As a consequence of the tumultuous 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.
This enabled Russia in 1808 to challenge Sweden in the Finnish War, over the control of Finland.
In the Treaty of Fredrikshamn on 17 September 1809 Sweden was obliged to cede all its territory in Finland, to Russia.
[1] The State Provincial Office was a joint regional authority of seven different ministries.
It promoted national and regional objectives of the State central administration.
Provinces of Finland 1634: 1: Turku and Pori, 14: Nyland and Tavastehus,
18: Ostrobothnia
, 20: Viborg and Nyslott, 21: Kexholm
Provinces of Finland 1776: 1: Turku and Pori, 4: Vaasa,
10: Oulu
, 14: Uusimaa and Häme, 15: Kymenkartano, 16: Savo and Karelia
Provinces of Finland 1938: 1: Turku and Pori, 2: Uusimaa, 3: Häme, 4: Vaasa, 6: Mikkeli, 8: Kuopio,
10: Oulu
, 11: Lapland, 12: Åland, 13: Viipuri
Provinces of Finland 1996: 1: Turku and Pori, 2: Uusimaa, 3: Häme, 4: Vaasa, 5: Kymi, 6: Mikkeli, 7: Central Finland, 8: Kuopio, 9: Northern Karelia,
10: Oulu
, 11: Lapland, 12: Åland
Provinces of Finland 1997:
10: Oulu
, 11: Lapland, 12: Åland, 22: Southern Finland, 23: Western Finland, 24: Eastern Finland
