Oulunkylä (, also known as ''Ogeli'') is a suburb and a

neighbourhood A neighbourhood (Commonwealth English) or neighborhood (American English) is a geographically localized community within a larger town, city, suburb or rural area, sometimes consisting of a single street and the buildings lining it. Neighbourh ...

Helsinki Helsinki () is the Capital city, capital and most populous List of cities and towns in Finland, city in Finland. It is on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and is the seat of southern Finland's Uusimaa region. About people live in the municipali ...

, the capital of

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. It is located north from the center of the city. It has been inhabited since the 13th century. Earlier an independent

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, it was made part of Helsinki in 1946. Oulunkylä is also the name of a

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. It consists of Patola, Veräjämäki and Veräjälaakso, and has a total

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of 4.51 km².http://www.hel2.fi/tietokeskus/helsinki_alueittain_2005/404Oulunkyl%C3%A4.pdf Information about Oulunkylä district and its subareas

History

For centuries, Oulunkylä was part of ''Helsingin pitäjä'' (now

Vantaa Vantaa (; , ) is a city in Finland. It is located to the north of the capital, Helsinki, in southern Uusimaa. The population of Vantaa is approximately . It is the most populous municipality in Finland. Vantaa is part of the Helsinki Metropoli ...

). The neighbourhood started to grow after a

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was founded there in 1881 along the Finland's first railway line between Helsinki and

Hämeenlinna Hämeenlinna (; ; ; or ''Croneburgum'') is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Kanta-Häme. It is located in the southern interior of the country and on the shores of Vanajavesi, Lake Vanajavesi. The population of Hämeenlinna is appr ...

. In the late 19th century and early 20th century Oulunkylä was known for many

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s that were built there. In 1921 it was separated from ''Helsingin pitäjä'' and became an independent municipality. However, most of the Oulunkylä area was already owned by the City of Helsinki and in 1946 Oulunkylä, along with many other suburbs, was annexed by Helsinki. The modern Oulunkylä is largely constructed according to the

zoning In urban planning, zoning is a method in which a municipality or other tier of government divides land into land-use "zones", each of which has a set of regulations for new development that differs from other zones. Zones may be defined for ...

scheme of 1953 that transformed the neighbourhood from a villa community into an apartment building suburb.

Sports

Oulunkylä Ice Rink, a rink used for

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and

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, is located in Oulunkylä. It was the first artificial ice pad for those sports in Finland. The Bandy World Championship has been hosted here.

Bandy

Botnia-69 has Oulunkylä Ice Rink as its home arena.

Ice-hockey

Oulunkylän Kiekko-Kerho

Football

IF Gnistan

Notable people

Ville Valo Ville Hermanni Valo (; born 22 November 1976) is a Finnish singer, songwriter and musician. He is best known as the lead vocalist of the gothic rock band HIM (Finnish band), HIM. Born and raised in Helsinki to a Hungarian mother and Finnish fa ...

* Tapio Rautavaara * Cynthia Makris * Raimo Sirkiä *

Mikko Paananen Mikko Henrik Julius Paananen (born 19 December 1974), better known as Mige, is a Finnish musician, best known as the bassist and founding member of the gothic rock band HIM. Born to an artistic family, Mige attended the Sibelius Upper Secondary ...

* Tito Colliander * Joel Lehtonen * Larin-Kyösti * Friedebert Tuglas * Helena Hietanen *

Vladimir Lenin Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov ( 187021 January 1924), better known as Vladimir Lenin, was a Russian revolutionary, politician and political theorist. He was the first head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917 until Death and state funeral of ...

lived here hiding from the Russian police.

References

External links

* * http://www.kaupunginosat.net/oulunkyla/ (Finnish) {{DEFAULTSORT:Oulunkyla Former municipalities of Finland Neighbourhoods of Helsinki