Historical provinces of Finland

As a historical landscapes of Finland those historical provinces of Sweden are called, are found today in independent Finland.

History

Until 1634, the landscapes administrative units of the Kingdom of Sweden presented dar. As Finland at that time had no statehood, the term " historical provinces of Finland" misleading.

After the 1634 carried out administrative reform and the reorganization of the empire in the County landscapes had indeed no political function more, have in Finland but great importance for regional identity.

The official Swedish term - Finnish was during the Swedish rule at any time official language - for the provinces existed until 1634 landskap, usually translated as " landscape " into German. In Finnish, the term Maakunta (plural maakunnat ) is common. The historically occupied terms Maakunta / landskap were revived in the Finnish administration reform in 1997 and now call the Lääni the subordinate administrative regional units.

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