Porvoo Diet

Finnish politics
Also known as: Borgå Diet

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  • Finland
    In Finland: The era of bureaucracy

    …was laid down by the Porvoo (Borgå) Diet in 1809. Finland was still formally a part of Sweden until the peace treaty of Hamina (Fredrikshamn) later that year, but most of the Finnish leaders had already grown tired of Swedish control and wanted to acquire as much self-government as possible…

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