Åbo and Björneborg County, Åbo och Björneborgs län or Turun ja Porin lääni, was a county of Sweden from 1634 to 1808, named after the cities of Åbo and Björneborg. A County, or Län, is an administrative and political subdivision of Sweden. ... The Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish: Konungariket Sverige  listen) is a Nordic country in Scandinavia, in Northern Europe. ... Events Moses Amyrauts Traite de la predestination is published Curaçao captured by the Dutch Treaty of Polianovska First meeting of the Académie française The witchcraft affair at Loudun Jean Nicolet lands at Green Bay, Wisconsin Opening of Covent Garden Market in London English establish a settlement... Events January 1 - Importation of slaves into the United States is banned February 11 - Russia issues an ultimatum to France, Finland. ... Location within Finland Turku (Swedish: Åbo  listen, Latin: Aboa) is a city in Finland, founded in the 13th century. ...

After the Treaty of Fredrikshamn in 1808 it continued to be a County of Finland until a reform in 1997 introduced a new administrative entity, the Provinces of Finland. Åland was part of the county from 1634 until it gained autonomy in the 1920s, within independent Finland. The Treaty of Fredrikshamn (Freden i Fredrikshamn in Swedish and Haminan rauha in Finnish ) was a peace treaty concluded between Sweden and Russia on September 17, 1809. ... The Counties of Finland was the administrative division of Finland from 1634 to 1997. ... The Republic of Finland (Finnish: Suomen tasavalta, Swedish: Republiken Finland) is a Nordic country in northeastern Europe, bordered by the Baltic Sea to the southwest, the Gulf of Finland to the southeast and the Gulf of Bothnia to the west. ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Reef. ... Finland consists of 6 provinces (Finnish: läänit, Swedish: län), following a 1997 redesign that reduced their number from 12. ... National motto: ? Official language Swedish Capital Mariehamn Governor Peter Lindbäck Premier Roger Nordlund Total Area  - Land  - Water 6,784 km² 1,527 km² 5,258 km² Population  - Total (2002)  - Density 26,257 17. ... Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century Decades: 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s - 1920s - 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s Years: 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 Referred to as the Roaring 20s. ...

List of Governors

• Jacob Bure (1698-1706)
• Justus von Palmenberg (1706-1714)
• Johan Stiernstedt (1714-1722)
• Otto Reinhold Uexkull (1722-1746)
• Lars Johan Ehrenmalm (1747-1749)
• Johan Georg Lillienberg (1749-1757)
• Jeremias Wallén (1757-1769)
• Christoffer Johan Rappe (1769-1776)
• Fredrik Ulrik von Rosen (1776-1781)
• Magnus Wilhelm Armfelt (1781-1790)
• Ernst Gustaf von Willebrand (1790-1806)
• Knut von Troil (1806-1816)
  • Otto Herman Lode (acting 1811-1813)
• Carl Erik Mannerheim (1816-1822)
  • Lars Gabriel von Haartman (acting 1820-1822)
• Erik Wallenius (1822-1828)
• Adolf Broberg (1828-1831)
• Lars Gabriel von Haartman (1831-1840)
• Gabriel Anton Cronstedt (1840-1856, acting until 1842)
• Carl Fabian Langenskiöld (1856-1857)
  • Samuel Werner von Troil (acting 1856)
  • Selim Mohamed Ekbom (acting 1857)
  • Johan Axel Cedercreutz (acting 1858-1863)
• Carl Magnus Creutz (1864-1889, acting 1866)
• Gustaf Axel 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)
  • Albert Alexander von Hellens (acting 1917)
• Kaarlo Collan (1917-1922)
• Ilmari Helenius (1922-1932)
• Frans Wilho Kyttä (1932-1949)
• Erkki Härmä (1949-1957)
• Esko Kulovaara (1957-1971)
• Sylvi Siltanen (1972-1976)
• Paavo Aitio (1977-1985)
• Pirkko Työläjärvi (1985-1997)

See also: län Län and lääni are the Swedish and Finnish terms for the administrative divisions used in Sweden and Finland, and sometimes in other countries, especially as a translation of the Russian word oblast. ...