The Province of Oulu (Finnish: Oulun lääni, Swedish: Uleåborgs län) was a province of Finland from 1775 to 2009. It bordered the provinces of Lapland,...
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Oulu (/ˈoʊluː/ OH-loo, Finnish: [ˈou̯lu] ; Swedish: Uleåborg [ʉːlɛɔˈbɔrj] ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of North Ostrobothnia. It is...
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The former Oulu Province in Finland was divided on two regions, nine sub-regions and 43 municipalities. Oulu sub-region Hailuoto (Karlö) Haukipudas Kempele...
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Province, Southern Finland Province, Western Finland Province, Oulu Province) N-CTS3223 Finland (Southern Finland Province, Eastern Finland Province,...
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Oulu can refer to: 1512 Oulu (1939 FE), an asteroid Finland Oulu, a city and municipality in Finland (Uleåborg) Oulu Province, one of the provinces of...
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conterminous with the smaller Oulu Province, absorbing parts of Oulu Province North district. The district was renamed Oulu Province at the same time. The district...
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Provinces of Finland (redirect from Province of Finland)
Western and Central Finland cover the former province of Western Finland, and the former province of Oulu was revamped as Northern Finland; other old provincial...
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Lapland (Finland) (redirect from Lappi Province, Finland)
County (after 1755 Oulu County). The northern and western areas were transferred in 1809 to Oulu County, which became Oulu Province. Under the royalist...
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Oulujoki (redirect from Oulu river)
Oulujoki (Swedish: Ule älv) is a river in Oulu province, Finland. Its name in Finnish means literally "Oulu River", originally in old Northern Ostrobothnian...
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Olavi Lahtela (category Politicians from Oulu Province (Grand Duchy of Finland))
Olavi Aleksanteri Lahtela (3 June 1915 – 29 December 1968) was a Finnish politician, born in Kemijärvi. He served as Deputy Minister of Communications...
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Hannes Paaso (category Politicians from Oulu Province (Grand Duchy of Finland))
Hannes Gideon Paaso (12 March 1908 – 6 May 1970) was a Finnish farmer, lay preacher and politician, born in Ii, Finland. He was a Member of the Parliament...
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Siikalatva Alavieska Kalajoki Merijärvi Oulainen Sievi Ylivieska Oulu Province Regions of Oulu Media related to Municipalities in Northern Ostrobothnia at...
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of Oulu Province North was divided between the electoral districts of Lapland Province and Oulu Province, and the electoral district of Oulu Province South...
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Antti Tuomikoski (category People from Oulu Province (Grand Duchy of Finland))
Anders (Antti) Tuomikoski (19 July 1842 – 1 May 1932) was a Finnish sexton and politician, born in Pyhäjoki. He was a member of the Diet of Finland in...
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Oulu sub-region is a subdivision of Northern Ostrobothnia and one of the Sub-regions of Finland since 2009. The Oulu region has a population of 263,519...
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Liminka (category Oulu Province geography stubs)
region in Finland. Liminka is located about 25 kilometres (16 mi) south of Oulu. The municipality has a population of 10,206 (31 August 2024) and covers...
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Fanni Luukkonen (category People from Oulu Province (Grand Duchy of Finland))
Finland, an autonomous state ruled by the Russian Empire. The family moved to Oulu immediately after her birth with her older brother Mauritz Emil. The family...
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Eemil Partanen (category People from Oulu Province (Grand Duchy of Finland))
Juho Eemil (J. E.) Partanen (28 November 1906 – 7 April 1996) was a Finnish politician, born in Sotkamo. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland from...
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Alpo K. Marttinen (category People from Oulu Province (Grand Duchy of Finland))
Alpo Kullervo Marttinen (4 November 1908 – 20 December 1975) was a Finnish and American colonel. During World War II he served in the Finnish Army. Following...
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it the smallest municipality in Northern Ostrobothnia and the former Oulu Province in terms of population. The municipality covers an area of 205.65 km2...
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Ylivieska is also the commercial center of the Oulu South region, the southern part of the late Oulu province. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The...
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Ylikiiminki (category Oulu Province geography stubs)
Finland. It was consolidated with the city of Oulu on 1 January 2009. It was located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region...
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Edvard Isto (category People from Oulu Province (Grand Duchy of Finland))
elementary grades, because the nearest secondary school was too far away, in Oulu. When he turned eighteen, he went to Övertorneå, in Sweden, to work at a...
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Kyösti Kallio (category People from Oulu Province (Grand Duchy of Finland))
go to Raahe's junior high school in 1886. After that, he was educated in Oulu where he became acquainted with Santeri Alkio, author and future ideologue...
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Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg (category People from Oulu Province (Grand Duchy of Finland))
leaving his family in a difficult financial position. The family moved to Oulu, where the children entered school. Kaarlo's mother Amanda worked to support...
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Erkki Raappana (category People from Oulu Province (Grand Duchy of Finland))
Major General Erkki Johannes Raappana (June 2, 1893 – September 14, 1962) was the commander of the 14th Division of the Finnish Army during the Second...
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Kiiminki (category Oulu Province geography stubs)
municipalities it was merged with the city of Oulu on 1 January 2013. Kiiminki municipality was part of the Oulu province in the Northern Ostrobothnia region....
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Matthias Castrén (category People from Oulu Province (Grand Duchy of Finland))
his uncle, Matthias Castrén. At the age of twelve he was sent to school at Oulu. On entering the Alexander University at Helsinki (now University of Helsinki)...
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Veikko Antero Koskenniemi (category People from Oulu Province (Grand Duchy of Finland))
Antero Koskenniemi (8 July 1885 – 4 August 1962) was a Finnish poet born in Oulu. From 1921 to 1948, Koskenniemi served as Professor of Literary History at...
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