Notable People
- Christer Kihlman, Writer
- Remu Aaltonen, musician
- Torvald Appelroth, Olympic fencer
- Albert Edelfelt, painter
- Hanna Ek, Miss Finland 2005
- Sami Hyypiä, soccer player
- Johan Ludvig Runeberg, national poet
- Seppo Telenius, writer and historian
- Ville Vallgren, sculptor
- Vladimir Kirillovich, Grand Duke of Russia, Romanov Dynast
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