Province of Kuopio
| Kuopio Province Kuopion lääni Kuopio län |
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| Capital | Kuopio | ||||
| History | |||||
| • | Established | 1831 | |||
| • | Disestablished | 1997 | |||
| Area | |||||
| • | 1.1.1993 | 19,954 km2(7,704 sq mi) | |||
| Population | |||||
| • | 1.1.1993 | 258,662 | |||
| Density | 13 /km2 (33.6 /sq mi) | ||||
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The Kuopio Province (Finnish: Kuopion lääni, Swedish: Kuopio län) was a province of Finland from 1831 to 1997. The province was named after the 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 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 the Torne River, to Russia.
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