Provincial Governors of Finland - Definition and Overview

The Governor, Maaherra, or Landshövding, of a province of Finland heads the activities of the State Provincial Office, Lääninhallitus, or Länsstyrelse. The governors are appointed by the President.

List of Provincial Governors

Eastern Finland

• Pirjo Ala-Kapee, 1997–

Lapland

• Kaarlo Hillilä, 1938–1947
• Uuno Hannula, 1947–1958
• Martti Miettunen, 1958–1973
• Asko Oinas, 1974–1994
• Hannele Pokka, 1994–

Southern Finland

• Tuula Linnainmaa, 1997–

Oulu

• Edvard Furuhjelm, 1901–1903
• Otto Savander, 1903–1905
• Guido Gadolin, 1905–1911
• Hjalmar Langinkoski, 1911–1915
• Axel Fabian af Enehjelm, 1915–1917
• Matts von Nandelstadh, 1917–1925
• Eero Yrjö Pehkonen, 1925–1948
• Kaarle Nikolai Määttä, 1949–1967
• Niilo Mikael Ryhtä, 1967–1973
• Erkki Antero Haukipuro, 1973–1986
• Ahti Antti Johannes Pekkala, 1986–1991
• Eino Olavi Siuruainen, 1991–

Western Finland

• Heikki Koski, 1997–2003
• Rauno Saari, 2003–

Åland

• Hjalmar von Bondsdorff, 1918
• William Isaksson, 1918–1922
• Lars Wilhelm Fagerlund, 1922–1937
• Torsten Rothberg, 1938
• Ruben Österberg, 1939–1945
• Herman Koroleff, 1945–1953
• Tor Brenning, 1954–1972
• Martin Isaksson, 1972–1982
• Henrik Gustavsson, 1982–1999
• Peter Lindbäck, 1999–

See also

• Governor General of Finland
• Governor-General in the Swedish Realm

• County Governors of Sweden