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Kexholm County
Kexholms län
Käkisalmen lääni
County of the Swedish Empire
1634–1721
Coat of arms of Kexholm
Coat of arms
CapitalKexholm
History 
• Treaty of Nöteborg
12 August 1323
• Established
1634
• Great Northern War
1700–21
• Treaty of Nystad
30 August 1721
Succeeded by
County of Kymmenegård and Nyslott Kexholm County
Saint Petersburg Governorate Kexholm County
Provinces of the Swedish Empire around
the Gulf of Finland in the 17th century.
A photograph of the Castle of Kexholm at Priozersk.
Coat of arms of the County of Kexholm.

Kexholm County (Swedish: Kexholms län, Finnish: Käkisalmen lääni) was a county of the Swedish Empire from 1634 to 1721, when the southern part was ceded to the Russian Empire in the Treaty of Nystad. The capital of the county was Kexholm (Finnish: Käkisalmi), which today is Priozersk.

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Viipuri Province

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Tver Karelians

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Ladoga Karelia

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Republic; thereafter it came under Russian rule, as part of Kexholm County. Along with Kexholm County, Ladoga Karelia was transferred to Sweden through the...

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Palatinate-Zweibrücken (AD 1654–1720) – Kexholm County under Swedish rule House of Hesse (AD 1720–1721) – Kexholm County under Swedish rule House of Ascania...

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De la Gardie campaign

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signed the Treaty of Viborg (Finnish: Viipuri), in which Russia ceded Kexholm County and the strategic Korela Fortress to Sweden in exchange for military...

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Korela Fortress

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Jacob De la Gardie

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signed the Treaty of Viborg (Finnish: Viipuri), in which Russia ceded Kexholm County and the strategic Korela Fortress to Sweden in exchange for military...

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Priozersk

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Viborg and Nyslott County

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Governorates of the Grand Principality of Finland

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Nyland and Tavastehus County

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Swedish Ingria

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War between the two empires. In 1617 Russia ceded Ingria and the County of Kexholm to Sweden under the Treaty of Stolbovo. This area was along the basin...

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Gustav Evertsson Horn

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military expedition from Finland into Muscovy, traversing northern Kexholm County with the objective of launching an offensive to destroy the settlements...

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Ostrobothnia County

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Oulu Province

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was an integrated part of Sweden from the northern part of Ostrobothnia County. The new province was named after its administrative seat of Oulu. As a...

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Dominions of Sweden

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Vaasa Province

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Carl Gustaf Wrangel

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