Coats of Arms of Oulu County in 1840 By fennomanic Watch

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Coats of arms of the Oulu County (or province/governorate, Län(SE), lääni(FI)) and its hundreds (Härad(SE), kihlakunta(FI)) and towns in 1840, based on the seals used at the time (had to improvise some tinctures and such).



From left to right with the modern Finnish based names (ones in the picture are in Swedish);



Oulu, Oulu Hundred, Oulu County, Kemi Hundred, Tornio

Kajaani, Kajaani Hundred, Hundred of Lappmarks, Salo Hundred, Raahe



Today the old county is part of Northern Ostrobothnia, Kainuu and Lapland regions. Kajaani Hundred became Kainuu while Kemi and Lappmarks Hundreds became modern Lapland. Rest of the Oulu County is now Northern Ostrobothnia. Most of towns still use arms somewhat based on their old seals, while all the hundreds' arms aren't in use anymore with an exception of Lappmarks Hundred, which used the arms of the historical province of Laponia, which also the current Lapland Region uses.



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