Teuva ( sv, Östermark) 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
South 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 O ...
region
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. The population of Teuva is ()
and the municipality covers an area of of which is inland water ().
The population density is .
The municipality is unilingually
Finnish
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* Something or someone from, or related to Finland
* 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 ...
.
History
In August 2010, more than fifty pocket-sized
sauna
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s were gathered on a lakeside within Teuva for the fifth annual
Mobile Sauna Festival. Some six-thousand visitors attended the festival, doubling the population of Teuva for the weekend.
Villages
* Horo
*
Horonkylä
* Kauppila
* Kirkonkylä
* Komsi
* Korvenkylä
* Luovankylä
* Nori
* Perälä
* Piikkilänkylä
* Riippi
*
Salonpää
*
Äystö
Notable individuals
*
Antti Rajamäki, sprinter
*
Aulis Ranta-Muotio
Aulis Venneri Ranta-Muotio (born 29 May 1946 in Teuva) is a Finnish agronomist, farmer and politician. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland
The Parliament of Finland ( ; ) is the unicameral and supreme legislature of Finland, foun ...
, politician
*
Elonkerjuu
Elonkerjuu is a Finnish folk rock band. The band had started in the mid-1990s with lead singer Lauri Tähkä and was known from 1996 until 2011 as Lauri Tähkä & Elonkerjuu. They were signed since 2006 with Universal Music Finland. In 2011 Tähkà ...
, rock band
*
Helge Saarikoski, politician and Member of
Parliament
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*
Jorma Mattinen, professor and rector at the
Ã…bo Akademi University
Ã…bo Akademi University ( sv, Ã…bo Akademi , ) is the only exclusively Swedish language multi-faculty university in Finland (or anywhere outside Sweden). It is located mainly in Turku (Ã…bo is the Swedish name of the city) but has also activiti ...
from 2005-2014
*
Jukka Rauhala
Jukka Matti Rauhala (born March 1, 1959 in Muurame) is a former wrestler from Finland, who claimed the bronze medal in the Men's Freestyle Lightweight Division (– 68 kg) at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles
Los Angeles ...
, Olympic wrestler
*
Lauri Ingman
Lars (Lauri) Johannes Ingman (30 June 1868, in Teuva – 25 October 1934, in Turku) was a Finnish theologian, bishop and politician. In 1906 he began to serve as the editor of '' Vartija'', a Christian magazine. From 1916 to 1930 he was the profes ...
, theologian, bishop, politician and twice
Prime Minister of Finland
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*
Mirjam Tuokkola
Mirjam Tuokkola (born 7 February 1997) is a Finnish archer who participated in the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.
She started archery in 2007 and her other career highlights include a silver medal in the 2012 World Field Archery Champions ...
, archer
*
Nicole
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People
* Nicole (name)
* Nicole (American singer) (born 1958), a contestant in season 3 of the American ''The X Factor''
* Nicole (Chilean singer) (born 1977)
* Nicole (German singer) (born 1964), winner of the 1982 Euro ...
, a band
*
Oiva Ketonen, philosopher, writer, academic and professor
*
Otto Syreeni
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The name is recorded ...
, businessman
*
Pauli Nevala
Pauli Lauri Nevala (born 30 November 1940) is a Finnish former javelin thrower.[Severi Savonen Severi may refer to:
* Severi (surname), Italian surname
*Severan dynasty, dynasty of Roman emperors, ruling in the late 2nd and early 3rd century
* Severi (tribe), tribe that participated in the formation of the First Bulgarian Empire in the 7th c ...]
, professor
*
Simo Korpela, poet and priest
*
Roppal, also known as Riskipiiku, professional Osu! player
References
External links
Municipality of Teuva– Official website
Municipalities of South Ostrobothnia
Populated places established in 1868
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