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Hämeenlinna

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Hämeenlinna , Swed. Tavastehus, city (1998 pop. 45,555), capital of Southern Finland prov., S Finland. It is a lake port and a manufacturing town with plywood mills, tanneries, spool mills, and rubber works. Built around a 13th-century castle on Lake Vanajavesi, the city was chartered in 1638. The beautiful Aulanko-Karlberg natural park nearby is a tourist center. The composer Jean Sibelius was born in Hämeenlinna.

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Hämeenlinna

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Hämeenlinna (Swedish: Tavastehus), Finland The old castle of Häme has given its name to the city from hämeen ‘of Häme’ and linna ‘castle’. Formally part of the Swedish realm in 1634–1809, the city has a Swedish name meaning ‘Castle of the Tavastians’ from the Swedish hus ‘castle’ and the name of a local Finnish people.

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