Petsamo Province
The Province of Petsamo (Finnish: Petsamon lääni, Swedish: Petsamo län) was a province of Finland from 1921 to 1922.
| Province of Petsamo Petsamon lääni Petsamo län | |||||||||
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| Province of Finland | |||||||||
| 1921–1922 | |||||||||
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| Capital | Petsamo | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
• | 11,338.68 km2 (4,377.89 sq mi) | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1921 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1922 | ||||||||
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In 1921 Soviet Russia ceded the area of Pechenga to Finland. In 1922, it was merged with the province of Oulu. In 1938, Lapland was separated from the province of Oulu and the area of Petsamo became part of the new province of Lapland. In the winter war in 1939-1940 the Soviet Union occupied Petsamo but left the area back to Finland after the Moscow peace agreement in 1940 (Viipuri was ceded to the Soviet Union.) In 1944, the whole of the former province of Petsamo was ceded to the Soviet Union as part of the preliminary peace agreement between Finland and the allies.
Maps
 Provinces of Finland 1921: 1: Turku and Pori, 2: Uusimaa, 3: Häme, 4: Vaasa, 6: Mikkeli, 8: Kuopio, 10: Oulu, 12: Åland, 13: Viipuri, 25: Petsamo |
 Provinces of Finland 1938: 1: Turku and Pori, 2: Uusimaa, 3: Häme, 4: Vaasa, 6: Mikkeli, 8: Kuopio, 10: Oulu, 11: Lapland, 12: Åland, 13: Viipuri |
 Provinces of Finland 1945: 1: Turku and Pori, 2: Uusimaa, 3: Häme, 4: Vaasa, 5: Kymi, 6: Mikkeli, 8: Kuopio, 10: Oulu, 11: Lapland, 12: Åland |
Municipalities
Governors
- Ilmari Helenius 1921
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| 1918–1997 |
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