Savolax and Karelia County explained

Conventional Long Name:Savolax and Karelia County
Native Name:Savolax och Karelia län
Savon ja Karjalan lääni
Common Name:Savolax and Karelia
Subdivision:County
Nation:Sweden 1775–1809
Province of Grand Duchy of Finland 1809–1831
Year Start:1775
Year End:1831
P1:Savolax and Kymmenegård County
Flag P1:Flag of Sweden.svg
S1:Kuopio Province
Flag S1:Flag of Russia.svg
S2:Mikkeli Province
Flag S2:Flag of Russia.svg
Capital:Kuopio

Savolax and Karelia County (Swedish: Savolax och Karelens län, Finnish: Savonlinnan ja Karjalan lääni) was a county of Sweden 1775–1809 and province of Grand Duchy of Finland 1809–1831. It was formed in 1775 when Savolax and Kymmenegård County was divided into Savolax and Karelia County and Kymmenegård County. Residence city was Kuopio.

By the Treaty of Fredrikshamn in 1809 Sweden ceded all its territories in Finland, east of the Torne River, to Russia. Savolax and Karelia Province was succeeded in 1831 by the Kuopio Province in the autonomic Grand Duchy of Finland. Minor parts of province were merged to Mikkeli Province.

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