Häme Province (Finnish: Hämeen lääni, Swedish: Tavastehus län), or Tavastia, was a province of Finland from 1831 to 1997.
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.
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Former municipalities (disestablished before 1997)
Aitolahti
Akaa (re-established 2007)
Eräjärvi
Hämeenlinnan mlk
Koijärvi
Messukylä
Pohjaslahti
Somerniemi
Sääksmäki
Teisko
Tottijärvi
Tyrväntö
Vanaja
Governors
Carl Klick 1831
Johan Fredrik Stichaeus 1831–1841
J. V. Snellman 1831 (acting)
Carl Otto Rehbinder 1841–1863
Samuel Werner von Troil 1863–1865
Clas Herman Molander 1865–1869
Hjalmar (Sebastian) Nordenstreng 1870–1875
Edvard (Reinhold) von Ammondt 1875–1887
Torsten Costiander 1887–1895
Edvard Boehm 1895–1899
Gustaf Axel von Kothen 1900–1901
Isidor Svertschkoff 1901–1904
Alexander Pappkoff 1904–1906
Ivar (Sune) Gordie 1906–1910
Arthur Brofeldt 1910–1911 (acting)
Rafael Knut Harald Spåre 1911–1917
Kustaa Adolf Saarinen 1917–1918 (acting)
Antti Tulenheimo 1918–1919
Albert von Hellens 1919–1930
Sigurd Mattsson 1930–1959
Jorma Tuominen 1959–1972
Valdemar Sandelin 1973–1979
Risto Tainio 1979–1994