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{{Short description|Province of Finland (1775–1997)}}
{{Infobox former subdivision
| native_name = ''Vaasan lääni<br />Vasa län''
| conventional_long_name = Province of Vaasa
| common_name = Vaasa
| subdivision = [[Counties of Sweden|County]]
| nation      = [[Kingdom of Sweden (1721–1809)|Sweden]] 1775–1809<br />[[Provinces of Finland|Province]] of [[Grand Duchy of Finland]] 1809–1917<br />[[Provinces of Finland|Province]] of independent [[Finland]] 1917–1997
| event_start = 
| year_start  = 1775
| date_start  = 
| event_end   = 
| year_end    = 1997
| date_end    = 
| event1      = 
| date_event1 = 
| p1          = County of Ostrobothnia
| flag_p1     = Flag of Sweden.svg
| s1          = Province of Central Finland
| flag_s1     = Flag of Finland.svg
| s2          = Western Finland
| flag_s2     = Flag of Finland.svg
| image_flag  = 
| image_coat  = Vaasan lääni.vaakuna.svg
| image_map   = 
| image_map_caption = 
| capital     = Vaasa
| stat_year1  = 1.1.1993
| stat_area1  = 27319
| stat_pop1   = 448384
| leader1     = 
| year_leader1= 
| leader2     = 
| year_leader2= 
| title_leader= Governor
| footnotes   = 
}}

'''Vaasa Province''' ({{Langx|fi|Vaasan lääni}} {{IPA|fi|ˈʋɑːsɑn ˈlæːni|}}; {{Langx|sv|Vasa län}}, {{IPA|sv-FI|ˈvɑːsɑ ˈleːn|lang}}, <small>Sweden</small> {{IPA|sv|ˈvɑ̂ːsa ˈlɛːn|lang}}; {{langx|ru|Вазаская губерния}}) was a [[Provinces of Finland|province]] of [[Finland]], established in 1775 when Finland was an integrated part of Sweden from the southern part of [[Ostrobothnia County]] and disbanded in 1997. The province was named after the city of [[Vaasa]].

On the death of Tsar [[Nicholas I of Russia|Nicholas I]] in 1855, a small group of citizens in the city of Vaasa tendered a petition to change the name of the city after him. The name of the city came from the [[House of Vasa|Royal House of Vasa]] and despite that only 15 citizens were backing the proposal the name of the city was changed to Nikolaistad ({{langx|ru|Николайстада}}, {{langx|fi|Nikolainkaupunki}}). However, the name of the province was not changed.<ref>{{Cite book
|last = Бойко
|first = Дмитрий Александрович
|title = Геральдика Великого Княжества Финляндского с приложением 1500 рисунков и 11 карт
|trans-title = Heraldry of the Grand Duchy of Finland with 1500 illustrations and 11 maps
|date = 2013
|publisher = Запорожье
|url = https://geraldika.ru/files/boiko-d-vkf-heraldry.pdf
|language = Russian
|page = 48
}}</ref>

In 1960 the eastern part was separated as the [[Province of Central Finland]]. In 1997 it was reunited with Central Finland, together they merged with the [[Pirkanmaa|northern part]] of the [[Province of Häme]] and the [[Province of Turku and Pori]] to establish the new Province of [[Western Finland]].

The former province corresponds to the current regions of [[Ostrobothnia (administrative region)|Ostrobothnia]], [[Central Ostrobothnia]] and [[Southern Ostrobothnia]].

== Maps ==
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[[File:Finnish counties 1635.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Provinces of Finland 1634: 1: Turku and Pori, 14: Nyland and Tavastehus, '''18: Ostrobothnia''', 20: Viborg and Nyslott, 21: Kexholm]]
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[[File:Finnish counties 1776.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Provinces of Finland 1776: 1: Turku and Pori, '''4: Vaasa''', 10: Oulu, 14: Nyland and Tavastehus, 15: Kymmenegård, 16: Savolax and Karelia]]
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[[File:Finnish counties 1960.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Provinces of Finland 1960: 1: Turku and Pori, 2: Uusimaa, 3: Häme, '''4: Vaasa''', 5: Kymi, 6: Mikkeli, 7: Central Finland, 8: Kuopio, 9: Northern Karelia, 10: Oulu, 11: Lapland, 12: Åland]]
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[[File:Finnish counties 1996.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Provinces of Finland 1996: 1: Turku and Pori, 2: Uusimaa, 3: Häme, '''4: Vaasa''', 5: Kymi, 6: Mikkeli, 7: Central Finland, 8: Kuopio, 9: Northern Karelia, 10: Oulu, 11: Lapland, 12: Åland]]
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[[File:Finnish counties 1997.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Provinces of Finland 1997: 10: Oulu, 11: Lapland, 12: Åland, 22: Southern Finland, '''23: Western Finland''', 24: Eastern Finland]]
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== Municipalities in 1997 (cities in bold) ==
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* [[Alahärmä]]
* '''[[Alajärvi]]'''
* '''[[Alavus]]'''
* [[Evijärvi]]
* [[Halsua]]
* [[Himanka]]
* [[Ilmajoki]]
* [[Isojoki]]
* [[Isokyrö]]
* '''[[Jakobstad]]'''
* [[Jalasjärvi]]
* [[Jurva]]
* '''[[Kannus]]'''
* [[Karijoki]]
* '''[[Kaskinen]]'''
* [[Kauhajoki]]
* '''[[Kauhava]]'''
* [[Kaustinen]]
* '''[[Kokkola]]'''
* [[Korsnäs]]
* [[Kortesjärvi]]
* '''[[Kristinestad]]'''
* [[Kronoby]]
* [[Kuortane]]
* '''[[Kurikka]]'''
* [[Kälviä]]
* [[Laihia]]
* [[Lappajärvi]]
* '''[[Lapua]]'''
* [[Larsmo]]
* [[Lehtimäki]]
* [[Lestijärvi]]
* [[Lohtaja]]
* [[Malax]]
* [[Maxmo]]
* [[Korsholm]]
* [[Nurmo]]
* '''[[Nykarleby]]'''
* '''[[Närpes]]'''
* [[Oravais]]
* [[Pedersöre]]
* [[Perho]]
* [[Peräseinäjoki]]
* '''[[Seinäjoki]]'''
* [[Soini, Finland|Soini]]
* [[Teuva]]
* [[Toholampi]]
* [[Töysä]]
* [[Ullava]]
* '''[[Vaasa]]'''
* [[Veteli]]
* [[Vimpeli]]
* [[Vähäkyrö]]
* [[Vörå]]
* [[Ylihärmä]]
* [[Ylistaro]]
* '''[[Ähtäri]]'''
{{div col end}}

== Former municipalities (disestablished before 1997) ==
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* [[Bergö]]
* [[Björköby]]
* [[Esse, Finland|Esse]]
* [[Jeppo (village)|Jeppo]]
* {{ill|Karleby kommun|de|Kaarlela|fi|Kaarlela|fr|Kaarlela|no|Karleby (tidligere kommune)|smn|Kaarlela|sv|Karleby kommun}}
* [[Kvevlax]]
* [[Lappfjärd]]
* {{ill|Munsala|eo||fi||no||smn||sv}}
* [[Nedervetil]]
* {{ill|Nykarleby landskommun|fi|Uudenkaarlepyyn maalaiskunta|fr|Commune rurale de Nykarleby|no|Nykarleby la.comommune|smn|Uusikaarlepyy táálunkieldâ|sv}}
* [[Petalax]]
* [[Purmo]]
* [[Pörtom]]
* [[Replot]]
* {{ill|Seinäjoen mlk|eo|Kampara komunumo de Seinäjoki|fi|Seinäjoen maalaiskunta|fr|Commune rurale de Seinäjoki|no|Seinäjoki la.comommune}}
* {{ill|Sideby|fi|Siipyy|no||smn|Siipyy|sv}}
* {{ill|Solf (municipality)|lt=Solf|fi|Sulva|no|Solf|smn|Sulva|sv|Solf}}
* [[Terjärv]]
* {{ill|Tjöck|eo||fi|Tiukka|fr|Tiukka|no||smn|Tiukka|sv}}
* [[Öja (Finland)|Öja]]
* [[Övermark]]
{{div col end}}

== Governors ==
* [[Bror Cederström]] 1775–1785<ref name="Elgenstierna 1925" />
* [[Adolf Tandefeldt]] 1785–1794<ref name="Porthan 1886b" />
* [[Carl Fridrik Krabbe]] 1794–1805<ref name="Porthan 1886a" />
* [[Magnus Wanberg]] 1805–1808<ref name="Ehrström 2008" />
* {{ill|Nils Fredric von Schoultz|sv}} 1808
* {{ill|Carl Constantin de Carnall|fi||ru|Карналл, Карл Константин де (1757)}} 1808–1822<ref name="Carpelan 1903" />
* {{ill|Herman Henrik Wärnhjelm|fi}} 1822–1830<ref name="Danielson 1897" />
* [[Gustaf Magnus Armfelt]] 1830–1832<ref name="Heinricius 1914" />
* [[Carl Gustaf von Mannerheim]] 1832–1833 (acting) and 1833–1834<ref name="Finland 1907" />
* {{ill|Carl Olof Cronstedt d.y.|lt=Carl Olof Cronstedt|fi|Carl Olof Cronstedt (nuorempi)|fr|Carl Olof Cronstedt (junior)|ru|Кронштедт, Карл-Олаф Карлович|sv|Carl Olof Cronstedt den yngre}} 1834–1837 (acting) and 1837–1845
* [[John Ferdinand Bergenheim]] 1845–1847
* {{ill|Berndt Federley d.ä.|lt=Berndt Federley|fi|Berndt Federley|sv|Berndt Federley (ämbetsman)}} 1847–1854
* {{ill|Alexander von Rechenberg|fi}} 1854–1858
* {{ill|Otto Leonard von Blom|fi||ru|Блом, Оттон Гаврилович}} 1858–1861
* [[Carl Gustaf Fabian Wrede]] 1862–1863 (vt.) and 1863–1884
* [[Viktor Napoleon Procopé]] 1884–1888
* [[August Alexander Järnefelt]] 1888–1894
* [[Waldemar Schauman]] 1894–1898
* {{ill|Gustaf Axel von Kothen|fi||ru|Котен, Густав-Аксель Фердинандович}} 1898–1900
* {{ill|Fredrik Geronimo Björnberg|fi}} 1900–1903
* [[Theodor Knipovitsch]] 1903–1906
* {{ill|Kasten Fredrik Ferdinand de Pont|fi|Kasten De Pont|ru|Де-Понт, Карстен Карлович}} 1906–1910
* {{ill|Bernhard Otto Widnäs|fi||ru|Виднэс, Борис Андреевич|uk|Віднес Борис Андрійович}} 1910–1913
* {{ill|Nikolai Sillman|fi||ru|Сильман, Николай Фёдорович}} 1913–1916
* {{ill|Leo Aristides Sirelius|fi|Leo Sirelius|ru|Сирелиус, Лео-Аристид Оттович}} 1916–1917
* [[Juho Torppa]] 1917 (acting)
* [[Teodor August Heikel]] 1917–1920
* [[Bruno Sarlin]] 1920–1930
* [[Erik Heinrichs]] 1930
* [[Kaarlo Martonen]] 1930–1938
* [[Jalo Lahdensuo]] 1938–1943
* {{ill|Toivo Tarjanne|fi||sv}} 1943–1944
* {{ill|K. G. R. Ahlbäck|fi|Gunnar Ahlbäck|sv|Gunnar Ahlbäck}} 1944–1967
* [[Martti Viitanen]] 1967–1977
* {{ill|Antti Pohjonen|arz|انتى پوهچونين|eo||fi}} 1977–1978
* {{ill|Mauno Kangasniemi|fi}} 1978–1991
* {{ill|Tom Westergård|fi}} 1991–1997

== References ==
<references>
<ref name="Carpelan 1903">{{cite book
| last        = Carpelan
| first       = Tor Harald
| title       = Finsk biografisk handbok. 2 Bder
| date        = 1903
| url         = https://www.google.com/books/edition/Finsk_biografisk_handbok_2_Bder/EomHnpOzVFoC?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover
| language    = sv
| access-date = 28 June 2025
| page        = 433
}}</ref>
<ref name="Danielson 1897">{{cite book
| last        = Danielson
| first       = Johan Richard
| title       = Finska kriget och Finlands krigare, 1808–1809
| publisher   = Weilin & Goö
| date        = 1897
| url         = https://www.google.com/books/edition/Finska_kriget_och_Finlands_krigare_1808/Xm8pAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA787&printsec=frontcover
| language    = sv
| access-date = 28 June 2025
| page        = 787
}}</ref>
<ref name="Ehrström 2008">{{cite book
| last        = Ehrström
| first       = Eric Gustaf
| title       = Dagbok från fälttåget i Österbotten 1808
| publisher   = Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland
| date        = 2008
| isbn        = 978-91-7353-228-0
| url         = https://www.google.com/books/edition/Dagbok_fr%25C3%25A5n_f%25C3%25A4ltt%25C3%25A5get_i_%25C3%2596sterbotten/KO0nAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover
| language    = sv
| access-date = 28 June 2025
| page        = 131
}}</ref>
<ref name="Elgenstierna 1925">{{cite book
| last        = Elgenstierna
| first       = Gustaf Magnus
| title       = Den introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor med tillägg och rättelser
| publisher   = P.A. Norstedt
| date        = 1925
| url         = https://www.google.com/books/edition/Den_introducerade_svenska_adelns_%25C3%25A4ttart/IdeCxbDD0B4C?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover
| language    = sv
| access-date = 28 June 2025
| page        = 810
}}</ref>
<ref name="Finland 1907">{{cite book
| last        = Finland
| first       = Svenska litteratursällskapet i
| title       = Förhandlinger och uppsatser
| date        = 1907
| url         = https://www.google.com/books/edition/F%25C3%25B6rhandlinger_och_uppsatser/FZ86AQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover
| language    = sv
| access-date = 28 June 2025
| page        = XXII
}}</ref>
<ref name="Heinricius 1914">{{cite book
| last        = Heinricius
| first       = Gustaf
| title       = Från samhällslifvet i Åbo, 1809–1827: kultur- och personhistoriska skildringar
| publisher   = Tidnings- & tryckeri-aktiebolagets tryckeri
| date        = 1914
| url         = https://www.google.com/books/edition/Fr%25C3%25A5n_samh%25C3%25A4llslifvet_i_%25C3%2585bo_1809_1827/kRI_AQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover
| language    = sv
| access-date = 28 June 2025
| page        = 210
}}</ref>
<ref name="Porthan 1886a">{{cite book
| last        = Porthan
| first       = Henrik Gabriel
| title       = Henrik Gabriel Porthans bref till Mathias Calonius
| publisher   = Tidnings- & tryckeri-aktiebolagets tryckeri
| date        = 1886
| url         = https://www.google.com/books/edition/Henrik_Gabriel_Porthans_bref_till_Mathia/c8dJAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&pg=RA2-PA290&printsec=frontcover
| language    = sv
| access-date = 28 June 2025
| page        = XXXIV
}}</ref>
<ref name="Porthan 1886b">{{cite book
| last        = Porthan
| first       = Henrik Gabriel
| title       = Bref till Mathias Calonius: Åren 1797–1800
| publisher   = Tidnings- & tryckeri-aktiebolagets tryckeri
| date        = 1886
| url         = https://www.google.com/books/edition/Bref_till_Mathias_Calonius_%25C3%2585ren_1797_18/wZ8vAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PR91&printsec=frontcover
| language    = sv
| access-date = 28 June 2025
| page        = XCI
}}</ref>
</references>

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