The Governor-General of Finland ( Fin. Suomen kenraalikuvernööri ; Swedish. Generalguvernör av Finland ) is the title of top Finnish official first in the Swedish kingdom , and since 1809 of the Grand Duchy of Finland in the Russian Empire , before independence in 1917 . The Governor-General of Finland was appointed by the head of state and possessed both civil and military power.
| Governor-General of Finland | |
|---|---|
 Last in position Nikolay Nekrasov | |
| First in position | Gabriel Oxensherna |
| Last in position | Nikolay Nekrasov |
| Position abolished | October 25 [ November 7 ] 1917 |
Content
List of Swedish governor-generals of Finland
| Name | Time in office | |
|---|---|---|
| Claes Ericsson Fleming | 1594–1597 | |
| Nils Bilke | 1623–1631 | |
| Gabriel Oxensherna | 1631–1633 | |
| Per Brahe Junior | 1637–1641 1648-1654 | |
| Eric Yullensherna | 1657 | |
| Gustav Horn | 1657-1658 | |
| Karl Maurits Levengaupt | 1664 | |
| Herman Fleming | 1664–1669 | |
| Karl Nyrot | 1710-1712 | |
| Gustav Otto Douglas | 1717-1721 | |
| Johann Balthazar von Kampenhausen | 1742-1743 | |
| Gustav Friedrich von Rosen | 1747-1751 |
- appointed from Russia
List of Finnish governors-general in Russia
| # | Name (years of life) | Portrait | Accepted the position | Left the post | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | Graph Sprengporten (1740-1819) | December 1, 1808 | June 17, 1809 | ||
| 2 | The prince Barclay de Tolly (1761-1818) | June 17, 1809 | February 1, 1810 | ||
| 3 | Graph Steingel (1762—1831) | February 7, 1810 | August 30, 1823 | ||
| four | Graph Armfelt (1757-1814) | 1812 | 1813 | and about. | |
| five | Graph Zakrevsky (1783-1865) | August 30, 1823 | November 19, 1831 | ||
| 6 | The prince Menshikov (1787–1869) | December 13, 1831 | December 7, 1854 | ||
| 7 | Graph von Berg (1794—1874) | December 7, 1854 | November 8, 1861 | ||
| eight | The baron Rokasovsky (1800–1869) | November 8, 1861 | May 4, 1866 | ||
| 9 | Graph Adlerberg (1819-1892) | 1866 | 1881 | ||
| ten | Graph Heiden (1821–1900) | 1881 | 1897 | ||
| eleven | General Potters (1831–1912) | January 1897 | August 1898 | and about. | |
| 12 | General Bobrikov (1839-1904) | August 17, 1898 | June 4, 1904 | ||
| 13 | The prince Obolensky (1853–1910) | 1904 | 1905 | ||
| 14 | N. N. Gerard (1838–1929) | December 6, 1905 | February 2, 1908 | ||
| 15 | General Beckman (1848-1923) | February 2, 1908 | November 11, 1909 | ||
| sixteen | General Zane (1862-1918) | November 11, 1909 | March 2 ( 15 ) 1917 | ||
| 17 | (1860 —?) | March 3 ( 16 ) 1917 | March 18 ( 31 ) 1917 | and about. | |
| 18 | M.A. Stakhovich (1861-1923) | March 18 ( 31 ) 1917 | September 4 ( 17 ) 1917 | ||
| nineteen | N.V. Nekrasov (1879–1940) | September 5 ( 18 ) 1917 | October 25 ( November 7 ) 1917 |
See also
- General Government (Russian Empire)
- Imperial Finnish Senate
- Grand Duchy of Finland
- Duchy of Finland
Links
- Finland - Governors-general - worldstatesmen.org
- Archive Office of the Finnish Governor-General (inaccessible link)
Literature
- Nenonen, Kaisu-Maija & Teerijoki, Ilkka. Historian suursanakirja. - WSOY. - 1998. - ISBN 951-0-22044-2 .