The Province of North Karelia ( Finnish : Pohjois-Karjalan lääni , Swedish : Norra Karelens län ) was a province of Finland from 1960 to 1997.
4-521: It was established in 1960 when it was separated from the Province of Kuopio . In 1997 it was reunited with Kuopio and together with the Province of Mikkeli it was merged into the new Province of Eastern Finland . This Finland location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Province of Kuopio The Kuopio Province ( Finnish : Kuopion lääni , Swedish : Kuopio län , Russian : Куопиоская губерния )
8-741: The Torne River , to Russia. The ceded territories became a part of the Russian Empire and were reconstituted into the Grand Duchy of Finland , with the Russian Tsar as the Grand Duke. At first there wasn't any changes in the County of Savolax and Karelia , which was now a province in the autonomic Grand Duchy. Kuopio Province was established in 1831 from this province, while its southern parts were transferred to
12-614: 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, east of
16-459: Was a province of Finland from 1831 to 1997. The province was named after its capital, city of Kuopio . The predecessor of province was the County of Savolax and Karelia , which was established in 1775 when Finland was integrated part of Sweden . As a consequence of the tumultuous conflicts of the Napoleonic Wars , Sweden had allied itself with the Russian Empire, United Kingdom and
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