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| | Nykarleby, Finland |
 | | 20km/12.5mi south of Jakobstad lies the town of Nykarleby (Finnish name Uusikaarlepyy), founded in 1620, where Per Brahe established the first secondary school in Österbotten (1640). |
 | | Nykarleby was the birthplace in 1818 of Zachris Topelius, the most important Finland-Swedish poet of the 19th century after Runeberg; the house in which he was born is now a museum. |
 | | Near Nykarleby General von Döbeln defeated a Russian army during the Swedish-Russian war of 1808-09. |
| www.planetware.com /finland/nykarleby-sf-vas-nyk.htm (140 words) |
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