Oulu Province
| Province of Oulu Oulun lääni Uleåborgs län |
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County of Sweden 1775–1809 Province of Grand Duchy of Finland 1809–1917 Province of independent Finland 1917–2009 |
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| Capital | Oulu | ||||
| History | |||||
| • | Established | 1775 | |||
| • | Disestablished | 2009 | |||
| Area | |||||
| • | 1 January 1993 | 61,582 km2(23,777 sq mi) | |||
| Population | |||||
| • | 1 January 1993 | 445,706 | |||
| Density | 7.2 /km2 (18.7 /sq mi) | ||||
| • | 31 December 2009 | 471,774 | |||
| Density | 7.7 /km2 (19.8 /sq mi) | ||||
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The Province of Oulu was a province of Finland from 1775 to 2009. It bordered the provinces of Lapland, Western Finland and Eastern Finland and also the Gulf of Bothnia and Russia.
For History, Geography and Culture see: Ostrobothnia
The Province of Oulu was established in 1775 when Finland was an integrated part of Sweden from the northern part of Ostrobothnia County. The new province was named after its administrative seat of Oulu.
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. 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 17 September 1809 Sweden was obliged to cede all its territory in Finland, to Russia.
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