Turku and Pori Province
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Turku and Pori Province, or Åbo and Björnborg County,Template:Efn was an administrative province (Template:Langx, Template:Langx) in Finland. It existed as part of the Kingdom of Sweden from 1634 to 1809, the Grand Duchy of Finland under the Russian Empire from 1809 to 1917, and the Republic of Finland from 1917 until the province was abolished in 1997.
The province was first established in the 1634 Instrument of Government as the Province of North and South Finland, with its seat in Turku (Åbo).Template:Sfn It was formed by uniting the slottsläns corresponding to Finland Proper, Satakunta and the Åland Islands.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref> In 1641, Satakunta was briefly separated to form Pori Province with the seat in Pori (Björneborg), but the division proved short-lived, and in 1646 the areas were reunited as Turku and Pori Province.Template:Sfn
During the 18th century, administrative adjustments reduced the size of the province. In Gustav III's great provincial reform of 1775, most of Upper Satakunta was transferred to the newly established Vaasa Province.Template:Sfn<ref name=":0" />
When Finland was annexed by the Russian Empire in 1809 and reorganized as the autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland, the provincial administration remained largely unchanged, and Turku and Pori Province continued under Russian rule. Under Swedish rule, the governor's title had been landshövding, but in 1837 it was changed to guvernör.Template:Sfn
In 1918, after Finland’s independence, Åland was separated from the province and made into a distinct autonomous territory, while some municipalities of Satakunta were transferred to Häme Province.<ref name=":0" /> Proposals to divide Turku and Pori Province into separate provinces of Finland Proper and Satakunta were considered in the early 1980s but never realized.<ref name=":0" />
In 1997, Turku and Pori Province was merged with the northern part of the Häme Province and with the provinces of Vaasa and Central Finland to form the new Western Finland Province. All Finnish provinces were abolished on 1 January 2010.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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Municipalities in 1997 (cities in bold)
- Alastaro
- Askainen
- Aura
- Dragsfjärd
- Eura
- Eurajoki
- Halikko
- Harjavalta
- Honkajoki
- Houtskär
- Huittinen
- Iniö
- Jämijärvi
- Kaarina
- Kankaanpää
- Karinainen
- Karvia
- Kimito
- Kiikala
- Kiikoinen
- Kisko
- Kiukainen
- Kodisjoki
- Kokemäki
- Korpo
- Koski Tl
- Kullaa
- Kustavi
- Kuusjoki
- Köyliö
- Laitila
- Lappi
- Lavia
- Lemu
- Lieto
- Loimaa
- Loimaan kunta
- Luvia
- Marttila
- Masku
- Mellilä
- Merikarvia
- Merimasku
- Mietoinen
- Muurla
- Mynämäki
- Naantali
- Nakkila
- Nagu
- Noormarkku
- Nousiainen
- Oripää
- Pargas
- Paimio
- Perniö
- Pertteli
- Piikkiö
- Pomarkku
- Pori
- Punkalaidun
- Pyhäranta
- Pöytyä
- Raisio
- Rauma
- Rusko
- Rymättylä
- Salo
- Sauvo
- Siikainen
- Somero
- Suodenniemi
- Suomusjärvi
- Säkylä
- Särkisalo
- Taivassalo
- Tarvasjoki
- Turku
- Ulvila
- Uusikaupunki
- Vahto
- Vammala
- Vampula
- Vehmaa
- Velkua
- Västanfjärd
- Yläne
- Äetsä
Former municipalities (disestablished before 1997)
- Ahlainen
- Angelniemi
- Hinnerjoki
- Hitis
- Honkilahti
- Kakskerta
- Kalanti
- Karjala
- Karkku
- Karuna
- Kauvatsa
- Keikyä
- Kiikka
- Kuusisto
- Lokalahti
- Maaria
- Metsämaa
- Naantalin mlk
- Paattinen
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- Porin mlk
- Pyhämaa
- Rauman mlk
- Suoniemi
- Tyrvää
- Uskela
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Governors
Swedish realm
North and South Finland Province, including Åland
- Template:Interlanguage link 1634–1637<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>Template:Sfn
- Template:Interlanguage link 1637–1641<ref name="melk">Template:Cite web</ref>
Turku Province, including Åland
- Template:Interlanguage link 1641–1642<ref name="melk" />
- Template:Interlanguage link 1642–1646<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Pori Province
- Two governors were appointed, but neither assumed the post.Template:Sfn
Turku and Pori Province, including Åland
- Template:Interlanguage link 1647–1648
- Lorentz Creutz the Elder 1649–1655<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Interlanguage link 1655–1666
- Template:Ill 1666<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Template:Interlanguage link 1666–1682
- Template:Interlanguage link 1682–1698
- Template:Interlanguage link 1698–1706
- Template:Interlanguage link 1706–1714
- Template:Interlanguage link 1714–1722 (acting 1711–1713)
- Template:Interlanguage link 1722–1746
- Template:Interlanguage link 1747–1749 (acting 1744–1747)
- Johan Georg Lillienberg 1749–1757
- Template:Interlanguage link 1757–1769
- Template:Interlanguage link 1769–1776
- Template:Interlanguage link 1776–1781
- Template:Interlanguage link 1782–1790
- Template:Interlanguage link (acting 1789–1790)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Interlanguage link 1790–1806
- Template:Ill (acting 1801–1802)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Interlanguage link 1806–1809
- Otto Reinhold Meurman (acting governor over Åland 1808–1809)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Grand Duchy of Finland
Turku and Pori Province, including Åland
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- Otto Herman Lode (acting 1811–1813)
- Carl Erik Mannerheim 1816–1826
- Lars Gabriel von Haartman (acting 1820–1822)
- Eric Wallenius 1826–1828 (acting 1822–1826)
- Adolf Broberg 1828–1831
- Lars Gabriel von Haartman 1831–1842 (acting 1820–1822)
- Gabriel Anton Cronstedt 1842–1856 (acting 1840–1842)
- Samuel Werner von Troil (acting 1856)
- Carl Fabian Langenskiöld 1856–1858
- Selim Mohamed Ekbom (acting 1857–1858)
- Johan Axel Cedercreutz 1863 (acting 1858–1863)
- Carl Magnus Creutz 1866–1889 (acting 1864–1866)
- Axel Gustaf Samuel von Troil 1889–1891
- Wilhelm Theodor von Kraemer 1891–1903
- Theodor Hjalmar Lang 1903–1905
- Knut Gustaf Nikolai Borgenström 1905–1911
- Eliel Ilmari Wuorinen 1911–1917
Independent FinlandTemplate:Sfn
Turku and Pori Province
- Albert Alexander von Hellens (acting 1917)
- Kaarlo Collan 1918–1922 (acting 1917–1918)Template:Sfn
- Ilmari Helenius 1922–1932
- Wilho Kyttä 1932–1949
- Erkki Härmä 1949–1957<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Esko Kulovaara 1957–1971
- Sylvi Siltanen 1972–1977<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Paavo Aitio 1977–1985<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Pirkko Työläjärvi 1985–1997<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>