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After the Treaty of Nöteborg ( 1323), particularly during the Kalmar Union ( 1397– 1521), the governors of Viborg had a relatively independent relationship to the state authorities in Stockholm and Copenhagen. Their district, Viborgs län, virtually functioning like contemporary German margravates.

After World War IIWorld War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the world's nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. The war was fough the Soviet Union annexed parts of the area and the remainder was renamed Kymi Province. In the reform in 19971997 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year of the Reef''. Events January January 3 NBC's Today Show Bryant Gumbel signs off for the last time January 8 Mister Rogers receives a star on t it was added to the Province of Southern FinlandThe Province of Southern Finland is a province of Finland. It borders to the provinces of Western Finland and Eastern Finland. It also borders to the Gulf of Finland and Russia. Historical Provinces For History, Geography and Culture see: Tavastia, Kareli.

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• länLan and Laanit are the Swedish and Finnish terms for the administrative divisions used in Sweden and Finland, and sometimes in other countries, especially as a translation of the Russian word oblast''. The word literally means fief, but the English langua
• Finnish KareliaFinnish Karelia historically also Swedish Karelia or Carelia is a historical province in eastern Finland. It refers to the western parts of Karelia that during the second millennium has been under western dominance, religiously and politically. Western Ka
• Old FinlandOld Finland Vanha Suomi in Finnish) is a name used for the areas that Sweden lost to Russia in the Great Northern War and in the Hats' Russian War. Old Finland was joined to the autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland in 1812. In the Peace Treaty in 1721, that