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Ekenäs
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| Ekenäs stad Tammisaaren kaupunki Ekenäs Town | |
 An alley in Ekenäs | |
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 Location of Ekenäs in Finland | |
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  Ekenäs Location within Uusimaa  Ekenäs Location within Finland  Ekenäs Location within Europe | |
| Coordinates: 59°58′28″N 23°26′8″E / 59.97444°N 23.43556°E | |
| Country | Finland |
| Region | Uusimaa |
| Sub-region | Ekenäs sub-region |
| Founded | 1546 |
| Consolidated | 2009 |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,873.38 km2 (723.32 sq mi) |
| • Land | 726.73 km2 (280.59 sq mi) |
| • Water | 1,146.65 km2 (442.72 sq mi) |
| Population (2008-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 14,754 |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 17% (official) |
| • Swedish | 81% (official) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Climate | Dfb |
Ekenäs (Finland Swedish: [ˈeːkeneːs] ⓘ; Finnish: Tammisaari [ˈtɑmːisɑːri]) is a town and former municipality in Finland that was formed by the merger of the former municipalities of Snappertuna and Tenala with the town of Ekenäs. It was then merged with Pohja and Karis to form the new municipality of Raseborg on 1 January 2009. Ekenäs is in the province of Southern Finland, and is part of the Uusimaa (Swedish: Nyland) region. The town had a population of 14,754 (as of 31 December 2008)[2] and covered a land area of 726.73 square kilometres (280.59 sq mi).[1] The population density was 20.30 inhabitants per square kilometre (52.6/sq mi). The town is bilingual, with the majority being Swedish speakers (81%), and the minority Finnish speakers (17%).
History
[edit]Ekenäs is Finland's seventh oldest town and the first of the non-medieval towns. King Gustav Wasa granted town rights to Ekenäs on 15 December 1546,[3] but even before that Ekenäs played a significant role in maritime transport.[4][5] Today it is mostly noted for its archipelago, part of which is the Ekenäs Archipelago National Park. The old, mainly wooden town center is protected due to its cultural historical value, and renovation of even residential buildings is strictly controlled. The history of the old town dates back to 16th century, but most of the current buildings have been built between 18th and 19th century.
The present Neoclassical form of the Ekenäs church was designed by Italian-born architect Charles Bassi in 1839–1842 following a fire in 1821. There are two buildings in Ekenäs designed by world famous Finnish architect Alvar Aalto; the Ekenäs Savings Bank (1964) and Villa Skeppet (1969), the home of Aalto's biographer, Göran Schildt.[citation needed]
Ekenäs is home of the oldest still functional movie theatre in Finland called Bio Forum.[6] The theatre is located in the old town centre in a small Art Nouveau (Jugend) building and it was founded in 1912. At the time it was called Ekenäs Nya Biograf Teater.
Notable people
[edit]Among notable residents are author Marianne Alopaeus, who wrote in Swedish. She was born in Ekenäs in 1918. One of the most renowned finnish modernist painters Helene Schjerfbeck spend her summers 1918-1920 in Ekenäs and lived in the town permanently 1925-1941. Ekenäs museum center Ekta has a permanent exhibition of her work called Helene Schjerfbeck's Life and Art.
Emma Engdahl-Jägerskiöld, one of Finland's first internationally-recognised opera singers grew up in, and always retained a close connection with, Ekenäs.[7]
Kaija Saarikettu, violinist and Professor at Sibelius Academy, was born in Ekenäs.[8]
Attractions
[edit]Every year Christmas Markets and Christmas opening are organized on the wooden house idyll, pedestrian street Kungsgatan and the market square.[9]
Ekenäs has an award winning art museum Chappe, an art house by the Sea.[10]
Sub-region of Uusimaa
[edit]Ekenäs was also the name of a sub-region of Uusimaa, containing the following municipalities before 2009:
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2008" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
- 1 2 "Population by municipality as of 31 December 2008". Population Information System (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Archived from the original on 2 December 2010. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
- ↑ "Tammisaari (Ekenäs)" (in Finnish). Kansallisbiografia. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
- ↑ Tammisaaren vanha kaupunki ja satama – Museovirasto (in Finnish)
- ↑ "Ekenäs Old Town". Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
- ↑ "Bio Forum - Historik". Bio Forum. Archived from the original on 15 May 2024. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
- ↑ "Engdahl-Jägerskiöld, Emma (1852 - 1930)". Kansallisbiografia.fi (in Finnish). National Biography of Finland. Archived from the original on 7 February 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
- ↑ "Saarikettu, Kaija". Uppslagsverket.fi (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 16 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
- ↑ Rosenqvist, Martina (19 November 2020). "Christmas in Raseborg". Archived from the original on 25 March 2025. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
- ↑ "Chappe - An artful adventure in the scapes of mind and land". Chappe. Archived from the original on 11 February 2025. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
Gallery
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Raseborg City Hall in Ekenäs
Charles Bassi, Ekenäs church
Ekenäs seen from south
Movie theatre in Ekenäs
Alvar Aalto, Ekenäs Savings Bank
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