Talk:Provinces of Finland

message: How about starting up a project to provide a template for the provinces? The Wikipedia:WikiProject Swedish counties could be used as a basis for creating the new parallel project Wikipedia:WikiProject Finnish provinces, under Wikipedia:WikiProject Countries. -- Mic 12:15 Apr 11, 2003 (UTC)
:Yes, that is a good idea. I'll have to think a bit about what should be included on the individual province pages. Also a Wikipedia:WikiProject Finnish regional councils would have to be started  -- JNi 12:47 Apr 11, 2003 (UTC)
::I know that Finland has a two tier structure regionally, and I'm not entirely clear over how they are constituted. For Sweden, I chose to make one entry for the County and then from the inside provide links to separate entries for the County Administrative Boards and the County Councils. These are separate entities but they still share the same geographical area. From what I gather, the Finnish regional councils have a position somewhat similar to the Swedish county councils but also some how connected to the municipalities, and with their own distinct geographical areas. There would also be cases for Wikipedia:WikiProject Finnish municipalities and Wikipedia:WikiProject Swedish municipalities. -- Mic 13:42 Apr 11, 2003 (UTC)
It would probably be more to the point to call the new Big-läänit counties instead of provinces. Province would be better used for such things as Tavastia and Savonia — Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.14.212.62 (talk) 03:42, 9 July 2003 (UTC)
thread_title:  A template for the provinces? 

message: fyi .. there is a test version at Talk:Provinces of Finland/Different version I moved out of article namespace. -- User:Docu — Preceding undated comment added 18:03, 14 August 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Test version

message: When you set the font one fraction larger (or more), the map overlaps the table. FYI. Jeroenvrp 23:10, 15 May 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Firefox has the same problem. --TonyM ｷﾀ━( °∀° )━ｯ!! 19:24, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: ...except you don't even have to set a larger font. God I love Firefox. --TonyM ｷﾀ━( °∀° )━ｯ!! 19:26, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Map 

message: Jaakko , I suggest that you read the texts about the Åland adminstrative issues before changing, it is only on paper a "län", all its functions are handled by the "landskap"'s-adminstration. Thus it is by definition the latter. :
"Vaikka Lääninhallituslaki mainitsee "Ahvenanmaan läänin", on tämä olemassa vain nimellisesti, useimpien läänien tehtävien kuuluessa Ahvenanmaan maakuntahallitukselle." MoRsE 23:07, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Still since it is officially a lääni it should be mentioned as such in the list of Finnish läänit. --Jaakko Sivonen 16:43, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: For once, I'll agree with Jaakko. Although the landskap administration handles all thing, it is a Finnish lääni at least on paper and I see no harm in mentioning it as such in this article.JdeJ 16:48, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Län <--> Landskap / Lääni <--> maakunta 

message: This page and all related pages need a major update. The provinces were abolished today. --Silvonen (talk) 08:21, 1 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: So does that mean that, apart from the state, municipalities are the biggest units now? --ざくら木 13:42, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: No, there are still regions in between. --Silvonen (talk) 15:49, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Major update needed 

message: 2010 January 14* --Silvonen (talk) 07:10, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed merge 

message: What's the different between:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regions_of_Finland
and 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_Finland
It took me hours to find a province, while I was looking for a region...  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.127.113.209 (talk) 13:11, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  What's the different between: