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    Valkeala is a former municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Southern Finland, and is a neighborhood of city of Kouvola, and it was a...
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    Battle of Valkeala took place in Gustav III's Russian War April 29, 1790 at Valkeala in Kymenlaakso in Southern Finland and ended with a Swedish victory...
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  • Utti is a village in Valkeala, since 2009 a part of Kouvola, Finland. In 1918 General Carl Gustaf Mannerheim set up the first Finnish Air Force base in...
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    settlement), was founded in 1921 from the parts of neighbouring Iitti and Valkeala. It gained the status of kauppala (literally "a place of commerce") in...
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  • Kouvola in 2009) Jaala (to Kouvola in 2009) Kuusankoski (to Kouvola in 2009) Valkeala (to Kouvola in 2009) Iitti was transferred to Päijänne Tavastia in 2021...
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    and it has belonged alternately to the churches of Hollola, Iitti and Valkeala. However, the actual development did not start until the 1870s when the...
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    the six municipalities of Kouvola, Kuusankoski, Elimäki, Anjalankoski, Valkeala and Jaala were consolidated to form a new municipality named Kouvola, which...
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    the six municipalities – Kouvola, Kuusankoski, Elimäki, Anjalankoski, Valkeala and Jaala – were consolidated, accounting for the new municipality of Kouvola...
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    Brigade, Sodankylä and Rovaniemi Kainuu Brigade, Kajaani Karelia Brigade, Valkeala Pori Brigade, Säkylä and Niinisalo Utti Jaeger Regiment, Utti Army logistics...
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    which it became an independent parish that also included Nastola, Jaala, Valkeala and parts of Mäntyharju, by proclamation from Gustav I. At this time, Iitti...
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    Kalvola Karis Kuusankoski Lammi Pohja Renko Saari Sammatti Tuulos Uukuniemi Valkeala Vehkalahti Tuula Linnainmaa 1997-2003 Anneli Taina 2003-2009 The coat of...
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    Weman, a land surveyor, and Carolina Wilhelmina Granbohm, she was born in Valkeala. In 1882, she began teaching at the college in Kimito and she retired from...
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    Academy in Lappeenranta. A Finnish Charioteer is on outdoor display also in Valkeala inside Karelia Brigade garrison, however it can only been seen when grounds...
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  • Sub-region Elimäki (Elimä) Iitti (Itis) Jaala Kouvola Kuusankoski Anjalankoski Valkeala Kotka-Hamina Sub-region Hamina (Fredrikshamn) Kotka Miehikkälä Pyhtää (Pyttis)...
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    (partially lost, the rest incorporated into Lappee and Ylämaa in 1946) Valkeala (merged into Kouvola in 2009 Valkjärvi (website) Vehkalahti – Veckelax...
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    The Battle of Valkeala in 1790 took place in Valkeala, Finland, between Sweden and the Russian Empire. At the time, Finland was a component of the Swedish...
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    III and Colonel Gustaf Wachtmeister won another victory in the Battle of Valkeala. A Russian attack on 5 May close to the Kymmene river gained some success...
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    Battle of Valkeala was part of the Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790)....
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    Kouvola Kuusankoski Elimäki Anjala Haapasaari Kymi Karhula Anjalankoski Valkeala Jaala Vehkalahti Results of the 2019 Finnish parliamentary election in...
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    of the three Finnish Army readiness brigades. It is currently based at Valkeala. With some three thousand soldiers it is the second largest brigade in...
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  • 18.78 330.5 86 Vuokatti 6,181 13.71 450.8 87 Keuruu 5,953 9.11 653.5 88 Valkeala 5,863 10.87 539.4 89 Myllykoski 5,714 16.07 355.6 90 Kiiminki 5,617 15...
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  • Kauko Andersson (category People from Valkeala)
    Kauko Kalervo Andersson (1 January 1913, Valkeala – 21 April 1979) was a Finnish electrician, civil servant and politician. He was a member of the Parliament...
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    2009, six municipalities – Kouvola, Kuusankoski, Elimäki, Anjalankoski, Valkeala and Jaala – were consolidated, accounting for the new municipality of Kouvola...
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  • were the Battle of Kaipiais in 1789 and the Battle of Valkeala in 1790. During the Battle of Valkeala, Boije was wounded and, for his bravery, rewarded with...
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    20 July 1826) was a Swedish Army officer made famous at the Battle of Valkeala in Finland in 1789 against Russia where he was wounded by a musket shot...
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  • (Huovinrinne, Säkylä) (Readiness brigade) Karelia Brigade (Vekaranjärvi, Valkeala) (Readiness brigade) Army Academy (Hamina) Kainuu Brigade (Hoikankangas...
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  • Lützen (1632), Leipzig (1642), Helsingborg (1710), Gadebusch (1712) and Valkeala (1790). The successor unit to the 1st Life Grenadier Regiment, the Life...
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    Rekruten-Marsch" (1870–1883) "Napoleonmarsch" (1883–1893) Battle honours Lützen (1632), Leipzig (1642), Helsingborg (1710), Gadebusch (1712), Valkeala (1790)...
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  • Roope Tonteri (category People from Valkeala)
    Roope Tonteri (born 18 March 1992 in Valkeala) is a Finnish snowboarder. He studied in Vuokatti. Tonteri won gold in slopestyle and big air at the 2013...
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    died of stomach cancer on 29 July 2019 at the age of 36. She is buried in Valkeala cemetery in Kouvola. All results are sourced from the International Ski...
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