The Province of Häme (Finnish: Hämeen lääni, Swedish: Tavastehus län) was a province of Finland from 1831 to 1997.

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Province of Häme Hämeen lääni Tavastehus län
Province of Finland
1831–1997
Coat of arms
Capital	Hämeenlinna
Area
• Coordinates	61.0000°N 24.4414°E / 61.0000; 24.4414
• 1 January 1993	22,246 km2 (8,589 sq mi)
Population
• 1 January 1993	688,200
History
• Established	1831
• Disestablished	1997
Preceded by Succeeded by County of Nyland and Tavastehus Western Finland Southern Finland

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In 1997 the southern parts with Kanta-Häme, Päijät-Häme was merged with the province of Uusimaa and Kymi into the new province of Southern Finland. The northern part with Pirkanmaa was merged with the provinces of Vaasa, Central Finland, Turku and Pori into the new province of Western Finland.

The province corresponds roughly to the current regions of Kanta-Häme, Päijät-Häme and Pirkanmaa.

• Aitolahti
• Akaa [fi] (re-established 2007)
• Eräjärvi
• Hämeenlinnan mlk
• Koijärvi
• Messukylä
• Pohjaslahti
• Somerniemi
• Sääksmäki
• Teisko
• Tottijärvi
• Tyrväntö
• Vanaja

• Carl Klick [fi] 1831
• Johan Fredrik Stichaeus [fi] 1831–1841
• J. V. Snellman 1831 (acting)
• Carl Otto Rehbinder [fi] 1841–1863
• Samuel Werner von Troil [fi] 1863–1865
• Clas Herman Molander [fi] 1865–1869
• Hjalmar (Sebastian) Nordenstreng [fi] 1870–1875
• Edvard (Reinhold) von Ammondt [fi] 1875–1887
• Torsten Costiander [fi] 1887–1895
• Edvard Boehm [fi] 1895–1899
• Gustaf Axel von Kothen [fi] 1900–1901
• Isidor Svertschkoff [fi] 1901–1904
• Alexander Pappkoff [fi] 1904–1906
• Ivar (Sune) Gordie [fi] 1906–1910
• Arthur Brofeldt 1910–1911 (acting)
• Rafael Knut Harald Spåre [fi] 1911–1917
• Kustaa Adolf Saarinen [fi] 1917–1918 (acting)
• Antti Tulenheimo 1918–1919
• Albert von Hellens 1919–1930
• Sigurd Mattsson [fi] 1930–1959
• Jorma Tuominen [fi] 1959–1972
• Valdemar Sandelin 1973–1979
• Risto Tainio [fi] 1979–1994
• Kaarina Suonio 1994–1997

• Media related to Tavastgus Governorate at Wikimedia Commons