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	Brief History of Helsinki
		The town of Helsinki was founded by King Gustavus Vasa of Sweden (which Finland belonged to for many centuries) as a new trading post in southern Finland and a competitor to Tallinn in Estonia, the Hanseatic city on the opposite shore of the Gulf of Finland.
		Due to the wars in Russia, the Baltic countries and Germany, Helsinki was nevertheless a strategic military centre, a point of embarkation for troops and a winter haven for the navy.
		Helsinki was proclaimed the Finnish capital in 1812 and Finland's only university, which had been founded in Turku in 1640, was transferred to Helsinki in 1812.
	www.hel.fi /wps/portal/!ut/p/kcxml/04_Sj9SPykssy0xPLMnMz0vM0Y_QjzKLN44PMAHJgFieQfqRyCIG8Y5wAV-P_NxU_SB9b_0A_YLc0IhyR0dFALSen_0!/delta/base64xml/L0lDU0lKQ1RPN29na21BISEvb0VvUUFBSVFnakZJQUFRaENFSVFqR0VBLzRKRmlDbzBlaDFpY29uUVZHaGQtc0lRIS83XzNfVFMvMjU4OQ!!?WCM_PORTLET=PC_7_3_TS_WCM&WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=/en/Helsinki/Information+on+Helsinki/Information+on+Helsinki/Brief+History+of+Helsinki (1023 words)

	Learn more about Helsinki in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Helsinki (Swedish: Helsingfors) is the capital of Finland.
		Helsinki forms a conurbation with three other cities, Espoo, Vantaa and Kauniainen, which are together called the capital area (see Helsinki Metropolitan Area).
		Helsinki is, however, perhaps even more famous for its numerous Art Nouveau buildings, designed in the early 1900s and strongly influenced by Kalevala, which is a very popular theme in the national romantic art of that era.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /h/he/helsinki.html (693 words)

	University of Helsinki
		The local organising institutions are the Department of Social Science History and the Department of History at the University of Helsinki.
		Kolbe was appointed Senior Lecturer (Docent) in 1994 at the University of Helsinki.
		She is at present professor in European history at the Department of History at the University of Helsinki, and research leader in a group of historians working with the post-war urban history of Helsinki metropolitan area.
	www.helsinki.fi /historia/staff/kolbe.html (547 words)

	HELSINKI
		Due to the wars in Russia, the Baltic countries and Germany, Helsinki was nevertheless a strategic military centre, a point of embarkation for troops and a winter haven for the navy.
		Helsinki was proclaimed the Finnish capital in 1812 and Finland's only university, which had been founded in Turku in 1640, was transferred to Helsinki in 1812.
		Helsinki soon became an administrative, university and garrison town, and the biggest industrial city in the land.
	www.helsinki-hotels.net /helsinki.htm (326 words)

	History of Helsinki - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Helsinki was founded by Swedish King Gustav Vasa in 1550 as the Swedish town of Helsingfors.
		Beginning from the late 19th century, Finnish language became more and more dominant in the city, since the people, who moved to the city were mostly Finnish-speaking.
		In the beginning of the 20th century the city was already predominantly Finnish-speaking city of Helsinki, although with a large Swedish-speaking majority.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_Helsinki (435 words)

	Helsinki, Finland
		Helsinki, founded on June 12, 1550, is a multi-faceted town that is unique in many ways and has much to offer for any visitor.
		The Senate Square, Helsinki Cathedral and the University Library are all his, in the neoclassical style which permeates the city, and in the simple style and light shades of colour which later gave Helsinki the name of 'the White City of the North'.
		Today Helsinki is a cultural focal point of the Baltic region, and not only because it is one of the cultural capitals of the year, but because of all the activity it generates and attracts.
	worldfacts.us /Finland-Helsinki.htm (2634 words)

	History of Helsinki-Malmi Airport - Friends of Malmi Airport Society
		Helsinki Airport was officially inaugurated on 15 May 1938 in a ceremony that gathered a huge, proud audience of 25000 people from near and far.
		Helsinki Airport became a target of Soviet bombings and an important air base for the protection of the capital.
		Helsinki Airport, now known as Helsinki-Malmi, was assigned to serve the needs of light commercial traffic and general aviation.
	www.pelastamalmi.org /en/reading/history.html (780 words)

	Helsinki / Helsingfors, Finland
		Helsinki (Swedish Helsingfors) is capital of Finland and chief town of the province of Uusimaa (Nyland).
		Most of Helsinki proper lies on a much indented granite peninsula on the north coast of the Gulf of Finland, with numerous offshore islands and rocky islets.
		Helsinki was founded by Gustavus Vasa in 1550 on a site northeast of the present center, at the mouth of the Vantaanjoki (Swedish Vanda), as a rival to the trading town of Reval (now Tallinn).
	www.planetware.com /finland/helsinki-helsingfors-sf-udn-hels.htm (753 words)

	History (from Helsinki) -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		Helsinki lies in the far south of the country, on a peninsula that is fringed by fine natural harbours and that protrudes into the Gulf of Finland.
		The Helsinki Accords were primarily an effort to reduce tension between the Soviet and Western blocs by securing their common acceptance of...
		History is a science—a branch of knowledge that uses specific methods and tools to achieve its goals.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-229635 (782 words)

	WWW Virtual Library Labour History: Conferences
		International Economic History Association (IEHA) fourteenth International Congress The Department of Social Science History and the Department of History at the University of Helsinki, in collaboration with the Finnish Economic History Association, Helsinki, Finland, 21 - 25 August 2006.
		History and Legacy of the Gulag Conference at the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University, Harvard University, 19 - 22 October 2006.
		International Colloquium on Labour and Culture Within the framework of the Museum of the Flemish Social Struggle, the Amsab-Institute of Social History (Ghent, PAC Zuid) is organizing an international colloquium on Friday 2 December 2005, on the trinity of Labour, Culture and the Labour Movement., Ghent, 2 December 2005.
	www.iisg.nl /~w3vl/conferences.html (2785 words)

	Helsinki - Wikitravel
		Helsinki's current population is about 560,000, but the Helsinki region with the neighboring suburban cities of Espoo and Vantaa has a population of about one million.
		Helsinki was founded in 1550 by King Gustav Vasa of Sweden as a trading post to compete with Tallinn to the south in Estonia, which was Danish at that time.
		Expressways connect Helsinki to Turku to the west, Tampere and Lahti to the north, and to Porvoo and towards St.
	wikitravel.org /en/Helsinki (5315 words)

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		The town of Helsinki was founded by King Gustav Vasa of Sweden (which Finland belonged to for many centuries) as a new trading post in southern Finland and a competitor to Tallinn in Estonia, the Hansa city on the opposite shore of the Gulf of Finland.
		Helsinki Olympic Stadium was completed in 1938, but the games were postponed due to the war; Helsinki went on to host the games in 1952.
		Helsinki was one of the nine European Cities of Culture for the year 2000.
	ec05.sukeltaja.fi /nayta_teksti.php?lang=en&aihe=33 (1077 words)

	Helsinki Finland History — Helsinki History of Helsinki Finland
		Helsinki Finland History — Helsinki History of Helsinki Finland
		It was two times during the first have of the century that the city of Helsinki became occupied by the Russian forces.
		The people of Helsinki are proud of their land and they love visitors from all over the world and welcome them to return over and over again to visit their home.
	www.helsinkicitytourist.com /helsinki-history.html (308 words)

	WMA - History - Declaration of Helsinki
		The Declaration remained untouched until 1975, although on several occasions there were attempts or suggestions to have it revised in light of the rapid advance of medical technology.
		The Declaration of Helsinki was revised again although most of the revisions were strictly editorial in nature.
		To close this section on the Declaration of Helsinki it should be noted that this WMA document has had great impact on human experimentation and has served as a starter for establishing ethical committees in various countries to scrutinize research projects on human beings.
	www.wma.net /e/history/helsinki.htm (528 words)

	The St. Petersburg Times - News - Much to See in Finland's Clean, Seaside Capital
		The white Lutheran Cathedral on Senate Square is one of Helsinki's best-known landmarks, vying for attention with the city's Russian Orthodox Uspensky Cathedral.
		Helsinki's office is at 19 Pohjoisesplanadi, and the vast national tourist office across the street displays more glossy brochures in English than you can haul away.
		Though Finland's turbulent history is not immediately evident from its neat streets, the relatively young country has been batted about between the Swedes, who ruled it for over 600 years, and the Russians, who made the country an autonomous grand duchy after taking it over in 1809.
	www.sptimes.ru /index.php?action_id=2&story_id=12008 (1344 words)

	Finnish Olympic Committee - Helsinki 1952
		The Soviet Union took part in the Olympic Games for the first time, and political tensions were reflected in the teams’ accommodation: athletes from the Eastern Bloc countries were housed separately from all others.
		One of the most memorable victories was taken by Jean Boiteux of France in 400 metres freestyle swimming: the winner’s father jumped into the swimming pool to congratulate his son.
		For the host nation the Helsinki Games gave six gold medals: four in canoeing, one in boxing and one in wrestling.
	www.noc.fi /english/olympic_history/helsinki_1952 (278 words)

	HS Metro 9.4.2002 - History: prohibition turned Helsinki into a wet city
		No, the people of Helsinki at the time were not so fond of tea that they would have bothered to go to a restaurant and drink nothing else.
		"When ministers hosted their foreign guests at hotels in Helsinki and at the Council of State, the porters would be told to bring confiscated booze in wheelbarrows", Peltonen notes.
		For instance, almost all of Helsinki's foot police would take a break from their beats and stop at the Seurahuone where they were served cognac and hard tea in a special room reserved for them.
	www2.hs.fi /english/archive/news.asp?id=20020409IE18 (907 words)

	Natural History Museum, Helsinki, South Finland - lastminute.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Helsinki's much loved Natural History Museum, including zoological, botanical, geological and palaeontological exhibits, allows visitors to explore the wonders of the natural world.
		Within the last decade, 100,000 inhabitants have moved into greater Helsinki and by the year 2030, government statistics predict over 1.3 million people will be living within the region.
		Helsinki stepped on to the world stage when the Olympic Stadium was completed in 1938, although the games were postponed due to the war and were finally held there in 1952.
	www.lastminute.com /site/find/World/Europe/Finland/South-Finland/Helsinki/WOW-Attraction-39839.html (695 words)

	TKK_History
		Teaching began at the Technical School of Helsinki on January 15, 1849, in the house of master upholsterer Litonius' in the very centre of town.
		The first director of the Technical School of Helsinki was the chemist Anders Olivier Saelan, a recent graduate of the University of Helsinki.
		The area was being farmed at the time and the plan was to incorporate it into the City of Helsinki, but instead the area remained part of Espoo and the University is today located in the City of Espoo.
	www.tkk.fi /General/history.html (1111 words)

	Dr. Arthur Elfanf-- Publications (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Piironen, L. (Ed.) Helsinki: Published by INSEA, Finland, and the Association of Art Teachers in Finland A version of this paper was published in Kasvatus, The Finnish Journal of Education in 1992
		Helsinki: Published by Faculty of Art Education, University of Art and Design,Helsinki.
		History of Art Education As Criticism: On the Use of the Past.
	arts.osu.edu /ArtEducation/people/Elfang/Publications.htm (545 words)

	Environmental history of Helsinki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Helsinki expands and grows due to incorporation of new districts and immigration.
		Consequently the emissions to air, water and soil increase.
		Helsinki forms with neighboring cities a metropolitan area of one million people.
	www.valt.helsinki.fi /projects/enviro/cross/main.htm (149 words)

	Helsinki Citizens Assembly (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly [hCa] is a non-governmental organization, working on the notions of fundamental rights and freedoms, peace, democracy and pluralism.
		The Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly, an international conference which is the basis of HCA Turkey’s work, is an inter-communal cooperation and communication network working within the framework of peace, human rights, an economy that is promoting the environment, the supremacy of law and international democracy.
		The Helsinki Final Act, which has founded the basis for the improvement of the necessary conditions of a peaceful environment in Europe, proclaimed human rights to be a common value that every community had to respect throughout the world.
	www.hyd.org.tr /en/tarihce.asp (336 words)

	Concealed Old Helsinki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The memorials to the establishment of Helsinki, are not part of the normal tourist attractions and people living in Helsinki, don't normally walk here.
		The city of Helsinki was established in 1550 at the entrance of Vantaanjoki.
		The city of Helsinki erected a memorial in 1950, to celebrate it's 400 years of history.
	www.silentwall.com /OldHelsinki.html (418 words)

	Helsinki City Museum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		In the main building of the City Museum (from the year 1913) is the exhibition "Helsinki Horizons", which offers a clear view over 450 years of the City's history.
		The Swedish era, the Russian era and the era of Finnish independence are shown as separate units and the fate and fortunes of Helsinki are seen as a part of Finnish and European history.
		Sofiankatu 4 housed the police department from the 1930s on, and in the 1980s the building was refurbished for use of the city planning department.
	www.helsinginkaupunginmuseo.fi /english/kaupunginmuseo.html (308 words)

	Helsinki Deaconess Institute (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Helsinki Deaconess Institute has operated for more than 130 years.
		It is one of the private providers of social welfare and health care services that have the longest history of continuous operation.
		The long history of service activities and related experiences and traditions laid a solid intellectual foundation for our present activities.
	www.hdl.fi /english/administration/values.htm (189 words)

	history
		Helsinki was created in 1550 by royal decree from King Gustav Vasa of Sweden, who then ruled the territory
		Helsinki was not a fitting capital at the beginning.
		Helsinki continued to expand up the peninsula and outwards throughout the first half of the 1900's.
	www.macalester.edu /courses/geog61/jgatling/helsinki-JFG/history.html (443 words)

	Tagungen Helsinki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The local Organizing Institutions are the Department of Social Science History and the Department of History at the University of Helsinki.
		Nowadays cashless payment determines large parts of all the national and international payment transactions, but the history of cashless payment has not been subject to any session at a congress of the IEHA so far.
		Gabriel Imboden, Institute for the History of the Alps, Brig (Switzerland)
	www.uni-leipzig.de /~gesowi/tagungenhelsinki.html (306 words)

	Live In Helsinki
		The tracks that appear on 'Helsinki' are those which have been added to the band's set since 2000 when we recorded 'Live At The Half Moon'.
		Steve explained the reason for 'Helsinki's release "basically, its two years on from 'Moon', and the band has developed so much that it more accurately portrays where we are at.
		'Helsinki' is a limited edition promotional CDr and its primary use will be to promote the band with agents, venues, and the media.
	homepages.which.net /~simon.arnold1/helsinki.htm (738 words)

	Gary Hatfield
		He works in the history of modern philosophy, the philosophy of psychology, theories of vision, and the philosophy of science.
		He is a member of the Institute for Research in Cognitive Science, the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, the Penn Perception group, and the History and Sociology of Science Graduate Group.
		He has directed dissertations in history of philosophy, philosophy of psychology, and philosophy and history of science.
	www.cis.upenn.edu /~hatfield (791 words)

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