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Province of Oulu

Province of Oulu
Oulun lääni
Uleåborgs län
County of Sweden 1775–1809
Province of Grand Duchy of Finland 1809–1917
Province of independent Finland 1917–2009

1775–2009

Coat of arms of Oulu

Coat of arms

Location of Oulu
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)

Coat of arms of Oulu

Coat of arms

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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