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    The Port of Vaasa (Finnish: Vaasan satama, Swedish: Vasa hamn) is a mixed-use port in the city of Vaasa on the west coast of Finland, in the Kvarken area...
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    Vaasa (Finnish: [ˈʋɑːsɑ]; Swedish: Vasa, Finland Swedish: [ˈvɑːsɑ] , Sweden Swedish: [ˈvɑ̂ːsa] ), in the years 1855–1917 known as Nikolainkaupunki, (Swedish:...
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    Harbour, part of the Port of Helsinki), military bases, marinas and inland waterway ports (such as the Port of Lappeenranta). Total of departures and...
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  • troops arrive in the port of Vaasa. Ultimately, five German army divisions deploy in Northern Finland for the planned invasion of Soviet Russia. January...
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  • 100 ports of the Baltic Sea, including Kattegat strait, which handle notable freight or passenger traffic. Container traffic is given in terms of Twenty-foot...
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    troops arrived in the port of Vaasa on 21 September. The German transfer rights were in breach of the spirit, if not the letter, of the Russo-Finnish Moscow...
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    Vaskiluoto railway station (category Vaasa)
    and it only serves cargo transport in the port of Vaasa; the nearest station with passenger services is Vaasa. The Finnish Heritage Agency has declared...
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  • Wasa Line (redirect from Oy Vaasa-Umeå Ab)
    Wasaline, previously Oy Vaasa-Umeå Ab (1948–1965), Vaasa-Umeå AB (1965–1979), Oy Vaasanlaivat – Vasabåtarna Ab (1979–1991) and Wasa Line (1991–1993) are...
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    and paper industries. From the southern end of Holmsund a ferry service runs to the Finnish port of Vaasa. Swedish water-powered sawmills were under threat...
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    Vaskiluoto (category Vaasa)
    residents and c. 900 jobs. Facilities located on the island include the Port of Vaasa, with (among other things) a regular ferry service by Wasa Line to Umeå...
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    Storuman ( E45) - Umeå ( E4) - Holmsund Gap : Holmsund - Vaasa  Finland E12: Vaasa port - Vaasa Vt 3: Vaasa ( E8) - Tampere ( E63) - Akaa ( E63) -Helsinki ( E18...
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    Alma Hongell (category Writers from the Grand Duchy of Finland)
    there to the home port of Vaasa. In the spring of 1897, the Marine Insurance Association granted Hongelli a small monthly pension of 40 marks and the association's...
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    Interim Peace (category Military history of Finland during World War II)
    German troops arrived at the port of Vaasa on 21 September. The arrival of German troops produced much relief to the insecurity of average Finns, and was largely...
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    RG Line (category Vaasa)
    2001 that operated a ferry line between Vaasa, Finland and Umeå, Sweden until the end of 2012. Nowadays the Vaasa-Umeå line is operated by Wasa Line. The...
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    Voima (1924 icebreaker) (category Icebreakers of Finland)
    March 1924, Voima was usually sent to the Gulf of Bothnia where she assisted ships to the port of Vaasa until late December. As the ice conditions got...
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    MS Rahal (category Ferries of Sweden)
    with a new grill restaurant in the former rear sundeck. In June of the same year Oy Vaasa-Umeå Ab changed its name to Vaasanlaivat / Vasabåtarna. In 1982...
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    SS Donau (1929) (category Ships of Norddeutscher Lloyd)
    squadron of Operation Blaufuchs I, carrying 3,852 men, 621 horses, 625 vehicles and 398 tons of supplies. On 9 June the squadron reached the ports of Vaasa and...
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    Malmö (redirect from Port of Malmö)
    Tallinn, Estonia Tangshan, China Vaasa, Finland Varna, Bulgaria Malmö Bulltofta Airport Chronicle of the Expulsion of the Greyfriars § Chapter 4 Concerning...
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    Åland War (redirect from War of Åland)
    on the port of Palosaari took place on 8 August with two cannon-armed longboats, and the events of the attack are part of the legend of Vaasa's civil warfare:...
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  • World War II of direct significance to Sweden, which remained officially neutral throughout the war. For a larger perspective, see Timeline of World War...
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    University Of Chicago Press. p. 92. ISBN 978-0-226-02981-8. "Amani Home". Amani Centre Morogoro. "Milwaukee's Sister Cities". city.milwaukee.gov. "Vaasa twin...
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    Raahe (category Port cities and towns in Finland)
    (Pietarsaari) and Vaasa (Vasa). After a devastating fire in 1810, Raahe was rebuilt according to new design principles that minimised the risk of fire and enlarged...
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    MS Estonia (category Ferries of Estonia)
    Her name was changed to Wasa King and she served on routes connecting Vaasa, Finland to Umeå and Sundsvall in Sweden. It has been reported that the...
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    service between Vaasa in Finland and Sundsvall in Sweden on May 15, 1992. In addition to the Vaasa—Sundsvall route she also sailed from Vaasa to Umeå. In...
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    Aurora Botnia (category Ferries of Finland)
    (ro-pax) ferry operated by the Finnish shipping company Wasaline on the Vaasa–Umeå route. The vessel was built by Rauma Marine Constructions in Rauma...
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    Jakobstad Kalajoki Kokkola Kristinestad Luleå Oulu Pori Rauma Sundsvall Umeå Vaasa Svensk etymologisk ordbok / (in Swedish) "suomen kielisten ilmansuuntien...
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    Halmstad (redirect from History of Halmstad)
    (Swedish: [ˈhǎlmsta(d)] ) is a port, university, industrial and recreational city at the mouth of the Nissan river, in the province of Halland on the Swedish...
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  • KWH Group (category Companies based in Vaasa)
    KWH-koncernen Ab) is one of Finland's largest companies in abrasives, logistics services and plastics. It is headquartered in Vaasa, Finland. From a modest...
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    Kokkola (redirect from Barony of Kokkola)
    Bothnia, the northernmost part of the Baltic Sea. The next larger cities are Vaasa is 121 kilometres (75 miles) southwest, and Oulu is 198 kilometres (123...
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    Umeå (redirect from History of Umeå)
    community of Holmsund serves as its port. From here a ferry line connects it with the neighbouring city of Vaasa (Swedish: Vasa) in Finland. The near...
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