Savolax and Karelia County (, ) was a county of

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1775–1809 and province of

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1809–1831. It was formed in 1775 when

Savolax and Kymmenegård County Savolax and Kymmenegård County (, ) was a county of the Kingdom of Sweden (located in what is now Southeastern Finland) from 1747 to 1775. In 1743, following the Russo-Swedish War of 1741–1743, part of the County of Kymmenegård and Nyslott ...

was divided into Savolax and Karelia County and

Kymmenegård County Kymmenegård County (, ) was a county of Sweden 1775-1809 and province of Grand Duchy of Finland 1809-1831. The county was created in 1775 by dividing the Savolax and Kymmenegård County (, ) into two parts: Savolax and Karelia County and Kymmen ...

. Residence city was

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. By the

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in 1809

ceded all its territories in Finland, east of the

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, to

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. Savolax and Karelia Province was succeeded in 1831 by the Kuopio Province in the autonomic

. Minor parts of province were merged to

Mikkeli Province The Mikkeli Province (, ) 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 ...

Maps

Governors

* Otto Ernst Boije 1775–1781 *

Georg Henrik von Wright Georg Henrik von Wright (; 14 June 1916 – 16 June 2003) was a Finnish philosopher. Biography G. H. von Wright was born in Helsinki on 14 June 1916 to Tor von Wright and his wife Ragni Elisabeth Alfthan. On the retirement of Ludwig Wittgenst ...

1781–1786 * Simon Vilhelm Carpelan 1786–1791 * Anders Johan Ramsay 1791–1803 * Eric Johan von Fieandt 1803 * Olof Wibelius 1803–1809 * Simon Vilhelm Carpelan 1809–1810 * Gustaf Aminoff 1810–1827 * Carl Klick 1828–1829 * Lars Sacklen 1829–1831 {{DEFAULTSORT:Savolax And Karelia County Former counties of Sweden Former provinces of Finland States and territories established in 1775