deer with nine ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uusimaa (historical Province)
Uusimaa (; ) is a historical province in the south of Finland. It borders Finland Proper, Tavastia, Savonia, and Karelia. From the Middle Ages to 1809, most of the present-day Finland was a part of Sweden. Uusimaa was thus also included among the historical Swedish provinces. The modern province of Uusimaa is included within the borders of the historical province. History Along with the rest of southern and western Finland, Uusimaa was ruled by the Kingdom of Sweden from the 12th or 13th century onwards. Coastal Uusimaa had earlier been semi-deserted, but was soon populated by Swedish settlers. All the provinces of Finland were ceded to Russia in September 1809, after the 1808-1809 Finnish War. Uusimaa became Uudenmaan lääni in the old lääni (province) system until 1997, when it was merged into the new administrative province of Southern Finland. In 2010 the administrative provinces were abolished and Uusimaa was divided between two new regions of Finland, Uusimaa a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tavastia (historical Province)
Tavastia (; ; ; also called ''Yam'' (Ямь) or ''Yem'' (Емь) in Russian sources) is a historical province in the south of Finland. It borders Finland Proper, Satakunta, Ostrobothnia, Savonia and Uusimaa. History The province has been inhabited since the Stone Age. Northern Tavastia was for a long time a wilderness inhabited by Sami hunter-gatherers and frequented also by Finnish hunters. Only during the late Middle Ages was agriculture slowly introduced to the northern parts of the province. Tavastia is first mentioned in an 11th-century Viking Age runestone ( Gs 13) located in present-day Gävle, Sweden, where it is referred to as '. At that time, Tavastia was said to stretch "from salt sea to salt sea," encompassing what would later become the provinces of Uusimaa and Satakunta, and including the inhabited regions of Southwest Finland within its arc. Numerous prehistoric weapons, like Ulfberht swords, and hillforts have been unearthed in the Tavastia region, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
