Governor-General of Finland
The governor-general of Finland (Finnish: Suomen kenraalikuvernööri; Swedish: generalguvernör över Finland; Russian: генерал-губернатор Финляндии) was the military commander and the highest administrator of Finland sporadically under Swedish rule in the 17th and 18th centuries and continuously in the autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland between 1809 and 1917.
| Governor-General of Finland | |
|---|---|
Nikolai Vissarionovich Nekrasov, the last governor-general of Finland | |
| Appointer | King of Sweden, later Emperor of Russia |
| Formation | 1595 |
| First holder | Klaus Fleming |
| Final holder | Nikolai Vissarionovich Nekrasov |
| Abolished | 1917 |
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