Kaleva (Tampere)
Kaleva is an eastern part of the city of Tampere, Finland, located south of the Kauppi (district), Kauppi district. It is part of larger Sampo (district), Sampo district. The population of Kaleva is approximately 10,000 (2005). The most notable landmark is the Kaleva Church built between 1959 and 1966, and located in the Liisankallio, Liisankallio district. Kaleva has many educational institutions, the folk high school Sampola and vocational school of economics, two high schools (lukio); Kalevan lukio and Sammon keskuslukio, and two comprehensive schools. It's also the home of the biggest swimming hall in Tampere. Most locals are students from Tampere University or pensioners. In 2007 Kaleva topped being the most poor part of the tow One of the notables residents in Kaleva is Sanna Marin, the current Prime Minister of Finland. See also * Kalevankangas Cemetery References

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Kaleva or Kalevi may refer to: * CWT Kaleva Travel, a travel management company based in Finland * Kalevi (mythology), the great king of Kainuu in Finnish, Karelian and Estonian mythology * ''Kaleva'' (wasp), a wasp genus in the subfamily Pteromalinae * Kaleva (Tampere), a portion of the city of Tampere, Finland ** Kaleva Church * ''Kaleva'' (airplane), registered as OH-ALL, airliner shot down by Soviet bombers in 1940 * ''Kaleva'' (newspaper), a newspaper founded in 1899 in Oulu in northern Finland * Kaleva, Michigan, a village in the United States, founded by Finnish settlers * Atte Kaleva, Finnish member of parliament * Kaleva Mutual Insurance Company, Finnish insurance company. Part of Sampo Group Sampo Group is a significant Nordic insurance group made up of the parent company Sampo plc, P&C Insurance Holding Ltd, Mandatum Holding Ltd, Danish insurer Topdanmark and British P&C insurer Hastings, all of which are its subsidiaries. The pare ...