The farming country of the Kokemäki river from Huittinen and Kokemäki down to the sea, the lakes of Eura and Köyliö, and, up the river, the lake country of Upper Satakunta round Lake Pyhäjärvi (Pirkkala) and Vammala.
Satakunta had some of the richest Iron Age cemeteries in Finland (Eura); its burials became Christian in form during the 11th and 12th centuries. The legend that the farmer Lalli killed Bishop Henry on the ice of Lake Köyliö belongs to the 13th to 15th centuries and is not history. The people of Upper Satakunta (Pirkkala) hunted and traded far to the north; the claim that the later birkarls came from Pirkkala dates only from the 16th century, though men of Pirkkala do appear in the northern Ostrobothnian wilds in 1374 (en.wikipedia Birkarls).
No lord, church site or fort of note is recorded for 1200.
Who holds it
- Name
- none named
- Title
- the farmers of the Kokemäki valley and Upper Satakunta (no leader named)
- Confidence
- high
No chieftain is named for 1200.
What it holds
- the Kokemäki river valley
- the Eura and Köyliö lakes
- Upper Satakunta round Pirkkala and Vammala
How things stand that morning
Self-governing Finnish farming districts, Christian in burial custom, under no lord.
Wealth
Grain and cattle, salmon of the Kokemäki river, furs and fish from the northern wilds.
Military
District levies; no named fort.
Threats
- seaborne raiders on the coast (none recorded that winter)
Law and courts
Customary law of the districts; no record. The name Satakunta ('hundred') is old, but its meaning as a unit in 1200 is not known.
What the year holds
What happened next, if nothing in play changes it. Each event carries what it depends on and what would stop it.
- 1200 (no dated event)Nothing recorded.
Places of note
- Kokemäki: the middle Kokemäki valley
- Eura and Köyliö: lake district with rich older cemeteries; Lalli's legend is later
- Pirkkala: Upper Satakunta on Lake Pyhäjärvi
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Archaeology and later evidence only.
On the map: Drawn on the later province with Upper Satakunta to about Ikaalinen; the northern edge towards Ostrobothnia and the Sami forests is a judgement.
Primary sources for Finland
Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.
- The Swedish diplomatarium and its main register, SDHK (documents of 817 to 1540). The register of every known Swedish medieval letter, with full texts for the early centuries. Read online
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.