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Helsingfors 1776-1777. Helsinki was founded by Swedish King Gustav I in 1550 as the town of Helsingfors.Gustav intended for the town to serve the purpose of consolidating trade in the southern part of Finland and providing a competitor to Reval (today: Tallinn), a nearby Hanseatic League city which dominated local trade at the time.
A map of Helsinki in 1645. Helsinki was founded by King Gustav I of Sweden on 12 ... 19,140 ha) are land areas. The city also has ... are based there, and the ...
Map of Helsinki, 1837. 1808 Suomenlinna fortress surrenders to Russia. [4] Fire. [2] 1810 - Population: 4,065. [5] 1812 Helsinki becomes capital of Grand Duchy of Finland. [6] Esplanadi park opens. 1815 - Helsinki Orthodox Cemetery established. 1819 - Sinebrychoff Brewery founded. 1822 - Government Palace built. 1826 - Helsinki Old Church built.
The city of Helsinki, the capital of Finland, can be divided into various sorts of subdivisions.Helsinki is divided into three major areas: Helsinki Downtown (Finnish: Helsingin kantakaupunki, Swedish: Helsingfors innerstad), North Helsinki (Finnish: Pohjois-Helsinki, Swedish: Norra Helsingfors) and East Helsinki (Finnish: Itä-Helsinki, Swedish: Östra Helsingfors).
Helsinki was founded by the King Gustav I of Sweden in 1550 as Helsingfors "Hälsingland rapids". At the time, Finland was an integral part of post-Kalmar Union Sweden , the surrounding region of Nylandia (now Uusimaa ) was predominantly Swedish-speaking and Swedish was the administrative language of the kingdom.
In the 1640s, Helsinki was moved to its current location on the Vironniemi peninsula because of better harbour conditions, to boost the city commerce. Vanhakaupunki was slowly deserted. Only one map, a small-scale map drawn by Hans Hansson in 1645, remains of the first Helsinki. It depicts the city's location and the layout plan for its later ...
A map about land use structure in the capital region. The Helsinki capital region (Finnish: pääkaupunkiseutu, Swedish: huvudstadsregion) is the area formed by the cities of Espoo, Helsinki, Kauniainen and Vantaa in Finland. [note 1] [1] [2] The area is limited around Helsinki, the capital of
Urban areas in Finland are defined as inhabited areas of at least 200 people with a maximum distance of 200 metres (660 ft) between buildings. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] The Helsinki urban area is the largest of its kind in Finland, and encompasses land throughout metropolitan area, with notable gaps around forests and other less-densely populated areas.