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Nykarleby :: In English (954 words) |
 | Welcome to Nykarleby - the town by the river - which was founded in 1620 by Gustaf II Adolf. |
| Birgitta Church, which lies by the bridge crossing the river of Nykarleby, is one of the most famous sights of the town. |
| The plan was to connect the mainline station of Kovjoki to the city of Nykarleby and its harbour at the Baltic. |
| Nykarleby, Finland (140 words) |
| 20km/12.5mi south of Jakobstad lies the town of Nykarleby (Finnish name Uusikaarlepyy), founded in 1620, where Per Brahe established the first secondary school in Österbotten (1640). |
| Nykarleby was the birthplace in 1818 of Zachris Topelius, the most important Finland-Swedish poet of the 19th century after Runeberg; the house in which he was born is now a museum. |
| Near Nykarleby General von Döbeln defeated a Russian army during the Swedish-Russian war of 1808-09. |
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