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'''Lepsämä''' is a village in the municipality of [[Nurmijärvi]], [[Finland]]. There is a [[comprehensive school]] in Lepsämä. There also used to be a shop, a [[bank]] and a [[post office]]. The former [[prime minister]] of Finland [[Matti Vanhanen]] and an Eurodance musician [[Waldo (musician)|Waldo]] lives in Lepsämä. Lepsämä has grown in population in recent few years and in 2005 it was the most rapidly growing village in Finland (in relation to population size). |
'''Lepsämä''' is a village in the municipality of [[Nurmijärvi]], [[Finland]]. There is a [[comprehensive school]] in Lepsämä, which was partially destroyed by [[arson|arson fire]] in October 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/news-in-brief/16905-pictures-children-s-school-in-nurmijaervi-destroyed-by-potential-arson-fire.html|title=In pictures: children's school in Nurmijärvi destroyed by potential arson fire|work=[[Helsinki Times]]|date=October 26, 2019|access-date=March 11, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://finlandtoday.fi/school-is-burning-in-nurmijarvi-its-the-second-school-to-burn-in-the-past-few-days/|title=School is Burning in Nurmijärvi; It’s the Second School to Burn in the Past Few Days|first=Tony|last=Öhberg|work=Finland Today|date=October 28, 2019|access-date=March 11, 2020}}</ref> There also used to be a shop, a [[bank]] and a [[post office]]. The former [[prime minister]] of Finland [[Matti Vanhanen]] and an Eurodance musician [[Waldo (musician)|Waldo]] lives in Lepsämä. Lepsämä has grown in population in recent few years and in 2005 it was the most rapidly growing village in Finland (in relation to population size). |
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In the 1820s, the regions of [[Uusimaa]] and [[Tavastia Proper]] were tormented by infamous bandits, so called the "Nurmijärvi robbers", who robbed houses and travellers, tortured their residents and even killed people.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC7XD1R_malminkartanon-vanhat-mannyt-ja-rosvokivi?guid=3c16fe38-e64b-4f0e-a6c4-dd10729f25a9|title=Malminkartanon vanhat männyt ja rosvokivi|accessdate=July 8, 2019}}</ref> The leaders of the robbers came from Lepsämä. Also [[Aleksis Kivi]]'s great-uncle Matti Stenvall was a member of the gang.<ref>{{cite book|first1=Valentina|last1=Glajar|first2=Domnica|last2=Radulescu|title=“Gypsies” in European Literature and Culture: Studies in European Culture and History|date=2008|ISBN=978-0-230-60324-0}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://kansallisbiografia.fi/english/person/2826|title= Kivi, Aleksis (1834 - 1872)|first=Hannes|last1=Sihvo|publisher=Biografiakeskus|accessdate=July 8, 2019}}</ref> |
In the 1820s, the regions of [[Uusimaa]] and [[Tavastia Proper]] were tormented by infamous bandits, so called the "Nurmijärvi robbers", who robbed houses and travellers, tortured their residents and even killed people.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC7XD1R_malminkartanon-vanhat-mannyt-ja-rosvokivi?guid=3c16fe38-e64b-4f0e-a6c4-dd10729f25a9|title=Malminkartanon vanhat männyt ja rosvokivi|accessdate=July 8, 2019}}</ref> The leaders of the robbers came from Lepsämä. Also [[Aleksis Kivi]]'s great-uncle Matti Stenvall was a member of the gang.<ref>{{cite book|first1=Valentina|last1=Glajar|first2=Domnica|last2=Radulescu|title=“Gypsies” in European Literature and Culture: Studies in European Culture and History|date=2008|ISBN=978-0-230-60324-0}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://kansallisbiografia.fi/english/person/2826|title= Kivi, Aleksis (1834 - 1872)|first=Hannes|last1=Sihvo|publisher=Biografiakeskus|accessdate=July 8, 2019}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 05:47, 11 March 2020
Lepsämä is a village in the municipality of Nurmijärvi, Finland. There is a comprehensive school in Lepsämä, which was partially destroyed by arson fire in October 2019.[1][2] There also used to be a shop, a bank and a post office. The former prime minister of Finland Matti Vanhanen and an Eurodance musician Waldo lives in Lepsämä. Lepsämä has grown in population in recent few years and in 2005 it was the most rapidly growing village in Finland (in relation to population size).
In the 1820s, the regions of Uusimaa and Tavastia Proper were tormented by infamous bandits, so called the "Nurmijärvi robbers", who robbed houses and travellers, tortured their residents and even killed people.[3] The leaders of the robbers came from Lepsämä. Also Aleksis Kivi's great-uncle Matti Stenvall was a member of the gang.[4][5]
See also
Notes
- ^ "In pictures: children's school in Nurmijärvi destroyed by potential arson fire". Helsinki Times. October 26, 2019. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
- ^ Öhberg, Tony (October 28, 2019). "School is Burning in Nurmijärvi; It's the Second School to Burn in the Past Few Days". Finland Today. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
- ^ "Malminkartanon vanhat männyt ja rosvokivi". Retrieved July 8, 2019.
- ^ Glajar, Valentina; Radulescu, Domnica (2008). “Gypsies” in European Literature and Culture: Studies in European Culture and History. ISBN 978-0-230-60324-0.
- ^ Sihvo, Hannes. "Kivi, Aleksis (1834 - 1872)". Biografiakeskus. Retrieved July 8, 2019.
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