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Sääksmäki

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Country
  
Finland

Consolidated
  
1973

Local time
  
Tuesday 11:22 AM

Region
  
Pirkanmaa

Charter
  
ca. 1340

Time zone
  
EET (UTC+2)

Population
  
4,467 (1970)

Sääksmäki

Weather
  
3°C, Wind S at 21 km/h, 96% Humidity

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Sääksmäki is a village and a former municipality, currently part of Valkeakoski in the Pirkanmaa region of Western Finland. A past president of Finland, Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, the Finnish film producer and director Veikko Aaltonen, eminent Finnish historian Eino Jutikkala, and actress Pirkko Mannola, were born there.

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Sääksmäki's most famous building is the medieval stone Sääksmäki Church, built at the end of the 15th century. It is one of the oldest buildings in Finland. It features wooden sculptures that were created by an anonymous artist, known as the "Master of Sääksmäki". Sääksmäki's architecture also includes manor houses that date back hundreds of years.

People born in Sääksmäki

  • Johan Ulrik Sebastian Gripenberg (1795 – 1869)
  • Pehr Evind Svinhufvud (1861 – 1944)
  • Frans Rapola (1862 – 1910)
  • Kaarlo Kustaa Paasia (1883 – 1961)
  • August Syrjänen (1883 – 1956)
  • Julius Nurminen (1887 – 1918)
  • Tuomas Saikku (1906 – 1963)
  • Eino Jutikkala (1907 – 2006)
  • Eino Raunio (1909 – 1979)
  • Kauko Tamminen (1920 – 1989)
  • Olavi Nikkilä (1922 – 2014)
  • Anita Välkki (1926 - 2011)
  • Pirkko Mannola (1938 – )
  • Veikko Aaltonen (1955 – )

    • References

    Sääksmäki Wikipedia
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