Kexholm County

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
1634
• Great Northern War
1700–21
• Treaty of Nystad
30 August 1721
Succeeded by
County of Kymmenegård and Nyslott
Saint Petersburg Governorate
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.