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
Province of Finland
1921–1922
Coat of arms
CapitalPetsamo
Area 
 
11,338.68 km2 (4,377.89 sq mi)
History 
 Established
1921
 Disestablished
1922
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Province of Oulu

In 1921, Soviet Russia was forced to cede the area of Pechenga to Finland in exchange for the return of Repola and Porajärvi to Soviet Russia, following Finnish independence and military expansion into neighboring Russian territory and the Treaty of Tartu. 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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