Mikkeli Province

The Mikkeli Province (, ) was a province of Finland from 1831 to 1997. The province was named after the city of Mikkeli.

Under Russian rule, it was called Saint Michel Governorate. Parts of the province were transferred to the Central Finland Province in 1960. In 1997 it was merged with Kuopio Province and Northern Karelia Province into the new Eastern Finland Province.

Maps

Municipalities in 1997 (cities in bold)

Anttola Enonkoski Hartola Haukivuori Heinola Heinävesi Hirvensalmi Joroinen Juva Jäppilä Kangaslampi Kangasniemi Kerimäki Mikkeli Mikkelin mlk Mäntyharju Pertunmaa Pieksämäki Pieksämäen mlk Punkaharju Puumala Rantasalmi Ristiina Savonlinna Savonranta Sulkava Sysmä Virtasalmi

Former municipalities (disestablished before 1997) Heinolan mlk Sääminki

Governors Abraham Joakim Molander-Nordenheim 1831–1837 Gabriel Anton Cronstedt 1837–1840 Otto Abraham Boije 1840–1847 Alexander Thesleff 1847–1853 Carl Fabian Langenskiöld 1853–1854 Carl Emil Cedercreutz 1854–1856 Bernhard Indrenius 1856 Samuel Werner von Troil 1856–1863 Theodor Sebastian Gustaf Thilén 1863–1869 Carl Gustav Mortimer von Kraemer 1869–1873 Edvard Reinhold von Ammondt 1874–1875 Hjalmar Sebastian Nordenstreng 1876–1883 August Alexander Järnefelt 1883–1884 Gustav Axel Samuel von Troil 1884–1889 Johannes Gripenberg 1889–1891 Knut Robert Carl Walfrid Spåre 1891–1899 Lennart Fritiof Munck 1900–1903 Aleksander Watatzi 1903–1905 Anton Leonard von Knorring 1905–1910 Eliel Ilmari Vuorinen 1910–1911 Leo Aristides Sirelius 1911–1916 Nikolai Sillman 1916–1917 Aleksanteri August Aho 1917 Ernst Edvard Rosenqvist 1918–1927 Albin Pulkkinen 1927–1933 Emil Jatkola 1933–1948 Alpo Lumme 1949–1957 Urho Kiukas 1957–1970 Viljo Virtanen 1970–1979 Uki Voutilainen 1979–1989 Juhani Kortesalmi 1989–1997