Governorate of Uleåborg

Infobox Former Subdivision
conventional_long_name = Governorate of Uleåborg
native_name = Улеаборгская губерния
"Uleåborgs län"
"Oulun lääni"
common_name = Uleåborg
subdivision = Governorate
nation = the Grand Duchy of Finland
event_start = Established
year_start = 1809
date_start = September 17
event_end = Disestablished
year_end = 1917
date_end = December 6
event1 =
date_event1 =
p1 = County of Uleåborg
flag_p1 = Naval Ensign of Sweden.svg
p2 = County of Västerbotten
flag_p2 = Naval Ensign of Sweden.svg
s1 = Province of Oulu
flag_s1 = Flag of Finland.svg

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image_map_caption = The Grand Duchy of Finland, about 1900.
capital = Uleåborg¹
leader1 = Edvard Furuhjelm
year_leader1 = 1901-1903
leader2 = Axel Fabian af Enehjelm
year_leader2 = 1915-1917
title_leader = Governor
stat_year1 = 1905
stat_area1 = 15700
stat_pop1 = 295000
footnotes = ¹ _fi. Oulu, _ru. Улеаборг

The Governorate of Uleåborg ( _ru. Улеаборгская губерния, _sv. Uleåborgs län, _fi. Oulun lääni) was a governorate of the Grand Duchy of Finland, in the Russian Empire, from 1809 to 1917.

History

As a consequence of the tumultous conflicts of the Napoleonic Wars, Sweden had allied itself with the Russian Empire, United Kingdom and the other parties of the Fourth Coalition against Napoleonic France. However, following the treaty of Treaty of Tilsit in 1807, Russia made peace with France and left the coalition. This enabled Russia in 1808 to challenge Sweden in the Finnish War, over the control of Finland. In the Treaty of Fredrikshamn on September 17, 1809 Sweden was obliged to cede all its territory in Finland, to Russia.

The ceded territories became a part of the Russian Empire and was reconstituted into the Grand Duchy of Finland, with the Russian Tsar as Grand Duke. The Governorate of Uleåborg was established in 1809 from the County of Uleåborg and the parts of the County of Västerbotten located east of the Torne River, which had been the administrative divisions as a part of Sweden.

Following Finland's declaration of independence on December 6, 1917 the governorate became the Province of Oulu ( _fi. Oulun lääni, _sv. Uleåborgs län) in the Republic of Finland. In 1936 the northern part would be split off and established as a separate province, the Province of Lapland ( _fi. Lapin lääni, _sv. Laplands län).

Governors

* Edvard Furuhjelm, 1901-1903
* Otto Savander, 1903-1905
* Guido Gadolin, 1905-1911
* Hjalmar Langinkoski, 1911-1915
* Axel Fabian af Enehjelm, 1915-1917