The history of Mustasaari (Korsholm) and also of Vaasa begins in the 14th century, when the seafarers from the coastal region in central Sweden disembarked at the present Old Vaasa, and the wasteland owners from Finland Proper came to guard their land.
Today, Vaasa has a population of 57,014 (2003), and is part of the administrative province of Western Finland and the region of Ostrobothnia.
The Finnish Language Village dedicated to immersion education in the Finnish culture and language for young people 7 to 18 years of age in the summer and also for adults 19 to 90 in the spring and fall.
See also Lapland by Euro Tourism (choose a category from the list and then click on the symbols on the map): http://www.eurotourism.com/fi/eng_laani.asp?laani=1andkategori=0
The Tourism Expert / Tourismus Team Europe TTE (almost all about Lapland, 10 languages, 12 categories: travelling, sightseeing, accommodation, activities, sports, events, maps, cities, regions etc.): http://www.tte.ch/finland/lapland/
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This category is about the historical region of Karelia, land of Karelian people, which is currently split between Russian Federation (Republic of Karelia and part of Leningrad Oblast) and Finland (South Karelia and North Karelia).
This category is about the historical region of Karelia, land of Karelian people, which is currently split between Russian Federation (Republic of Karelia and part of Leningrad Oblast) and Finland (South Karelia and North Karelia).
In addition regions with University cities such as Kolding in Denmark, Jyväskylä and Oulu in Finland, Tromsö in Noray and Karlstad, Örebro, Uppsala and Umeå in Sweden belong to this category, although the surrounding region as a whole may continue to experience population decline through migration.
The summarised net loss of population due to migration for all out-migration municipalities in Finland, Norway and Sweden amounts to more than a quarter of a million persons during a period of only six years (1995-2000).
On a regional level in the Nordic countries polarisation between the capital regions on the one hand and the more peripheral ones on the other becomes evident, particularly so in Finland and Norway.
