Taivassalo (; sv, Tövsala) is a
municipality
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of
Finland
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, about from the city of
Turku
Turku ( ; ; sv, Åbo, ) is a city and former capital on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River, in the region of Finland Proper (''Varsinais-Suomi'') and the former Turku and Pori Province (''Turun ja Porin lääni''; ...
. It is located in the
Southwest Finland
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region
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. The municipality has a population of ()
and covers an area of of which is water.
The
population density
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is .
The municipality is unilingually
Finnish
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* Culture of Finland
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. Its neighboring municipalities are
Kustavi
Kustavi (; sv, Gustavs) is a municipality of Finland. It is in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality has a population of (), which makes it the smallest municipality in southwest Finland in ...
,
Masku
Masku () is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality, which is located about just north of Turku, has a population of
() and covers an area of of
w ...
,
Mynämäki
Mynämäki (; sv, Virmo) is a municipality of Finland located in the Southwest Finland region. Neighbouring municipalities are Aura, Eura, Laitila, Masku, Nousiainen, Pöytyä, Rusko, Taivassalo, Turku and Vehmaa.
The municipality has a p ...
,
Naantali
Naantali (; sv, Nådendal) is a town in southwestern Finland, and, as a resort town during the summer, an important tourist centre of the country. The municipality has a population of
(), and is located in the region of Southwest Finland, west ...
,
Uusikaupunki
Uusikaupunki (; sv, Nystad, ) is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the Southwest Finland region, northwest of Turku and south of Pori. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is inland wate ...
and
Vehmaa
Vehmaa (; sv, Vemo) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population dens ...
.
The medieval
sailing ship
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appearing in the
coat of arms
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of Taivassalo refers to the
maritime connections the coastguard already had during the
Northern Crusades
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, as well as to the medieval
naval weaponry, the surviving information of which comes from Taivassalo itself. The coat of arms was designed by Olof Eriksson, and the Taivassalo municipal council approved it at its meeting on October 21, 1953. The
Ministry of the Interior
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approved the coat of arms for use on February 11, 1954.
Name
''Taivassalo'' literally means "sky island", however J. A. Lopmeri and
Elias Lönnrot
Elias Lönnrot (; 9 April 1802 – 19 March 1884) was a Finnish physician, philologist and collector of traditional Finnish oral poetry. He is best known for creating the Finnish national epic, ''Kalevala'',
(1835, enlarged 1849), from short ...
theorized that the initial word was originally ''taival/taipale'', as the area was originally an island, by the time of the naming it may have been connected to the mainland by a thin isthmus (''taipale'') as a result of
post-glacial rebound
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. The Swedish name ''Tövsala'' is an adaptation of the Finnish name.
History
Taivassalo was first mentioned in 1350 as ''Thowesalu'', when it was already a separate parish. It also included
Velkua
Velkua () is a former municipality of Finland. It was, together with Merimasku and Rymättylä, consolidated with the town of Naantali on January 1, 2009.
It is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality had a population of 245 (200 ...
,
Kustavi
Kustavi (; sv, Gustavs) is a municipality of Finland. It is in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality has a population of (), which makes it the smallest municipality in southwest Finland in ...
(originally ''Kivimaa'') and
Iniö
Iniö is a former municipality of Finland. On 1 January 2009, it was consolidated with Houtskär, Korpo, Nagu and Pargas to form the new town of Väståboland, which name from the beginning of 2012 was changed to Pargas.
It is located in the ...
until the 19th century.
Notable people
*
Emma Irene Åström
Emma Irene Åström (27 April 1847 – 3 July 1934) was a Finnish teacher and Finland's first female university graduate.
Early life
Åström was born in 1847 in Taivassalo, in the Turku and Pori Province of the Grand Duchy of Finland. Her paren ...
(1847–1934)
*
Reima Salonen (born 1955)
References
External links
Municipality of Taivassalo– Official website
Municipalities of Southwest Finland
Populated coastal places in Finland
Populated places established in the 12th century
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