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in 1855, a small group of citizens in the city of Vaasa tendered a petition to change the name of the city after him. The name of the city came from the
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and despite that only 15 citizens were backing the proposal the name of the city was changed to Nikolaistad (
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Provinces of Finland 1997: 10: Oulu, 11: Lapland, 12: Åland, 22: Southern Finland,
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Provinces of Finland 1634: 1: Turku and Pori, 14: Nyland and Tavastehus,
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Provinces of Finland 1996: 1: Turku and Pori, 2: Uusimaa, 3: HĂ€me,
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Provinces of Finland 1960: 1: Turku and Pori, 2: Uusimaa, 3: HĂ€me,
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and disbanded in 1996. The province was named after the city of
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The former province corresponds to the current regions of
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