Iisalmi (Idensalmi in Swedish) is a town and municipality of Finland. This is a list of towns in Finland. ... The municipalities (kunta in Finnish, kommun in Swedish) represent the local level of self government in Finland and also act as the basic regional administrative units of the country. ...

It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Northern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of 22,647 (2003) and covers an area of 872.65 km² of which 109.27 km² is water. The population density is 26.0 inhabitants per km². The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Finland consists of 6 provinces (Finnish: läänit, Swedish: län), following a 1997 redesign that reduced their number from 12. ... The Province of Eastern Finland is a province of Finland. ... Northern Savonia is a region (maakunta / landskap) in eastern Finland. ... Finland is divided into 20 regions (maakunta/landskap in Finnish/Swedish). ... 2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Iisalmi Industry

Olvi, the last big independent beer brewery in Finland (other big Finnish breweries have been bought by multinational companies), has its factory and headquarters in Iisalmi.

Genelec, a firm making high-quality speakers used in recording studios worldwide, has its factory and headquarters in Iisalmi.

Iisalmi Music

Currently the most famous Iisalmi-based band is a humorous country-rock orchestra Halavatun Papat. A rough translation of the name is "Goddang Grandfathers".

Jaakko Teppo, one of the greatest singer-songwriters ever in Finland, is originally from Iisalmi.

The History of Iisalmi

Iisalmi traces its roots back to the 17th century as the area of Iisalmi was formed with the local church in 1627. In the mid 18th century Finland was under Swedish control, which was in war against the Imperial Russia. The area of Koljonvirta in Iisalmi is remembered as one of the battlefields in this war, especially because one of the best victories was gained there. Unfortunately Sweden lost the actual war and had to surrender Finland as a part of the Russian empire. In the long evolution process in the following decades Iisalmi gained its status as town in 1891. (16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. ... Events A Dutch ship makes the first recorded sighting of the coast of South Australia. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... Big Coat of Arms of the Russian Empire, adopted in 1882 Flag of Russian Empire Imperial Russia is the term used to cover the period of history from the expansion of Russia under Peter the Great, through the expansion of the Russian Empire from the Baltic to the Pacific Ocean... 1891 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...

Cultural events in Iisalmi

Iisalmi, even though being relatively small town, has many cultural events in small and somewhat larger scales. One memorable event of the many is "Rompepäivät", which translates as 'the days of old junk and stuff'. People gather together bringing all kinds of old stuff imaginable from small sewing needles to old tractors for everyone to see and a lot of small things to be sold. Small amount of old restored cars, trucks, motorcycles and tractors, some of them finnish made, are represented for others to see. Here people talk about "good old times" or wonder "ancient artifacts". Sometimes some of the finely restored machines are for sale, for anyone interested to buy one, of course if they can afford one.

External links

• Official website of Iisalmi