Ostrobothnia County
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| Ostrobothnia County Österbottens län Pohjanmaan lääni | |||||||||
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| County of the Swedish Empire | |||||||||
| 1634–1775 | |||||||||
| Capital | Vaasa | ||||||||
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| 1634 | |||||||||
• Disestablished | 1775 | ||||||||
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Ostrobothnia County (Swedish: Österbottens län, Finnish: Pohjanmaan lääni) was a county[1] of the Swedish Empire from 1634 to 1775.
The county was split in 1755 to County of Vasa (Swedish: Vasa län, Finnish: Vaasan lääni) and County of Uleåborg (Swedish: Uleåborg län, Finnish: Oulun lääni).
Maps
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Governors
[edit]- Melcher Wernstedt 1635–1642
- Hans Kyle 1642–1648 (Vasa County)
- Erik Soop 1644–1648 (Uleåborg County)
- Hans Kyle 1648–1650
- Ture Svensson Ribbing 1650–1654
- Johan Graan 1654–1668
- Jacob Duwall 1668–1669
- Johan Graan 1669–1674
- Didrik Wrangel af Adinal 1674–1685
- Gustaf Grass 1685–1694
- Johan Nilsson Ehrenskiöldh 1694–1706
- Johan Stiernstedt 1706 (acting)
- Lorentz Clerk 1706–1720
- Reinhold Wilhelm von Essen 1720–1732
- Carl Henrik Wrangel af Adinal 1732
- Broor Rålamb 1733–1734
- Carl Frölich 1734–1739
- Gustaf Creutz 1739–1746
- Gustaf Abraham Piper 1746–1761
- Gustaf von Grooth 1761–1762
- Carl Sparre 1763
- Fredrik Henrik Sparre 1763
- Lorentz Johan Göös 1763–1774
- Fredrik Magnus von Numers 1774 (acting)
References
[edit]- ↑ Hofberg, Herman (1906). Svenskt biografiskt handlexicon: Alfabetiskt ordnade lefnadsteckningar af Sveriges namnkunniga män och qvinnor från reformationen till närvarande tid [Swedish biographical handlexicon: Alphabetically arranged biographies of Sweden's notable men and women from the Reformation to the present time] (in Swedish). Stockholm: A. Bonnier. p. 404. OCLC 3585433. OL 24588283M. Retrieved 15 August 2026.
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