Governor-General of Finland
Governor-General of Finland | |
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King of Sweden, later Emperor of Russia | |
Formation | 1595[citation needed] |
First holder | Klaus Fleming[citation needed] |
Final holder | Nikolai Vissarionovich Nekrasov |
Abolished | 1917 |
The governor-general of Finland (Finnish: Suomen kenraalikuvernööri; Swedish: generalguvernör över Finland; Russian: генерал-губернатор Финляндии) was the military commander and the highest administrator of Finland sporadically under Swedish rule in the 17th and 18th centuries and continuously in the autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland between 1809 and 1917.
Swedish realm
After the final abolition of the
List of Swedish governors-general of Finland
Translation in Swedish: Generalguvernör av Finland
Governor-general | In office | |
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Klaus Fleming[citation needed] | 1595–1597[citation needed] | |
Nils Turesson Bielke | 1623–1631 | |
Gabriel Bengtsson Oxenstierna | 1631–1633[citation needed] | |
Per Brahe the Younger | 1637–1641[citation needed] and 1648–1654 | |
Herman Fleming | 1664–1669 | |
Karl Nieroth
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1710–1712 | |
Russian occupation )
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1717–1721 | |
Russian occupation )
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1742–1743 | |
Gustaf Fredrik von Rosen | 1747–1753 |
Grand Duchy of Finland
During the time when Finland was an autonomic state within the
Finnish citizenship was not required of the governor-general, contrary to all other highest positions such as senators and the
Many of the governors-general were disliked by the Finnish population. The first man on the post,
The governor-general between 1831 and 1855,
List of Russian governors-general of Finland
Translation in Russian: Генерал-губернатор Финляндии
Governor-general | In office | |
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Baron Göran Magnus Sprengtporten
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1808–1809 | |
Prince Michael Barclay de Tolly
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1809–1810 | |
Count Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt | 1812-1813 (acting) | |
Count Fabian Steinheil | 1810–1823 | |
Count Arseny Zakrevsky | 1824–1831 | |
Prince Alexander Menshikov | 1831–1855 | |
Alexander Amatus Thesleff | 1833–1847 (acting) | |
Count Friedrich Wilhelm Rembert von Berg | 1855[citation needed]–1861 | |
Baron Platon Rokassovsky | 1861–1866 | |
Count Nikolay Adlerberg
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1866–1881 | |
Count Feodor Logginovich Heiden
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1881–1897 | |
Stepan Goncharov | 1897 -1898 (acting) | |
Nikolai Bobrikov
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1898–1904 | |
Prince Ivan Obolensky | 1904–1905 | |
Nikolai Gerard
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1905–1908 | |
Vladimir von Boeckmann
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1908–1909 | |
Franz Albert Seyn | 1909–1917 | |
Adam Lipsky | 1917 (acting) | |
Mikhail Aleksandrovich Stakhovich
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1917 | |
minister Nikolai Vissarionovich Nekrasov | 1917 |
See also
- Grand Duke of Finland
- Duke of Finland
- Diet of Finland
- Governor-General in the Swedish Realm
- Monarchy of Finland
- Finnish Minister Secretary of State
- List of Finnish rulers