Viborg and Nyslott County

Viborg and Nyslott County¹
*Viborgs och Nyslotts län*
*Viipurin ja Savonlinnan lääni*
Viborg and Nyslott County1 Viborgs och Nyslotts län; Viipurin ja Savonlinnan lääni
County of the Swedish Empire
1634–1721
Capital	Vyborg
History
• Established	1634
• Great Northern War	1700–21
• Treaty of Nystad	30 August 1721
	Succeeded by
County of Kymmenegård and Nyslott
Saint Petersburg Governorate
	1 Prior to 1658 it was known as the County of Karelia (Swedish: Karelens län, Finnish: Karjalan lääni).

Suecia antiqua et hodierna

A photograph of St. Olaf's Castle at Nyslott

Viborg and Nyslott County (Swedish: Viborgs och Nyslotts län, Finnish: Viipurin ja Savonlinnan lääni) was a county of the Swedish Empire from 1634 to 1721. The county was named after the castle towns of Viborg (Finnish: Viipuri) and Nyslott (Finnish: Savonlinna, literally New Castle), today located in the towns of Vyborg in Russia and Savonlinna in Finland.

The county was established in 1634 as Karelia County (Swedish: Karelens län, Finnish: Karjalan lääni), but in 1641 Nyslott County (Swedish: Nyslotts län, Finnish: Savonlinnan lääni) was broken out and made a separate entity. Remainder of Karelia County was now called Viborg County. In 1650 the counties were joined again as the Viborg and Nyslott County.

Following the

County of Savolax and Kymmenegård

.

After the Russian victory in the

Sweden ceded all its territory in Finland to Russia by the Treaty of Fredrikshamn. As part of Russian Empire Finland became to constitute a separate grand duchy. In 1812 Russia made the territories of Vyborg Governorate part of the new Grand Duchy of Finland as Viipuri Province

.

Maps

Governors

Åke Eriksson Oxenstierna 1634–1637
Erik Gyllenstierna 1637–1641
Karl Mörner 1641–1644 (Viborg County)
Johan Rosenhane 1644–1650 (Viborg County)
Herman Fleming 1641–1645 (Nyslott County)
Mikael von Jordan 1645–1650 (Nyslott County)
Johan Rosenhane 1650–1655
Axel Axelsson Stålarm 1655–1656
Anders Koskull 1656–1657
Erik Kruse 1657–1658
Jakob Törnsköld 1658–1667
Conrad Gyllenstierna 1667–1674
Fabian Wrede 1675–1681
Carl Falkenberg 1681–1686
Anders Lindhielm 1689–1704
Georg Lybecker 1705–1712

v t e Former provinces of Finland
In parentheses are years when provinces were established and disestablished.
1634–1775	Turku and Pori (1634) Nyland and Tavastehus (1634) Ostrobothnia (1634–1775) Viborg and Nyslott (1634–1721) Kexholm (1634–1721) Kymmenegård and Nyslott (1721–1747) Savolax and Kymmenegård (1747–1775)
1775–1831	Turku and Pori (1634) Nyland and Tavastehus (1634–1831) Vaasa (1775) Oulu (1775) Kymmenegård (1775–1831) Savolax and Karelia (1775–1831) Viipuri (1812)
1831–1918	Turku and Pori (1634) Vaasa (1775) Oulu (1775) Viipuri (1812) Häme (1831) Uusimaa (1831) Mikkeli (1831) Kuopio (1831)
1918–1997	Turku and Pori (1634–1997) Vaasa (1775–1997) Oulu (1775) Viipuri (1812–1945) Häme (1831–1997) Uusimaa (1831–1997) Mikkeli (1831–1997) Kuopio (1831–1997) Åland (1918) Petsamo (1921–1921) Lapland (1938) Kymi (1945–1997) Central Finland (1960–1997) Northern Karelia (1960–1997)
1997–2009	Oulu (1775–2009) Åland (1918–2009) Lapland (1938–2009) Southern Finland (1997–2009) Western Finland (1997–2009) Eastern Finland (1997–2009)
Related	Historical provinces

Viborg and Nyslott County

Maps

Governors

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