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Tammerfors

(Encyclopedia)Tammerfors, Finland: see Tampere. ...

Tavastehus

(Encyclopedia)Tavastehus, Finland: see Hämeenlinna. ...

Borgå

(Encyclopedia)Borgå: see Porvoo, Finland.

Bjorneborg

(Encyclopedia)Bjorneborg, Finland: see Pori.

Enare

(Encyclopedia)Enare, lake: see Inari, lake, Finland. ...

Tenojoki

(Encyclopedia)Tenojoki, river: see Tanaelv, Norway-Finland. ...

Muonioälv

(Encyclopedia)Muonioälv or Muoniojoki, river, Sweden and Finland: see Torneälv, river. ...

Koivisto, Mauno Henrik

(Encyclopedia)Koivisto, Mauno Henrik mouˈnō hĕnˈrĭk koiˈvēstō [key], 1923–2017, Finnish politician. He was director of the Helsinki Workers' Savings Bank (1959–68) and then governor of the Bank of Finla...

Kem

(Encyclopedia)Kem kĕm [key], river, c.240 mi (390 km) long, Karelia, NW European Russia. It rises SE of Kuusamo, Finland, and flows E into the White Sea. ...

Tanaelv

(Encyclopedia)Tanaelv täˈnäĕlvˌ [key], Finn. Tenojoki, river, 205 mi (330 km) long, rising in Finnmark co., N Norway, and flowing NE to Tanafjord, NE Norway. It forms part of the Norway-Finland border. The riv...

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