Soini is a

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. It is located in the

Southern Ostrobothnia South Ostrobothnia ( fi, Etelä-Pohjanmaa; sv, Södra Österbotten) is one of the 19 regions of Finland. It borders the regions of Ostrobothnia, Central Ostrobothnia, Central Finland, Pirkanmaa, and Satakunta. Among the Finnish regions, South ...

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. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The

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Alajärvi Alajärvi is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the South Ostrobothnia region. The town has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The town is unilingually Finnish; there are few ...

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and

Ähtäri Ähtäri ( sv, Etseri) is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the South Ostrobothnia region. The town has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . Ähtäri is located southeast of ...

. The municipality is unilingually

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History

The name is derived from the male name ''Soini'', a Finnish variant of the Scandinavian name ''Sven''. The village was first mentioned in 1754 as a part of the

parish. Soini gained a chapel in 1784 and a church in 1859. It was fully separated from Alajärvi in 1895. Soini originally had a Swedish name, ''Konungsåby'', which referred to the river Kuninkaanjoki.

People born in Soini

Aukusti Mäenpää Onni Aukusti Mäenpää (5 January 1891 - 1933) was a Finnish shoemaker and politician. He was born in Soini, and sided with the Reds during the Finnish Civil War. When the Red side lost the war he fled to Sweden, where he stayed until 1920. He was ...

(1891 – 1933) *

Eino Uusitalo Eino Oskari Uusitalo (1 December 1924 – 19 March 2015) was a Finnish politician from the Centre Party. Uusitalo was born in Soini, and trained as an agronomist. He was a member of the parliament from 1955 to 1983 from the list of Centre Part ...

(1924 – 2015) *

Pekka Pesola Pekka Antero Pesola (February 27, 1925 – March 28, 2009) was a Finnish lawyer, civil servant, bank director and politician born in Soini. He began his political career in the Liberal League and was a member of the Parliament of Finland from ...

(1925 – 2009) *

Jorma Huuhtanen Jorma Kalevi Huuhtanen (born 26 November 1945) is a Finnish physician, civil servant and politician, born in Soini. He served as Minister of Social Affairs from 24 April 1992 to 13 April 1995. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland T ...

(1945 – ) *

Aulis Akonniemi Aulis Juhani Akonniemi (born December 16, 1958) is a retired shot putter from Finland, born in Soini. He competed for his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also ...

(1958 – ) *

Merja Korpela Merja Tuulikki Korpela (born 15 May 1981 in Soini) is a female hammer thrower from Finland. Her personal best throw is 69.56 metres, achieved in July 2009 in Belgrade Belgrade ( , ;, ; Names of European cities in different languages: B, n ...

(1981 – ) *

Noora Hautakangas Noora Hautakangas (born 22 March 1984, in Soini) is Miss Finland (Miss Suomi) 2007 and was Finland's representative in Miss Universe 2007. She is currently studying for a degree in prosthetics and orthotics at Helsinki Polytechnic Stadia Hels ...

(1984 – )

References

External links

Municipality of Soini
– Official website Municipalities of South Ostrobothnia Populated places established in 1868 {{WesternFinland-geo-stub