Hartola ( sv, Gustav Adolfs) is a
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
of
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...
. It is located in the
Itä-Häme
Itä-Häme () is the eastern part of the historical province Tavastia in Finland. It is in Päijänne Tavastia, Southern Savonia and Central Finland.
Leivonmäki National Park is in Itä-Häme.
Itä-Häme is also known by manufacturing of s ...
,
Päijänne Tavastia region
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. The municipality has a population of
(),
which make it the smallest municipality in Päijänne Tavastia in terms of population. It covers an area of of
which
is water.
The
population density
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is
. Neighouring municipalities are
Heinola
Heinola () is a town and a municipality of inhabitants () located in the eastern part of the Päijänne Tavastia region, Finland, near the borders of the South Savonia region and the Kymenlaakso region. It is the third largest municipality in ...
,
Joutsa
Joutsa is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Finland region. Jyväskylä is located about north of the Joutsa municipality.
The municipality has a population of
() and covers an ...
,
Luhanka
Luhanka ( sv, Luhanka, also ) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. In relation to its population Luhanka is not just the small ...
,
Pertunmaa
Pertunmaa () is a municipality of Finland located in the Southern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which
is water. The population density is .
Neighbour municipalities are Hartola, Heinola, Hirv ...
and
Sysmä
Sysmä () is a municipality of Finland. It is situated in the Päijät-Häme region. The municipality has a population of
() and covers an area of of
which
is water. The population density is
. Neighbouring municipalities are Asikkala, Hart ...
.
The municipality is unilingually
Finnish
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* Culture of Finland
* Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland
* Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people
* Finnish cuisine
See also ...
. The municipality is also known as "Gustav Adolfs" in
Swedish
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. Hartola is home to the
Itä-Hämeen Museo, the regional museum for seven municipalities.
Since 1987, the town has billed itself as a sovereign royal parish based upon a 1784 proclamation by King
Gustav III of Sweden
Gustav III (29 March 1792), also called ''Gustavus III'', was King of Sweden from 1771 until his assassination in 1792. He was the eldest son of Adolf Frederick of Sweden and Queen Louisa Ulrika of Prussia.
Gustav was a vocal opponent of what ...
creating a new parish on the eastern border of his
kingdom
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in honor of his son,
Gustav Adolf.
At every first Saturday in September, there is a fair at Hartola. The event is biggest in Finland at its genre.
The municipality is also known as the writer
Maila Talvio
Maila Talvio née Winter, married Mikkola (October 17, 1871, Hartola – January 6, 1951, Helsinki), was a Finnish writer. Talvio was a leading Finnish writer on the temperance question and several of her works were translated into Swedish and o ...
's place of birth.
History
Hartola may have been mentioned as early as 1398 (''ut ecclesia parrochialis Hartola Aboensis dioceses''), however this may have also referred to
Hattula
Hattula is a municipalities of Finland, municipality of Finland. It is part of the Tavastia Proper regions of Finland, region and until 2010 it was located in the provinces of Finland, province of Southern Finland. Hattula is almost completely surr ...
. It was originally a part of the parish of
Sysmä
Sysmä () is a municipality of Finland. It is situated in the Päijät-Häme region. The municipality has a population of
() and covers an area of of
which
is water. The population density is
. Neighbouring municipalities are Asikkala, Hart ...
. At least between 1540 and 1729, it was called ''Koskipää'', after which the name ''Hartola'' appears again.
Hartola became an independent parish in 1784. It was also granted the Swedish name ''Gustav Adolfs''. In Finnish, the parish was also known as ''Kustavus, Kustavuksenpitäjä'' and ''Kustaanpitäjä'', but the name ''Hartola'' was still in use. By the late 1800s, ''Hartola'' had become the sole name for the parish.
Joutsa
Joutsa is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Finland region. Jyväskylä is located about north of the Joutsa municipality.
The municipality has a population of
() and covers an ...
was a part of Hartola until 1860, while
Leivonmäki
Leivonmäki is a former municipality of Finland in the Central Finland region. It became a part of Joutsa in 2008.
It is located south-east from Jyväskylä. It is known for its marshy grounds and its national park.
The municipality was uni ...
was a part of Hartola until 1880.
Politics
Results of the
2011 Finnish parliamentary election in Hartola:
*
Centre Party 26.2%
*
National Coalition Party
sv, Samlingspartiet
, leader1_title = Chairman
, leader1_name = Petteri Orpo
, leader2_title = Deputy chairs
, leader2_name = Antti HäkkänenElina ValtonenAnna-Kaisa Ikonen
, merger = Finnish Party, Young Finn ...
23.0%
*
Social Democratic Party
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Active parties
Fo ...
18.5%
*
True Finns
The Finns Party, formerly known as the True Finns ( fi, Perussuomalaiset, PS, sv, Sannfinländarna, Sannf.), is a right-wing populist political party in Finland. It was founded in 1995 following the dissolution of the Finnish Rural Party.
The ...
17.9%
*
Christian Democrats
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6.3%
*
Left Alliance 5.0%
*
Green League
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Ideologically, the Green League is positioned on the centre-left of the polit ...
1.6%
Villages
![Lake Salajärvi, Hartola, Finland](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/Lake_Salaj%C3%A4rvi%2C_Hartola%2C_Finland.jpg)
*Hangastaipale
*Kalho, writer
Mika Waltari
Mika Toimi Waltari (; 19 September 1908 – 26 August 1979) was a Finnish writer, best known for his best-selling novel ''The Egyptian'' ( fi, Sinuhe egyptiläinen). He was extremely productive. Besides his novels he also wrote poetry, short stori ...
wrote ''
The Egyptian
''The Egyptian'' (''Sinuhe egyptiläinen'', Sinuhe the Egyptian) is a historical novel by Mika Waltari. It was first published in Finnish in 1945, and in an abridged English translation by Naomi Walford in 1949, from Swedish rather than Finni ...
'' here.
*Koitti
*Kuivajärvi
*Kumu
*Lepsala
*Murakka
*Nokka
*Putkijärvi
*Siltasuo
*Vuorenkylä is a northernmost village in
Päijänne Tavastia
All schools those located in villages have been closed. School system in Hartola is about 140 years old.
[http://www.koittiry.net/riihiniemen-koulun-100-vuotisjuhla History of Riihiniemi school, ''finnish'', citation 2012]
References
External links
Municipality of Hartola– Official website, ''finnish'', ''english''
Itä-Hämeen Museo
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Hartola, Finland
Populated places established in 1784