Sääksmäki

Sääksmäki
Former municipality
Sääksmäen kunta Sääksmäki kommun
Sääksmäki Bridge
Coat of arms
Location of Sääksmäki in Finland
Coordinates: 61°12′N 024°04′E
Country	Finland
Region	Pirkanmaa
Charter	ca. 1340
Consolidated	1973
Area
• Land	215.8 km2 (83.3 sq mi)
Population  (1970)
• Total	4,467
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Sääksmäki is a village and a former municipality, currently part of Valkeakoski in the Pirkanmaa region of Western Finland. A past president of Finland, Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, the Finnish film producer and director Veikko Aaltonen, eminent Finnish historian Eino Jutikkala, and actress Pirkko Mannola, were born there.

Sääksmäki's most famous building is the medieval stone Sääksmäki Church, built at the end of the 15th century. It is one of the oldest buildings in Finland. It features wooden sculptures that were created by an anonymous artist, known as the "Master of Sääksmäki". Sääksmäki's architecture also includes manor houses that date back hundreds of years.

People born in Sääksmäki

• Johan Ulrik Sebastian Gripenberg (1795 – 1869)
• Carl Fabian Langenskiöld (1810 - 1863)
• Pehr Evind Svinhufvud (1861 – 1944)
• Pehr Gustaf Svinhufvud af Qvalstad (1804 – 1866)
• Frans Rapola (1862 – 1910)
• Emil Aaltonen (1869-1949)
• Kalle Kustaa Paasia (1883 – 1961)
• August Syrjänen (1883 – 1956)
• Julius Nurminen (1887 – 1918)
• Tuomas Saikku (1906 – 1963)
• Eino Jutikkala (1907 – 2006)
• Eino Raunio (1909 – 1979)
• Kauko Tamminen (1920 – 1989)
• Olavi Nikkilä (1922 – 2014)
• Anita Välkki (1926 - 2011)
• Pirkko Mannola (1938 – )
• Veikko Aaltonen (1955 – )

See also

• Rapola Castle

External links

Media related to Sääksmäki at Wikimedia Commons

• Sääksmäki-seura ry – Sääksmäki Society (in Finnish)