Savolax and Kymmenegård County
Savolax and Kymmenegård County Savolax och Kymmenegårds län Kymenkartanon ja Savon lääni | |||||||
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County of Kingdom of Sweden | |||||||
1747–1775 | |||||||
Capital | Lovisa1 | ||||||
History | |||||||
• Established | 1747 | ||||||
• Disestablished | 1775 | ||||||
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1 Finnish: Loviisa |
Savolax and Kymmenegård County (
Kingdom of Sweden
(located in what is now Southeastern Finland) from 1747 to 1775.
In 1743, following the
County of Nyland and Tavastehus to a new County of Savolax and Kymmenegård. The county capital was moved to Lovisa
.
In 1775 the county was split into the Savolax and Karelia County (Swedish: Savolax och Karelens län, Finnish: Savon ja Karjalan lääni) and the Kymmenegård County (Swedish: Kymmenegårds län, Finnish: Kymenkartanon lääni).
Maps
Governors
- Henrik Jacob Wrede af Elimä 1747–1753
- Anders Johan Nordenskjöld 1753–1756
- Otto Wilhelm De Geer 1757–1765
- Anders Henrik Ramsay 1765–1774