Finland
Finno-Uralic, Eastern Scandinavia
Tribal Occupation
Finns (1300 B.C.-A.D. 500)
Foreign Rule
Sweden (500-1284)
Duchy of Finland, under Sweden
Swedish Line
-Bengt I (1284-1291)
-Waldemar (1302-1318)
-Matts (1322-1326)
-Dan (1340-1348)
-Bengt II (1353-1357)
-Eric (1357-1359)
-Bo Jonsson Group (1371-1386)
-Karl Knutsson Bond (1440-1467)
-Eric Axelsson Tott (1457-1481)
-Canute Posse (1495-1496)
-Sten Sture the Elder (1497-1501)
-Eric Turresson Bielcke (1497-1511)
-Thomas Wolf (1520-1522)
Foreign Rule
Sweden (1522-1809)
Russia (1809-1917)
Republic of Finland
Regency
-Per Evind of Svinhufvud (1917-1918)
-Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (1918-1919)
Presidency
-Carl Juho Stahlberg (1919-1925)
-Lauri Relander (1925-1931)
-Per Evind of Svinhufvud (1931-1937)
-Kyosti Kallio (1937-1940)
-Risto Ryti (1940-1944)
-Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (1944-1946)
-Juhu Kusti Paasikivi (1946-1956)
-Urho Kaleva Kekkonen (1956-1981)
-Mauno Koivisto (1982-1994)
-Martti Ahtisaari (1994-2000)
-Tarja Halonen (2000- )