Ruotsinpyhtää

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Coat of arms of the former municipality of Ruotsinpyhtää

Ruotsinpyhtää [ ˈruɔtsinpyhtæː ], Swedish Strömfors , was an independent municipality in the Ostuusimaa region on the south coast of Finland until 2009 . At the beginning of 2010 it was incorporated into the town of Loviisa , which has been part of the Uusimaa region since 2011 .

The administrative center of the municipality of Ruotsinpyhtää was the town of Ruukki, which is 18 kilometers east of the core town of Loviisa near the mouth of the Ahvenkoskenhaara, an estuary of the Kymijoki River, in the Ahvenkoskenlahti Bay of the Gulf of Finland . In addition, the villages of Björnvik, Gäddbergsö, Haavisto (Västerhirvikoski), Tesjoki (Tessjö), Jokiniemi (Ånäs), Keitala, Kulla, Kuninkaankylä (Kungsböle), Lappom, Niemistö (Näsbysby) belonged to Ruotsinpyhtää. Finnby), Vahterpää, Vastila, Viirilä (Virböle) and Vähä-Ahvenkoski (Lillabborfors). Overall, Ruotsinpyhtää had an area of ​​291.9 square kilometers (excluding the marine areas). The last population was 2,893. Of these, 18.5% were Finland-Swedes . The municipality was officially bilingual with Finnish as the majority and Swedish as the minority language.

The name Ruotsinpyhtää ("Swedish Pyhtää") indicates that the community was formed in 1743 from that part of the Pyhtää parish , which remained on the Swedish side due to the demarcation of the Swedish-Russian peace treaty of Åbo . The Swedish name Strömfors has a different origin and goes back to a rapids where an ironworks had existed since 1698 . At the beginning of 2010 Ruotsinpyhtää was incorporated into the city of Loviisa together with Pernå and Liljendal .

Ruotsinpyhtää Church stands in Ruukki Village and was completed in 1771. The unusual octagonal wooden structure represents the neo -Gothic style . Numerous historic industrial buildings from the 18th and 19th centuries can be found on the site of the Strömfors ironworks. The ironworks was in operation until the 1950s; today it is a museum.

  • Ruotsinpyhtää Church

  • The historic Strömfors ironworks

  • The Ahvenkoski rapids

  • Landscape at Lake Kukuljärvi

Web links

Commons : Ruotsinpyhtää  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Status: January 1, 2009, source: Maanmittauslaitos ( Memento from February 25, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (Finnish land surveying office): Suomen pinta-ala kunnittain January 1, 2009.
  2. ↑ Status: December 31, 2009, source: Väestörekisterikeskus ( Memento from December 2, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (Finnish population register): Läänien, maistraattien, kihlakuntien ja kuntien asukaslukutiedot kuukausittain.

Coordinates: 60 ° 32 '  N , 26 ° 27'  E