In 1717, Douglas was appointed General Governor of Finland and ensured the stability of the local administration.

[1] However, his repressive policy in the region made him extremely unpopular and feared among the Finnish population.

As the Governor General of an occupied province, Douglas deported thousands of civilians from Finland to Russia in order to put them to forced labour or military service and floated the idea of sending about 20,000 Finns to help with the construction of Saint Petersburg.

[2] His administration in a war-ravaged country was also overshadowed by epidemics of plague,[3] which were often caused by troop movements and famines in the Europe of the eighteenth century.

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