Carl Linnaeus, The Lapland Journey, translated by Peter Graves (Edinburgh: Lockharton Press, 1995), p. 189.
Northern Husbandry, 23/09/1732, ¶1108:
23rd. Went to the church in Vasa, looked at the castle in the south-west part of the town, looked at the school etc.; a small and quite pretty town. Seat of the provincial governor.