History
Uusimaa was, along with the rest of Southern and Western Finland, held by the Kingdom of Sweden from the 12th or 13th century. The coastal Uusimaa had earlier been semi-deserted, but was now populated by Swedish settlers. The Finnish provinces were ceded to Imperial Russia in the War of Finland in 1809. After this, Uusimaa became Uudenmaan lääni of the old lääni system. Today, it is divided in the regions of Uusimaa and Eastern Uusimaa.
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